Today in Rock and Roll History

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From yesterday. {this is one of my favorite Beatles songs, so. . . .}

John Lennon picked up a London Daily Mail newspaper 53 years ago today on Jan. 17, 1967. He read a story about potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire. It was this article that inspired the line in "A Day In The Life."
Many times the ideas for songs come from the strangest things.
(This is the only pictue we could find to reference this. It may not be a copy of the real thing)

 

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1965 - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones recorded 'The Last Time' and 'Play With Fire' at the RCA studio in Hollywood, California. Producer Phil Spector played acoustic guitar on 'Play With Fire.'

 

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(An insiders note: Having worked with these guys many times, we are pretty sure the meeting took place in a pub).
On Jan. 18, 1973, Free's Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke, Mott The Hoople's Mick Ralphs, and King Crimson's Boz Burrell decided to start a band.
They called it "Bad Company."
Happy 47th birthday to "Bad Company"!!!! Do you have a favorite song by them?

1974 - Paul Rodgers
Former members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell), formed Bad Company. The band went on to score a US No.1 album with their debut release.

 

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1989 - Stevie Wonder
At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder became the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, other inductees include The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Otis Redding and Dion DiMucci.

 

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Why isn't Warren in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Get real....lol. On the other hand, as the r&r hall is a total bad joke, sure, why not?

Happy 47th birthday to "Bad Company"!!!! Do you have a favorite song by them?

I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love.
4 bar instrumental break
Oh I, I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love etc etc ad nauseum

Paul Rodgers was part of one very good album in his career, and a bunch of crap otherwise.

 

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1989 - Stevie Wonder
At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder became the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, other inductees include The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Otis Redding and Dion DiMucci.

And yet Stevie never recorded a single rock and roll song, nor did Redding or the Temps. Why isn't The Cars in the R & B hall of fame ?? Why not induct Culture Club in the Grand Ole Opry HoF?

 

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Get real....lol. On the other hand, as the r&r hall is a total bad joke, sure, why not?



I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love.
4 bar instrumental break
Oh I, I can't get enough of your love
I can't get enough of your love etc etc ad nauseum

Paul Rodgers was part of one very good album in his career, and a bunch of crap otherwise.

Boomer Bill's {from my local NPR station} area of expertise in late 50's early 60's. I used to really like his Friday night show. But now he has an hour every morning, so I'm kind of burned out on oldies.


The best work Paul Rodgers did IMO was a Muddy Waters tribute album.

 

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Boomer Bill's {from my local NPR station} area of expertise in late 50's early 60's. I used to really like his Friday night show. But now he has an hour every morning, so I'm kind of burned out on oldies.


The best work Paul Rodgers did IMO was a Muddy Waters tribute album.

That's certainly one that didn't suck.

50 some years later, this LP still holds up as a masterpiece, imo.

 

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1980 - The Pretenders
The Pretenders scored their first UK No.1 hit with their third single 'Brass In Pocket'. The bands self-titled debut album started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK chart also on this day. Singer Chrissie Hynde got the idea for the song's title when, during an after-show dinner, she overheard someone enquiring if anyone had, "Picked up dry cleaning? Any brass in pocket?"

 

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1998 - Carl Perkins
American singer, songwriter Carl Perkins died aged 65 from throat cancer. He wrote the classic rock & roll song 'Blue Suede Shoes', the first record on the Sun label to sell a million copies. His songs were recorded by Elvis Presley, The Beatles Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Cash. Paul McCartney claimed that "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles."

 

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2017 - Alanis Morissette
The former business manager of Alanis Morissette has admitted stealing over $7m (£5.7m) from the singer and other celebrities. Jonathan Schwartz was charged with fraud over claims he transferred the singer's money into his own accounts. When initially confronted about the theft, Mr Schwartz lied and said he had invested the money in an illegal marijuana growing business.

 

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2017 - Alanis Morissette
The former business manager of Alanis Morissette has admitted stealing over $7m (£5.7m) from the singer and other celebrities. Jonathan Schwartz was charged with fraud over claims he transferred the singer's money into his own accounts. When initially confronted about the theft, Mr Schwartz lied and said he had invested the money in an illegal marijuana growing business.

 

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The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge
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He wasn't the first person to use the words "Rock and Roll", but he was the one who gave them definition.
Today we are remembering Alan Freed who passed away on Jan. 20, 1965. Albert James "Alan" Freed , also known as Moondog, was an American disc jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country and rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll. His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s.
Freed is commonly referred to as the "father of rock'n'roll" due to his promotion of the style of music, and his introduction of the phrase "rock and roll", in reference to the musical genre, on mainstream radio in the early 1950s. He helped bridge the gap of segregation among young teenage Americans, presenting music by African-American artists (rather than cover versions by white artists) on his radio program, and arranging live concerts attended by racially mixed audiences. Freed appeared in several motion pictures as himself. In the 1956 film Rock, Rock, Rock, Freed tells the audience that "rock and roll is a river of music that has absorbed many streams: rhythm and blues, jazz, rag time, cowboy songs, country songs, folk songs. All have contributed to the big beat."
RIP Alan. We all owe you so much.

 

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The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge
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There are only a handful of people who say this show happened….
On Jan. 20, 1969, Led Zeppelin supposedly played a concert at the Wheaton Youth Center, Wheaton, Maryland. It is said that between 12 and 55 people saw the concert. LZ's road manager at the time, Richard Cole has no memory of the date. There are no ticket stubs, posters, ad etc.
It is said that the reason that so few people attended the show was because the show was on a Monday and the night of Richard Nixon's inauguration.
And….. It is said that Zeppelin was paid just $250 to appear.
We here at The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge have to admit we have our doubts that this show ever happened. Led Zeppelin's first show in the Baltimore area was on Feb.16 in '69.
What do you think? The picture below is a shot of Zeppelin in concert, but not of them in concert in Wheaton, Maryland. Obviously.
Or... were any of you there with positive proof pictures?

 

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The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge
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Does bat taste like chicken?
On Jan. 20, 1982, Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat during a concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, IA. An unconscious bat was throw on stage, so he bit its head off & was taken to a hospital after the concert to undergo a rabies injection.
There are some however who think that it was a publicity stunt and Ozzy knew what he was biting into.
Ozzy says he thought it was fake and didn't realize it wasn't until it was too late.
What do you think? Real or stunt? It happened 38 years ago today..

 

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1983 - Def Leppard
Def Leppard released their third studio album 'Pyromania' which featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album has now sold over 10 million copies in the US.

 

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For today's rock and roll history, look in the birthday thread.

 

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1983 - MTV
The new 24-hour music video network MTV started broadcasting to the West Coast of America after being picked up by Group W Cable, Los Angeles.

 

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1994 - Rhett Forrester
American musician Rhett Forrester was shot and killed at a Northwest Atlanta intersection after he refused to give up his vehicle in an attempted carjacking, he was 37 years old. He was best known as the lead singer for New York-based band Riot from 1981 until 1984.

 

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1967 - Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd spent the first of three days recording the Syd Barrett songs Arnold Layne and Candy And A Current Bun at Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea, London. According to Roger Waters, Arnold Layne was based on a real person - a transvestite whose primary pastime was stealing women's clothes and undergarments from washing lines in Cambridge.