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
January 16, 2013 January 16,1976 the day Peter Frampton's career had a turning point big time with the release of "Frampton Comes Alive". The double LP went to number one spot on the album charts and stayed there for 17 weeks.
January 9, 2013 James Patrick Page was born today January 9,1944. When Jimmy Page was 8 years old he picked up his first guitar and the rest is rock and roll history.
Jimmy Page started out in London as studio musician in 1964. Then in 1966 he joined The Yardbirds
January 8, 2013 Today is birthday of Elvis Presley born January 8,1935 at his parents home in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis's twin brother Jesse, was delivered 35 minutes before him, stillborn. There are so many great stories about Elvis.
January 4, 2013 A couple of interesting music events on this day. In 1954, Elvis Presley paid Sun Records $4.00 to record two songs for his mother: "My Happiness" and "That’s When Your Heartaches Begin." The session took ten minutes.
January 4,1965 was a very good day for Leo Fender.
January 2, 2013 On this date in 1969, Led Zeppelin played the first of a four night stay at the Whisky-A-Go-Go nightclub on Sunset Stripe in Hollywood and the opening act was Alice Cooper.
I bet the ticket price was something like 3 bucks.
December 19, 2012 Movie history was made today in 1997 with the release of James Cameron’s “Titanic”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane and Kathy Bates. It would turn out to be become the biggest grossing movie of all time.
December 18, 2012 In the land rock and roll today is a remarkable day. Who would of thought years ago that Keith Richards would live to be 69 years old. Keith has diffidently deified the odds and used up quite a few of his nine lives during his life. Happy Birthday Keith!
December 17, 2012 December 17, 1969 Tiny Tim married Miss Vickie on "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson". Tiny Tim and Miss Vickie had a daughter, Tulip. Then in 1977 they divorced. Tiny Tim was unique even in death. He died Saturday, November 30, 1996. He died as he lived, performing "Tiptoe Through the Tulips"
December 14, 2012 It was on this date December 14, 1977 that leisure suits became the hot clothing to have.
The reason was the debut of the movie "Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta.
Speaking of hot items the soundtrack album sold 25-million copies worldwide.
December 11, 2012 On this day in 1977, Bob Seger released the single "Night Moves" from the album of the same name. This is the song that put Bob on the map and would kick his career into becoming a superstar. Rolling Stone magazine named the tune Single Of The Year for 1977.
