Today in Rock n Roll history

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1961
Ben E. King hits #4 with "Stand By Me".

1961
Ben E. King hits #1 on the R&B chart and #4 (6/12) on the pop chart with "Stand By Me" and #10 on the R&B chart and #18 (9/04) on the pop chart with "Amor".

1965
"Back In My Arms Again" tops the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making the Supremes the only American group to release five Number One hits in a row.

1967
Yes is formed.

1970
Janis Joplin debuts a new band, Full-Tilt Boogie, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

1972
'Some Time in New York City,' a double album by John Lennon backed by the New York rock group Elephant’s Memory is released.

1973
Suzi Quatro tours Britain in support of Slade.

1976
Queen hits #16 with "You're My Best Friend".

1977
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac) was a hit.

1979
13 of the 23 #1 songs are disco, including Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", Blondie's "Heart Of Glass", and Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"; "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park, hosted by Steve Dahl, spearheads "Disco Sucks" movement

1979
Van Halen hits #15 with "Dance the Night Away".

1988
Together Forever (Rick Astley) was a hit.

1993
The CD version of Rod Stewart’s “Unplugged” session, entitled 'Unplugged...And Seated,' hits #2 for the first of five weeks.

 

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1952
Johnny Ace hits #1 on the R&B chart with "My Song".

1959
Bobby Darin hits #2 with "Dream Lover".

1960
Etta James hits #2 on the R&B chart and #33 on the pop chart with the Modern single "All I Could Do Was Cry."

1962
Carla Thomas hits #9 on the R&B chart with "I'll Bring It Home To You".

1962
Gene Pitney’s “(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance,” written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for a Western starring John Wayne and James Stewart, reaches #4.

1964
Barry and Greenwich's "Chapel of Love," recorded by the Dixie Cups, and "Leader of the Pack," recorded by the Shangri-Las, reach #1.

1964
Dionne Warwick hits #6 with "Walk On By".

1964
Solomon Burke hits #33 with "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)".

1965
I Can't Help Myself (The Four Tops) was a hit.

1967
Buffalo Springfield appears at the Monterey Pop Festival, with the temporarily departed Neil Young replaced by guitarist Doug Hastings and joined onstage by David Crosby of the Byrds.

1970
Mountain hits #21 with "Mississippi Queen".

1970
Moody Blues hits #21 in the US with "Question".

1971
It's Too Late (Carole King) was a hit.

1972
Clyde McPhatter died on June 13, 1972 in Teaneck, NJ.

1975
Lemmy is fired from Hawkwind.

1981
Depeche Mode hits #11 in the UK with "New Life".

1985
Chicago house releases include "Phuture Trax" by Phuture, Sleazy D's "I've Lost Control, and Maurice's "This is Acid".

1992
MTV's "Choose of Lose" political awareness campaign covers the Democratic National Convention direct from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tabitha Soren is joined by guest reporters Dave Mustaine of Megadeath and rapper MC Lyte.

1996
MTV broadcasts "The 1996 MTV Movie Awards," co-hosted by Janeane Garofalo and Ben Stiller. The Best Movie Award goes to "Seven."

1998
'The City of Angels' soundtrack, featuring Peter Gabriel's "Grieve", hits #1 in the US.

 

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1937
Renaldo "Obie" Benson was born.

1958
The rock and roll classic "Johnny B. Goode," written by Chuck Berry about pianist/sidekick Johnnie Johnson, makes the Top Ten.

1960
The Coasters hits #14 on the R&B chart with the Atlantic Records single "Wake Me, Shake Me."

1970
'Workingman’s Dead,' a landmark album by the Grateful Dead, is released. It is followed only five months later by 'American Beauty,' another classic studio album.

1971
Roxy Music is formed.

1975
America hits #1 with "Sister Golden Hair".

1981
Stars on 45 (Stars on 45) was a hit.

1987
Head to Toe (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam) was a hit.

1992
MTV Brazil premieres "MTV a Go Go," a Brazilian version of "House of Style."

 

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1949
Lead Belly performs his last concert.

1959
Lloyd Price hits #2 with "Personality".

1963
James Brown hits #18 with "Prisoner of Love".

1968
Aretha Franklin hits #7 with "Think".

1974
Stylistics hit #2 with "You Make Me Feel Brand New".

1975
Love Will Keep Us Together (The Captain & Tennile) was a hit.

1976
Hot Chocolate hits #3 with "You Sexy Thing".

1977
L.T.D. hits #4 with "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again".

1986
MTV broadcasts the entire Amnesty International concert from Giants Stadium in New York.

1994
MTV premieres its first ever action/adventure series "Dead at 21." The show follows the lives of two 20 year olds, Ed and Maria, who are framed for murder and are running for their lives. Furthermore, Ed believes the government has planted microchips in his brain, and that he will self-destruct on his 21st birthday.

1995
"The 1995 MTV Movie Awards" airs from the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Hosted by Courtney Cox and Jon Lovitz, the show receives a 3.7 rating, the highest in the show's history.

1996
George Martin is knighted in his British homeland by Queen Elizabeth II.

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1941
Lamont Dozier was born.

1958
"Zorro" by the Chordettes hits #17.

1960
Two months after the car crash that devastated rock and roll fans, Gene Vincent's "Pistol Packin' Mama," enters the British singles chart. Rising to #16, it becomes his highest-charting U.K. hit.

1962
Ben E. King hits #2 on the R&B chart and #11 on the pop chart with "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)".

1967
The Monterey Pop Festival opens, introducing Janis Joplin, the Who and the Jimi Hendrix Experience to the American mainstream.

1968
This Guy's In Love With You (Herb Albert) was a hit.

1969
'Trout Mask Replica,' by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, is released. This avant-garde classic is produced by Frank Zappa and released on his Straight record label.

1973
Suzi Quatro hits #1 in the UK with "Can the Can."

1979
Supertramp hits #6 in the US with "The Logical Song".

1984
OMD hits #11 in the UK with "Talking Loud and Clear".

1985
Heaven (Bryan Adams) was a hit.

1986
ELP reforms (with Cozy Powell on drums to replace Carl Palmer) and releases 'Emerson, Lake & Powell' which reaches #23 in the US.

1992
MTV holds the first in a series of individual "Choose of Lose" forums with Arkansas Governor and Presidential candidate Bill Clinton. MTV's Tabitha Soren and CNN's Catherine Crier are the moderators. Governor Clinton takes questions from a group of two hundred 18 to 24 year olds in Los Angeles who ask the governor about his positions on the issues that matter most to them. Invitations are also extended to President Bush and Ross Perot.

1993
The "Free Your Mind" campaign continues with "Hate Rock: An MTV News Special Report. The second special in the two-year series, "Hate Rock," takes a look at "Oi!" music and its link to a growing movement of racial hatred and violence throughout the world. The special is hosted by Kurt Loder.

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1920
Russian electronics genius Leon Theremin develops the first synthesizer.

1947
Gregg Rolie was born.

1951
Too Young (Nat "King" Cole) was a hit.

1967
Big Brother and the Holding Company perform a show-stopping set on the second day of the Monterey International Pop Festival. Vocalist Janis Joplin becomes an overnight sensation.

1967
Jefferson Airplane performs at the Monterey International Pop Festival as its second album, 'Surrealistic Pillow,' is peaking at #3.

1972
Graham Nash and David Crosby release "Immigration Man."

1974
“Big Four Poster Bed,” the latest in a growing string of country hits, is released. Since 1957, Lee has charted hit singles in nearly every year – and is not yet 30 years old.

1975
Van der Graaf Generator's Pete Hammill releases solo project under the name Rikki Nadir, Nadir's Big Chance, which is cited by Johnny Rotten as inspiration for punk rock.

1978
Heart hits #24 with "Heartless".

1978
"Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb hits #42 on the UK charts.

1978
Brian Eno releases Before and After Science.

1981
Pink Floyd gives its 24th and final performance of 'The Wall,' in Dortmund, Germany.

1984
The Reflex (Duran Duran) was a hit.

1984
Culled from roughly 100 songs recorded over the previous year and a half, Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.' is released. It becomes one of the biggest albums of the Eighties, remaining at #1 for seven weeks and selling more than 15 million copies. It also launches seven Top Ten singles: "Dancing in the Dark" (#2), "Cover Me" (#7), "Born in the U.S.A." (#9), "I'm On Fire" (#6), "Glory Days" (#5), "I'm Goin' Down" (#9) and "My Hometown" (#6).

1989
"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" by New Kids on the Block hits #1.

1989
Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne hit #8 with "Close My Eyes Forever".

1995
Chemical Brothers hit #17 in the UK with "Leave Home".

 

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1918
Morganfield receives the nickname "Muddy Waters" as a result of his grandmother calling him "little muddy baby" because he like to play in dirty water puddles and a muddy creek. "Waters" was added later, thus resulting in the moniker Muddy Waters.

1933
Tommy Hunt of the Flamingos is born.

1942
James Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England.

1963
Britain's war minister, Lord John Profumo, resigns his post in the wake of scandal due to his relationship with Christine Keeler, a call girl involved with a known Soviet spy.

1966
Number of British singles in Billboard's Top 100: 14

1967
Jimi Hendrix performs at the Monterey International Pop Festival. Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones introduces him as "the most exciting performer I've ever heard." At the end of his performance, he burns his Fender Stratocaster. "The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice," Jimi said. "You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar. I'd just finished painting it that day and was really into it." Literally overnight, the Jimi Hendrix Experience become one of the most popular acts in rock music.

1967
The Mamas and the Papas close the final evening of the Monterey International Pop Festival.

1977
Foreigner hits #4 with "Feels Like the First Time".

1988
Lita Ford hits #12 with "Kiss Me Deadly".

1988
Van Halen hits #34 with "Black and Blue".

1989
Satisfied (Richard Marx) was a hit.

1990
Lech Walesa is elected President of Poland in the country's first free election since the Second World War.

1995
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975, a ten-CD box set, is released.

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1935
Tom DeVito was born.

1949
Ruth Brown hits #4 with the Atlantic Records release "So Long."

1950
Nat King Cole Trio w/Nellie Lutcher hits #8 on the R&B chart with "For You, My Love".

1965
The Rolling Stones score their first #1 on the American charts with "Satisfaction".

1966
Paperback Writer (The Beatles) was a hit.

1971
Carole King hits #1 with "I Feel the Earth Move."

1971
Almost exactly a year to the day after the appearance of 'Gasoline Alley', Rod Stewart releases his self-produced masterpiece, 'Every Picture Tells a Story.' It tops the Billboard album chart for four weeks.

1982
Rainbow hits #40 with "Stone Cold."

1982
Gary Numan hits #9 in the UK with "We Take Mystery (to Bed)".

1986
Genesis hits #3 in the US with 'Invisible Touch'.

1988
Foolish Beat (Debbie Gibson) was a hit.

1991
The Allman Brothers Band release 'Shades of Two Worlds,' one of the strongest albums of their career.

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1924
Chet Atkins is born in Luttrell, Tennessee.

1936
Billy Guy was born.

1942
Brian Wilson was born.

1965
The Byrds' folk-rock version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" will spend a week at the top of the charts.

1970
Rod Stewart’s second album, 'Gasoline Alley,' enters the U.S. charts, where it will peak at #27. The album contains the favorites “It’s All Over Now,” “Cut Across, Shorty” and the title track.

1974
'Before the Flood,' a live double album by Bob Dylan and The Band, is released.

1977
Slave hits #32 with "Slide".

1980
The film The Blues Brothers, which features Ray Charles in the role of a streetwise storeowner, opens across America.

1992
MTV and Fox Broadcasting Company co-present "The MTV/Fox Guide to Summer '92." Cindy Crawford and :In Living Colour" star Tommy Davidson host.

1992
Orb hits #8 in the UK with "Blue Room".

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1944
Ray Davies was born.

1950
Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is born.

1952
"Goin' Home" becomes the first of nine #1 hits for Fats Domino on the R&B chart. It is released on Imperial records. Those nine singles will top the R&B chart for a combined 51 weeks between 1952-59, amounting to nearly a full year's worth of chart supremacy!

1956
Joe Turner hits #2 on the R&B chart with the Atlantic single "Corinne Corrina."

1959
Little Willie John hits #11 on the R&B chart with the Kind records single "Let Them Talk."

1964
A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon) was a hit.

1969
Traffic's 'Last Exit' hits #19 in the US.

1970
The Love You Save (Jackson Five) was a hit.

1972
Gary Glitter hits #2 in the UK with "Rock and Roll."

1975
Alice Cooper hits #12 with "Only Women".

1975
Major Harris hits #5 with "Love Won't Let Me Wait".

1975
Michael Murphey hits #3 with "Wildfire".

1975
Carly Simon hits #21 with "Attitude Dancing".

1976
The Brothers Johnson hit #3 with "I'll Be Good to You" and #30 with "Get the Funk Out Ma Face".

1982
'Daylight Again', which contains the Top Ten hit "Wasted on the Way," is released.

1986
Heart hits #10 with "Nothin' At All".

1987
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Whitney Houston) was a hit.

2001
John Lee Hooker dies.

 

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1937
Chris Blackwell is born.

1946
Wynonie Harrie hits #2 on the R&B chart with "Playful Baby."

1959
The Wailers hit #36 with "Tall Cool One".

1963
Barbara Lewis #2 "Hello Stranger".

1968
The Jeff Beck Group, featuring Beck, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Mickey Waller, makes its American performance debut at the Fillmore East in New York City.

1968
“Sky Pilot,” by Eric Burdon and the Animals, enters the Top Forty. It is the Animals’ last Top Forty hit in the U.S.

1974
Carly Simon hits #14 "Haven't Got Time For the Pain."

1978
Brian Eno produces the Talking Heads' second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food.

1980
Coming Up (Live at Glasgow) (Paul McCartney & Wings) was a hit.

1990
Billy Joel is the first rock act to perform at New York's Yankee Stadium, selling out the 100,000+ sports venue for back-to-back shows. A concert video, 'Live at Yankee Stadium', is culled from the shows.

1992
MTV Brazil premieres CEP MTV, a daily show with VJ Thunderbird, the most requested by post-card videos show.

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1937
Chris Blackwell is born.

1946
Wynonie Harrie hits #2 on the R&B chart with "Playful Baby."

1959
The Wailers hit #36 with "Tall Cool One".

1963
Barbara Lewis #2 "Hello Stranger".

1968
The Jeff Beck Group, featuring Beck, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Mickey Waller, makes its American performance debut at the Fillmore East in New York City.

1968
“Sky Pilot,” by Eric Burdon and the Animals, enters the Top Forty. It is the Animals’ last Top Forty hit in the U.S.

1974
Carly Simon hits #14 "Haven't Got Time For the Pain."

1978
Brian Eno produces the Talking Heads' second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food.

1980
Coming Up (Live at Glasgow) (Paul McCartney & Wings) was a hit.

1990
Billy Joel is the first rock act to perform at New York's Yankee Stadium, selling out the 100,000+ sports venue for back-to-back shows. A concert video, 'Live at Yankee Stadium', is culled from the shows.

1992
MTV Brazil premieres CEP MTV, a daily show with VJ Thunderbird, the most requested by post-card videos show.

 

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1934
Bill and Charlie Monroe form the Monroe Brothers, a duet act that plays around the Midwest and Carolinas.

1941
Robert Hunter, lyricist for the Grateful Dead, is born in Arroyo Grande, California.

1941
The record label Exclusive is formed in Los Angeles by New Orleans natives Leon and Otis Rene.

1949
King Records has two #2 R&B hits Bull Moose Jackson's "Little Girl Don't Cry" and "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me."

1956
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" enters the Top Forty, where it will rise to #7. The song peaks at #16 in the U.K.

1962
One of the great double-sided 45s of the rock and roll era, Sammy Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me" b/w "Having a Party," is released. Both are huge R&B hits (#2 and #4, respectively), and each also fares well on the pop side (#13, #17).

1962
"Playboy" by the Marvelettes reaches #7.

1967
Elton John answers an ad placed by Liberty Records in Britain’s 'New Musical Express,' thereby setting in motion a chain of events that will result in his teaming up with lyricist Bernie Taupin, his lifetime songwriting collaborator.

1973
The decidedly non-single-oriented Pink Floyd makes their US Top Forty debut with "Money," from 'Dark Side of the Moon.' It reaches #13.

1973
Can releases 'Future Days'.

1974
Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot) was a hit.

1984
Duran Duran hits #1 in the US with "The Reflex".

1990
Slaughter hits #27 with "Up All Night".

1990
“Sacrifice,” from the album 'Sleeping With the Past,' becomes Elton John’s first-ever #1 hit in his British homeland.

1994
"The Real World" premiered its third season. This time, San Francisco became home to the show's seven new cast members, Cory, Pedro, Judd, Mohammed, Puck, Rachel and Pam.

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1944
Jeff Beck was born.

1946
Bull Moose Jackson hits #4 on the R&B chart with "I Know Who Threw the Whiskey In the Well."

1947
Mick Fleetwood was born.

1965
John Lennon's second book, 'A Spaniard in the Works', is published.

1972
The Eagles chalk up the first of many hits with "Take It Easy." The song reaches Number Twelve. Three months later, "Witchy Woman" will do even better — Number Nine.

1973
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (George Harrison) was a hit.

1977
Having switched labels, James Taylor's first album for Columbia Records, 'JT', is released. It yields hit singles in "Handy Man" and "Your Smiling Face" and becomes Taylor's highest charting album since Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon.

1978
Genesis hits #23 with "Follow You Follow Me".

1978
Peter Gabriel hits #45 in the US with his self-titled second album.

1979
Ring My Bell (Anita Ward) was a hit.

1983
Heaven 17 hits #5 in the UK with "Come Live With Me".

1989
Cinderella hits #20 with "Coming Home".

 

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1951
Johnny Otis has three Savoy hits on the R&B charts. They are "Mambo Boogie" (#4), "Gee Baby" (#2) and "All Nite Long" (#6).

1962
George Michael is born.

1966
"Sweet Talkin' Guy" by the Chiffons charts at #10.

1967
Windy (The Association) was a hit.

1972
Song Sung Blue (Neil Diamond) was a hit.

1977
Marvin Gaye hits #1 with "Got to Give It Up (Pt. I)".

1977
Maynard Ferguson hits #28 with "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')".

1977
I'm Your Boogie Man (KC & the Sunshine Band) was a hit.

1983
Flock of Seagulls hit #38 in the UK with "Transfer Affection".

1983
Talking Heads’ fifth album, 'Speaking in Tongues,' is released. It becomes their highest-charting album, rising to #15 and launching the Top Ten hit “Burning Down the House.”

1989
Baby Don't Forget My Number (Milli Vanilli) was a hit.

1998
Joining forces as the Other Ones, four surviving members of the Grateful Dead – Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bruce Hornsby – plus four other musicians kick off the “Furthur Festival” tour in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1961
Gary U.S. Bonds hits #1 with "Quarter To Three."

1964
Moody Blues forms.

1967
At the height of the "Summer of Love," the Mothers of Invention release 'Absolutely Free,' a dark-themed album from the anti-establishment mind of bandleader Frank Zappa.

1969
Pete Seeger launches the restored sloop 'Clearwater,' which serves as his podium for advancing environmental issues over the next several decades. Among his pet causes is the cleanup of the Hudson River, and to this end General Electric is hauled into court for contaminating the river with PCBs.

1976
Brass Construction hits #14 with "Movin'".

1977
Gonna Fly Now (Billy Conti) was a hit.

1977
Elvis Presley delivers his last live performance, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1982
Visage hits #12 in the UK with "Night Train".

1987
MTV chooses Kevin Seal as an MTV VJ from more than 1250 college students who entered MTV's nationwide campus VJ search.

1988
Dirty Diana (Michael Jackson) was a hit.

1993
William Orbit hits #59 in the UK with "Water From a Vine Leaf".

 

[garfieldlea68]

The Rock trivia was Very interesting (Thanks!!) I saw That Heather Mentioned All of favorites too However I would like to say a little something. on Elton John's CD "The One" I love the CD but there is one song on it that hits me to the core "The Last Song " reminds me of a family member who played it all the time (And died of AIDS too) I also love Bruce Springsteen too