March 17, 2008
62 year old Ola Brunkert, the drummer for ABBA died after he hit his head against a glass door in his dining room, shattering the glass and cutting himself in the neck. R.I.P. Ola.
#RockHistory #ABBA #ROAtheBand
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March 16, 1963
Peter, Paul And Mary's "Puff The Magic Dragon" is released in the US, where it will reach #2. Although banned by some radio stations who thought the song was about drugs, it is really just a story about a little boy growing up, according to its writer, Peter Yarrow.
#RockHistory #PeterPaulandMary @ROAtheBand
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March 15, 1989
The Rolling Stones signed a $70 million contract to play 50 North American dates. At that point, it was the largest contract in Rock history.
#RockHistory #TheRollingStones @ROAtheBand
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March 14, 1959
Elvis Presley"s "For LP Fans Only", was the first album ever issued without the artist's name to be found anywhere on the cover.
#RockHistory #Elvis @ROAtheBand
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March 13, 1959
Friday the 13th proved unlucky for The Kingston Trio when they were involved in an emergency airplane landing in Indiana and nearly killed. Their song, "The Tijuana Jail" was rising up the charts.
#RockHistory #TheKingstonTrio @ROAtheBand
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March 12, 1977
The Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club, resulting in one of the show's engineers needing 14 stitches in his head.
#RockHistory #TheSexPistols @ROAtheBand
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March 11, 1974
Janis Joplin's manager, Albert Grossman, was awarded $112,000 on her life insurance policy. The insurance company had argued that Joplin's drug overdose death in 1970 was a suicide, not an accident.
#RockHistory #JanisJoplin @ROAtheBand
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March 10, 1955
RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was 'the new singing rage!'
#RockHistory #Elvis @ROAtheBand
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March 9, 1964
Capitol Records releases a song called "Letter To The Beatles" by The Four Preps. The lyrics describe a boy lamenting the fact that he's lost his girlfriend to The Fab Four. Unfortunately they had included a few bars from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" without permission and Capitol was forced to withdraw the single to avoid a lawsuit.
#RockHistory #TheFourPreps #ROAtheBand
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March 8, 1968
Bill Graham opens The Fillmore East in an abandoned movie theater in New York City.
#RockHistory #FilmoreEast @ROAtheBand
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 17, 2008 62 year old Ola Brunkert, the drummer for ABBA died after he hit his head against a glass door in his dining room, shattering the glass and cutting himself in the neck. R.I.P. Ola. #RockHistory #ABBA #ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 16, 1963 Peter, Paul And Mary's "Puff The Magic Dragon" is released in the US, where it will reach #2. Although banned by some radio stations who thought the song was about drugs, it is really just a story about a little boy growing up, according to its writer, Peter Yarrow. #RockHistory #PeterPaulandMary @ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 15, 1989 The Rolling Stones signed a $70 million contract to play 50 North American dates. At that point, it was the largest contract in Rock history. #RockHistory #TheRollingStones @ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 14, 1959 Elvis Presley"s "For LP Fans Only", was the first album ever issued without the artist's name to be found anywhere on the cover. #RockHistory #Elvis @ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 13, 1959 Friday the 13th proved unlucky for The Kingston Trio when they were involved in an emergency airplane landing in Indiana and nearly killed. Their song, "The Tijuana Jail" was rising up the charts. #RockHistory #TheKingstonTrio @ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 12, 1977 The Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club, resulting in one of the show's engineers needing 14 stitches in his head. #RockHistory #TheSexPistols @ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 11, 1974 Janis Joplin's manager, Albert Grossman, was awarded $112,000 on her life insurance policy. The insurance company had argued that Joplin's drug overdose death in 1970 was a suicide, not an accident. #RockHistory #JanisJoplin @ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 10, 1955 RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was 'the new singing rage!' #RockHistory #Elvis @ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 9, 1964 Capitol Records releases a song called "Letter To The Beatles" by The Four Preps. The lyrics describe a boy lamenting the fact that he's lost his girlfriend to The Fab Four. Unfortunately they had included a few bars from "I Want To Hold Your Hand" without permission and Capitol was forced to withdraw the single to avoid a lawsuit. #RockHistory #TheFourPreps #ROAtheBand
Reply
Rock n' Roll Retrospective
March 8, 1968 Bill Graham opens The Fillmore East in an abandoned movie theater in New York City. #RockHistory #FilmoreEast @ROAtheBand
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