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Rock & Roll’s Greatest Hits – All Day! Every Day!
This is a music mix like nothing you’ve even heard (unless you’ve been here before). It’s created by radio professionals who went beyond the “oldies” mentality to provide a blend of the best music from the dawn of rock & roll right though today. You’ll hear greatest hits as well as some gems you might never have heard before from the biggest rock stars of all time.
Give our unique music blend just 60 minutes, we know you’ll be hooked because if you’ve been looking for Rock & Roll Heaven – you’ve found it!
1956: Elvis Presley made his first appearance at a Las Vegas resort on this day. He was actually booked as the opening act for headlining comedian Shecky Greene. He bombs badly with the middle-age crowd at the Frontier Hotel and is fired only one week into his engagement.
It wasn’t a total loss. While there, Elvis hears a lounge act called Freddie Bell and the Bellboys performing their version of a Big Mama Thornton tune called “Hound Dog.” The rest is rock ‘n’ roll history.
1966: Police in Kansas City, MO stop a James Brown concert due to what the cops call Brown’s “obscene dances.” Kids at the show respond with the obligatory rock ‘n’ roll riot.
Happy Birthday today to rock & roll drummers Pete Best (The Beatles) and Bev Bevan (Electric Light Orchestra)
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