Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
August 24, 1970. Emerson, Lake And Palmer made their debut at Plymouth Guild Hall in Plymouth, England. During their career the trio would sell over 40 million records.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
While celebrating his 21st Birthday on this day in 1966, The Who's drummer, Keith Moon, drives a Lincoln Continental into the pool of a Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan. The band would later get a $50,000 bill for the damage they caused and were subsequently banned from every Holiday Inn for life. It was also rumored that Decca Records had to purchase the ruined car from its rightful owner.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey began to manufacture a record player they called the Victrola in 1906. The hand-cranked unit with horn cabinet retailed for $200. Records were purchased separately, usually in the appliance stores that sold the machines, at a cost of between $1 and $7. Famed conductor John Philip Sousa predicted "a marked deterioration in American music" and said that generations of amateur musicians would give way to "canned music."
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Robert A. Moog, whose self-named synthesizers opened the door for the musical evolution of electronics, died of cancer at the age of 71.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
August 20, 1970; Creedence Clearwater Revival's album "Cosmo's Factory" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 200, a position it would hold for nine weeks.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
The Woodstock festival closes on August 18, 1969 after morning performances by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na and finally, at 9 AM, Jimi Hendrix, who performs his rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner".
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
The Doors' "Hello, I Love You" was the best selling single in America on this date in '68. After charges of plagiarism, UK courts would rule that the tune was lifted from The Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night" and British royalties would go to Ray Davies.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
August 16. 1977; 42 year old Elvis Presley was found dead at his Graceland mansion. Presley's girlfriend, Ginger Alden awoke in the afternoon and noticed that he was not in bed and found him lying on the floor of the bathroom. Efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and at 3:30 p.m. he was pronounced dead. After an examination it was revealed that Presley's body contained butabarbital, codeine, morphine, pentobarbital, Placidyl, Quaalude, Valium and Valmid. It had been five years since the King had a US Top Ten hit with the number 2 song, "Burning Love". His last US number 1 was 1969's "Suspicious Minds". He left an estate valued at 4.9 million dollars, which by 1993 had grown to over 50 million. In his last conversation with Ginger Alden, he told her "I'm going to the bathroom to read." When she cautioned him not to fall asleep in there, his final words were, "Okay, I won't."
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
The Woodstock Music and Art Festival began on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York fifty years ago today. The three-day long festival drew a crowd of more than 500,000 people and became one of the most celebrated Rock and Folk concert festivals of all time.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
August 14, 1985 Michael Jackson outbids Paul McCartney for the entire ATV music publishing catalogue, which includes most of the Lennon/McCartney songbook. Jackson paid 47.5 million US dollars for the company, in an act that will permanently sour the friendship between the two stars.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: August 24, 1970. Emerson, Lake And Palmer made their debut at Plymouth Guild Hall in Plymouth, England. During their career the trio would sell over 40 million records. @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #ELP
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: While celebrating his 21st Birthday on this day in 1966, The Who's drummer, Keith Moon, drives a Lincoln Continental into the pool of a Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan. The band would later get a $50,000 bill for the damage they caused and were subsequently banned from every Holiday Inn for life. It was also rumored that Decca Records had to purchase the ruined car from its rightful owner. @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #TheWho
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey began to manufacture a record player they called the Victrola in 1906. The hand-cranked unit with horn cabinet retailed for $200. Records were purchased separately, usually in the appliance stores that sold the machines, at a cost of between $1 and $7. Famed conductor John Philip Sousa predicted "a marked deterioration in American music" and said that generations of amateur musicians would give way to "canned music." @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #Victrola
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Robert A. Moog, whose self-named synthesizers opened the door for the musical evolution of electronics, died of cancer at the age of 71. @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #Moog
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: August 20, 1970; Creedence Clearwater Revival's album "Cosmo's Factory" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 200, a position it would hold for nine weeks. @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #CCR
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: The Woodstock festival closes on August 18, 1969 after morning performances by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na and finally, at 9 AM, Jimi Hendrix, who performs his rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner". @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #JimiHendrix
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: The Doors' "Hello, I Love You" was the best selling single in America on this date in '68. After charges of plagiarism, UK courts would rule that the tune was lifted from The Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night" and British royalties would go to Ray Davies. @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #TheDoors #TheKinks
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: August 16. 1977; 42 year old Elvis Presley was found dead at his Graceland mansion. Presley's girlfriend, Ginger Alden awoke in the afternoon and noticed that he was not in bed and found him lying on the floor of the bathroom. Efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and at 3:30 p.m. he was pronounced dead. After an examination it was revealed that Presley's body contained butabarbital, codeine, morphine, pentobarbital, Placidyl, Quaalude, Valium and Valmid. It had been five years since the King had a US Top Ten hit with the number 2 song, "Burning Love". His last US number 1 was 1969's "Suspicious Minds". He left an estate valued at 4.9 million dollars, which by 1993 had grown to over 50 million. In his last conversation with Ginger Alden, he told her "I'm going to the bathroom to read." When she cautioned him not to fall asleep in there, his final words were, "Okay, I won't." @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #ElvisPresley
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: The Woodstock Music and Art Festival began on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York fifty years ago today. The three-day long festival drew a crowd of more than 500,000 people and became one of the most celebrated Rock and Folk concert festivals of all time. @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #Woodstock
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: August 14, 1985 Michael Jackson outbids Paul McCartney for the entire ATV music publishing catalogue, which includes most of the Lennon/McCartney songbook. Jackson paid 47.5 million US dollars for the company, in an act that will permanently sour the friendship between the two stars. @ROAtheBand #RockTrivia #PaulMcCartney #MichaelJackson
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