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Let’s flashback to May 16, 1981. Billy Squier’s great love song “The Stroke” enters the singles charts on its way to number 17. Billy is hot stuff nationwide.
See for yourself how hot Billy was.
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Let’s flashback to this week in 1977 and the #1 single in the U.S.A. was the title track from The Eagles “Hotel California”.
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Set the “Carl Coffey Rock and Roll Wayback Machine” to May 2, 1964.The Rolling Stones enter the music charts in the U.S.A. for the first time with their cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away".
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May 1st 1966, The Beatles performed their last concert in the United Kingdom, at London’s Wembley Arena for the NME Poll Winner’s Party. Other groups on the bill included The Rolling Stones,The Who, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield and The Walker Brothers.
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April 26, 1987, U2’s fifth studio album "The Joshua Tree" album began the first of nine weeks at #1. The collection of songs has sold over 10 million copies. The album received the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year
April 11, 2013 On this day in 1961, Bob Dylan played his first professional gig. He was only 19 years old and on stage at Gerde's Folk City in New York City's Greenwich Village. Management at the club where impressed with the young man from Minnesota and asked him to come back and perform some more.
March 13, 2013 On this day in 1934, Donald Duck made his debut in the cartoon "The Wise Little Hen". Donald's outrageous temper made him audience favorite.There were 128 Donald Duck cartoons, but he also appeared in a number of others with Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Chip & Dale.
March 12, 2013 In 1912 on March 12, Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low from Savannah, Georgia gathered together a group of eighteen girls for the first ever Girl Scout meeting. Daisy thought that girls should have the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually.
March 11, 2013 On this day in 1978, one of rock and roll's greatest debut albums Van Halen's self-titled album enters the music charts. The collection will end up selling at least 10 million copies.
Rock critics at the time greeted the album with negative reviews. Rock dogs nationwide loved what they heard.
February 25, 2013 Up until 1992, George Harrison took for granted that he was born on this day in 1943 February 25th. In 1992 he learned that his birth date was off by one calendar day by about a half hour. So in fact, George's birthday was really yesterday, February 24th. But we still celebrate the occasion today. George would have been 70.
January 25, 2013 The British Invasion of rock and roll in the U.S.A. got kicked into high gear this week in 1964.The Beatles reached the #1 spot on the music charts, with the single, I Want to Hold Your Hand.
January 18, 2013 On this day in 1964, Beatlemania got into kicked off in America! The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" entered the record charts on the way to a seven-week run at #1. Rock and Roll history was gettin
