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Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 26, 1965 Guitarist Jimmy Page released a solo single called "She Just Satisfies", which would fail to chart on either side of the Atlantic. #RockHistory #JimmyPage

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 25, 2015 On what would have been his 72nd birthday, a memorial tree honoring George Harrison was planted in a Los Angeles park to replace one that was earlier killed by a beetle infestation. #RockHistory #GeorgeHarrison @ROAtheBand

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 24, 1988 Campaigning as a member of The Wild Party, Alice Cooper announces he is going to run for Governor of Arizona. To no one's surprise, he lost. https://youtu.be/S6MyXzWuwvY #RockHistory #AliceCooper

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 20, 1960 Jimi Hendrix made his stage debut when he played a show at a Seattle high school. #RockHistory #JimiHendrix

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 19, 1964 A British company shipped a half ton of Beatle wigs to the US. An American reporter later asked John Lennon, "How do you feel about teenagers imitating you with Beatle wigs?" John replied "They're not imitating us because we don't wear Beatle wigs." #RockHistory #TheBeatles

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 18, 1980 Bill Wyman announces that he will quit the Rolling Stones in 1983. He is persuaded not to and stays nine more years, eventually leaving in 1992. #RockHistory #TheRollingStones

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 17, 1966 The Beach Boys begin recording sessions for Brian Wilson's masterpiece, "Good Vibrations". Multiple layered overdubs spread out over eleven sessions would make this the most expensive single ever recorded to date. #RockHistory #TheBeachBoys

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

BBC television's first Rock 'n' Roll music program aired, "The Six-Five Special", named for the time the show began at five minutes after six. The show was given air-time immediately after the cancellation of what was called the Toddlers' Truce, which had seen broadcasts stop between 6 pm and 7 pm so children could be put to bed. #RockHistory

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

Chubby Checker launched a half-billion dollar lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard for including an app on its phones and tablets that used his name to measure a man's penis length based on his shoe size. #RockHistory #ChubbyChecker

Rock n' Roll Retrospective

February 14, 1999 Elton John appears in animated form for a Valentine's Day episode of The Simpsons. https://youtu.be/Di1h6Pha2fY #RockHistory #EltonJohn #ValentinesDay