1970

This album proves that Van Morrison is special.

Instantly done in less than 24 hours. Written, recorded and be sent off to be manufactured.

The group had just been voted the worlds #1 rock band knocking The Beatles out that position.

The name he had for the album was 'Virgo's Fool' but his record company had a different idea...

Check out this rare footage of 'Spirit In The Sky' which entered the charts this week in 1970. Norman Greenbaum was inspired to write the tune after watching Porter Wagoner singing a gospel song on TV saying later "I thought, 'Yeah, I could do that,' knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my own gospel song...

This week was in 1970; saw the band Black Sabbath established themselves as a rock and roll powerhouse. Black Sabbath hit the # 1 spot on the United Kingdom music charts with the album Paranoid. The bands second album features some of Sabbath’s killer rock tunes Iron Man, War Pigs and the driving tile cut...

It happened today September 18,1970 at Saint Mary Abbot's Hospital in London Jimi Hendrix was dead on arrival at the age of 27 after choking on his own vomit. Those familiar with incident say that if Jimi had been put into an upright position in the ambulance rather than on his back, he wouldn’t have suffocated on his own vomit.

A big day back in time for all you lovers of Queen rock and roll. It was on June 27, 1970, the band played the first show as Queen at Truro City Hall in Cornwall, England.