January 23, 1956
Rock 'n' Roll fans in Cleveland, Ohio who were under 18 were banned from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult after Ohio Police started enforcing a law dating back to 1931.
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January 22, 1977
Peter Green, who had earlier left Fleetwood Mac, was institutionalized after firing a pistol in the general direction of a delivery boy who was attempting to deliver a $30,000 royalty check. Green had renounced Rock and Roll in 1970 and didn't want the money.
#RockHistory #FleetwoodMac @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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January 21, 1965
The Animals were forced to cancel a show at New York's Apollo Theater after the US Immigration Department forced the group to leave the venue.
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January 20, 1982
Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of what he thought was a plastic bat thrown at him during a concert in Des Moines. The bat turned out to be real and Ozzy later went through a series of injections against rabies.
#RockHistory #OzzyOsbourne @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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January 19, 1974
For $4 you could see Bruce Springsteen at Kent State University in Ohio as the opening act for Black Oak Arkansas.
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January 18, 1969
Pete Best wins a defamation suit against John, Paul and George. He had sought 8 million dollars, but won a considerably less, though undisclosed amount.
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January 17, 1967
David Mason recorded the piccolo trumpet solo for The Beatle's "Penny Lane". He was paid 27 pounds, 10 shillings ($42) for his performance. In August, 1987, the trumpet he used was sold at a Sotheby's auction for $10,846.
#RockHistory #TheBeatles @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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January 16, 1996
Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane, inspiring his song called "Jamaica Mistaica".
https://youtu.be/cojbWLJYJ_U
#RockHistory #JimmyBuffett @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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January 15, 1967
Roy Orbison appeared in the movie, "The Fastest Guitar Alive", where he is a Confederate spy who carries a bullet-shooting guitar.
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January 14, 1966
David Jones changes his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from the Monkees, just in time for the release of his single, "Can't Help Thinking About Me". He would later say that he chose "Bowie" because he likes that "big American bear-killin' knife."
https://youtu.be/RqZ-e5z33Eo
#RockHistory #DavidBowie @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 23, 1956 Rock 'n' Roll fans in Cleveland, Ohio who were under 18 were banned from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult after Ohio Police started enforcing a law dating back to 1931. #RockHistory @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 22, 1977 Peter Green, who had earlier left Fleetwood Mac, was institutionalized after firing a pistol in the general direction of a delivery boy who was attempting to deliver a $30,000 royalty check. Green had renounced Rock and Roll in 1970 and didn't want the money. #RockHistory #FleetwoodMac @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 21, 1965 The Animals were forced to cancel a show at New York's Apollo Theater after the US Immigration Department forced the group to leave the venue. #RockHistory #TheAnimals @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 20, 1982 Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of what he thought was a plastic bat thrown at him during a concert in Des Moines. The bat turned out to be real and Ozzy later went through a series of injections against rabies. #RockHistory #OzzyOsbourne @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 19, 1974 For $4 you could see Bruce Springsteen at Kent State University in Ohio as the opening act for Black Oak Arkansas. #RockHistory #TheBoss @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 18, 1969 Pete Best wins a defamation suit against John, Paul and George. He had sought 8 million dollars, but won a considerably less, though undisclosed amount. #RockHistory #TheBeatles @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 17, 1967 David Mason recorded the piccolo trumpet solo for The Beatle's "Penny Lane". He was paid 27 pounds, 10 shillings ($42) for his performance. In August, 1987, the trumpet he used was sold at a Sotheby's auction for $10,846. #RockHistory #TheBeatles @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 16, 1996 Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane, inspiring his song called "Jamaica Mistaica". https://youtu.be/cojbWLJYJ_U #RockHistory #JimmyBuffett @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 15, 1967 Roy Orbison appeared in the movie, "The Fastest Guitar Alive", where he is a Confederate spy who carries a bullet-shooting guitar. #RockHistory #RoyOrbison @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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Rock n' Roll Retrospective
January 14, 1966 David Jones changes his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from the Monkees, just in time for the release of his single, "Can't Help Thinking About Me". He would later say that he chose "Bowie" because he likes that "big American bear-killin' knife." https://youtu.be/RqZ-e5z33Eo #RockHistory #DavidBowie @ROAtheBand @Martzician
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