This Day in Rock History - Jan. 18th
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1964: The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” enters to U.S. pop charts at #45 the highest ever debut by a record up to that time. Beatlemania officially begins in the U.S.
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1964: The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” enters to U.S. pop charts at #45 the highest ever debut by a record up to that time. Beatlemania officially begins in the U.S.
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Some gals will do ANYTHING - even listen to (shudder) Rock 'n' Roll!
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One of the great movies of our adolescent years was Bye Bye Birdie, the film version of the successful Broadway musical.
It’s one of the rare instances when the changes Hollywood inevitably brings to Broadway adaptations actually improved the story.
The story was inspired by Elvis Presley’s 1957 induction into the army. The title character’s name was a play on then current rock singer (and future country star) Conway Twitty.
Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde were brought in from the stage show to play essentially the same parts.
There were two big changes.
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane (1967)
If someone were to ask us what is was like during the summer of love, we’d be tempted to just give them this album, “Surrealistic Pillow” by Jefferson Airplane and leave it at that. With the possible exception of “Sgt. Pepper,” there is no other single LP that could capture the feeling of that magical summer season.
This wasn’t the Airplane’s first album. That honor goes to “Jefferson Airplane Takes Off,” which was released on the RCA label in August, 1966. But that album gained very little altitude, not even charting on the Billboard Hot 100 Albums. Soon after, the band’s drummer Skip Spence and female singer Signe Toy Anderson departed. They were replaced by experienced jazz drummer Spencer Dryden and the former lead vocalist for the Great Society, Grace Slick. Together with male vocalist Marty Balin, guitarist Paul Kantner, lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Cassidy, they formed the classic Airplane line-up until Dryden departed in 1970.
In what 60's movie would you find the Cooler King, Scrounger and Big X?
