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This Day In Classic Rock History… April 13th
Elton-JeffFusco-GettyImages What did Elton do on this day? Crow has all the answers!
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Rock Flashback: Hookfoot, Early Collaborators With Elton John
Here's a hint about how Hookfoot got its name. (Getty Images/Ralph Orlowsky) If you read the early history of [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Elton John[/lastfm], you bump into a band with an odd name,...
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Greatest Patriotic Songs Of The 60s, 70s & 80s
While celebrating the Fourth of July this holiday weekend, enjoy some music that reminds you what it means to be American and have the freedom that many other countries do not. Some major artists have...
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Rock Flashback: New Riders of the Purple Sage
If the [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Grateful Dead[/lastfm] were a tree, its offshoots would be many. One that’s occasionally overlooked is [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]New Riders of the Purple...
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Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Hound Dog, and Beatle Record Burning Make...
One of the first rock and roll songs, Hound Dog was recorded today in 1952, the first hit for the songwriting duo of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Though Elvis Presley would have a big hit with it...
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Brian And Jim Avoid Jail, Page Avoids A Grammy: This Day In Classic Rock [Video]
Brian Epstein was working at his record store in Liverpool today in 1961, when for the second time in as many days, some customers asked him for a single by the Beatles. He finally figured out that...
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Trouble With Airplanes And Neckties: This Day In Classic Rock [Video]
Bob Dylan’s debut album was released in the U.S. of A. today in 1962. Containing two original songs and a bunch of folk standards, it didn’t sell well at all, becoming known around the Columbia Records...
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Two Of Rock’s Greatest Albums Come Out, The Stones Escape With Their Lives,...
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite apparently wasn’t considered “Christmas Music” in England in 1962, because B Bumble and the Stingers were at #1 on the charts today with their Nut Rocker instrumental,...
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Beatles and McCartney Go To #1 At Once, Tom Goes Bankrupt: This Day In...
The Beatles 12th and final studio album Let It Be was at #1 in Britain today in 1970, where it would stay for three weeks. Interestingly, in America the #1 album also starting a three-week run was Paul...
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Jefferson Airplane Drummer Killed In Car Crash
PALM SPRINGS (CBSLA.com) — Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington was killed in a car crash Tuesday, according to the Riverside County Coroner. Covington, a Palm Springs resident, was driving alone...
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The Airplane Punch It Up With Cops, Bono Gets Married, And Still Is !: This...
The Beatles played two shows today in 1966, toward the end of what would be their last tour. First they made up the rained-out show from the day before at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, then hopped on a...
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Bill Graham Opens The Fillmore…Guess Who’s Playing? This Day In Classic Rock...
Promoter Bill Graham put on his first show at a dance hall at the corner of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco tonight in 1965 with The Grateful Dead and The Jefferson Airplane. The...
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Jones Becomes Bowie, And The ’67 San Francisco “Be-In”, Or “How Can You Win...
Having joined the band a week earlier, Charlie Watts made his live debut as The Rolling Stones drummer tonight in 1963 at the Flamingo Jazz Club in London’s Soho borough. Perhaps the French just didn’t...
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The Beatles Last Show On The Roof, And Sunday, Bloody Sunday: This Day In...
The Beatles played live for the last time today in 1969. Ringo Starr later remembered, “There was a plan to play somewhere. We were wondering where we could go…Oh, The Palladium or The Sahara, but we...
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Elvis Buys A House, U2 Win A Talent Show, Ray Davies Wins His CBE: This Day...
Elvis Presley, flush with cash from bringing rock and roll to the mainstream, bought himself a house today in 1957. The 23-room colonial-revival style mansion had been built in 1939 by a doctor on 14...
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Buddy Invades Britain, Airplane Becomes Starship, And Goodbye Randy Rhodes:...
Buddy Holly played two shows at a movie theater in Hull, Yorkshire England tonight in 1958 on his only trip there. Contrary to popular belief, John Lennon and Paul McCartney didn’t see him live. Though...
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The Beatles Love Pot, Blackmore Quits Deep Purple: This Day In Classic Rock...
KZOK’s kind and benevolent parent company CBS Radio was first in rock and roll today in 1956 with Alan Freed’s Rock ‘N Roll Dance Party, the first nationally broadcast show to feature what many at the...
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Paul Meets Jane, Neil’s First Movie, Yes Break Up: This Day In Classic Rock...
The Beatles played a radio show recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London tonight in 1963. Backstage after their performance Paul McCartney was introduced to actress, model, and Telly personality...
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Pete Townsend Beans Cop With Guitar, Robert Plant Pulls Knife In Atlanta...
It was today in 1963 that The Beatles appeared on the BBC’s Pops and Lenny children’s TV programme. Not exactly up to J.P.Patches standards, Pops was a smiling ventriloquist, Lenny was his hand-puppet...
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Chuck Berry Busted, Brian Wilson Quits Beach Boys: This Day In Classic Rock...
Chuck Berry was arrested today in 1959 for taking an underage girl across state lines. He didn’t know it at the time, but 14 year old Janice Norine was a professional, working as a prostitute. The...
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