One of rock and rolls great albums was released this month in 1970, Eric Clapton's "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs". The album is credited to a group called Derek & The Dominos
Here's a recording artist that falls into the one hit wonder category. Norman Greenbaum was born in Malden, Massachusetts November 20, 1942. It would be 27 years later that Norman would release the song Spirit In The Sky and the tune would make up to #3 on U...
It took less the a month from its release date September 26th in the U.S.A., to this week in 1974 for John Lennon's Walls and Bridges to make it to the #1 spot on the album charts.
This week in 1964, The Rolling Stones finally made it into the Top 10 album charts with their collection titled 12 X 5. it would make it to #3 and stay there for four weeks.
The title means 12 songs by 5 guys.
Who would have thought four musicians from Liverpool would be invited by Queen Elizabeth II to Windsor Palace in London. It happened today in 1965, when The Beatles were awarded M.B.E. (Members of the British Empire) medals by her majesty...
The British invasion of rock and roll was was put into motion with The Beatles TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The new love by American teenagers of rock from England would be added to when they got to see The Rolling Stones for first time on this day in 1964 on The Ed Sullivan Show...
This week in 1974, Bachman-Turner Overdrive had their first and last album to make it to #1. Not Fragile achieved the position by the success of the #1 hit single from the lp You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. A song Randy Bachman was forced to have put on the album...
This week in 1973, it finally happened for Grand Funk Railroad they had their first #1 single with We're An American Band from the album of the same name. Four years after coming on the scene drummer Don Brewer's song about the bands life on the road would go on to become a classic rock mainstay...