Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
70-year-old Blues guitarist Johnny Winter was found dead in a hotel room near Zurich, Switzerland five years ago today. Friends say he suffered from emphysema combined with pneumonia. Overcoming albinism and poor eye sight he rose to fame as an arena-level concert draw in the early to mid-'70s.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
In '73, Ray Davies announces he's leaving The Kinks. His decision is brought on by exhaustion and his wife recently leaving him. He returned to the group within a week.
#RockTrivia #TheKinks
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
An article that appeared in London's Sunday Times in early May, 2019, claimed that Queen, the band, had amassed wealth totaling 445 million Pounds, eclipsing British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, who was worth 375 million Pounds.
#RockTrivia #Queen #QueenElizabethII
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1968, Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild" is released in the US, where it will reach #2. A line from the song which includes the words "heavy metal thunder" is often credited with popularizing a new term for loud, guitar dominated music.
#RockTrivia #Steppenwolf
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On July 12th in 1960, Janis Joplin debuted with her new group, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, before 4,000 people in Louisville, Kentucky. Less than three months later, she would be dead from a heroin overdose.
#RockTrivia #JanisJoplin
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
In July o 1969, After being recorded on May 18th in just one take, The Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" topped the UK chart.
#RockTrivia #TheAnimals
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Former Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones is laid to rest on this date in 1969. All members of the band, except Mick Jagger, were in attendance.
#RockTrivia #TheRollingStones #BrianJones
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Pat Boone releases his cover version of Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame". Domino's recording reached number ten in the US while Boone's version went all the way to number one.
#RockTrivia #FatsDomino #PatBoone
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
In 1969 Tommy James turned down an offer to perform at The Woodstock Festival after his booking agent described the event as "A stupid gig on a pig farm in Upstate New York." That decision cost the band millions in royalties.
#RockTrivia #TommyJames&Shondells
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
A Stamford, Connecticut band called The 5th Estate reaches #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 on this date in 1969 with a Rock and Roll version of "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" from the 1939 movie The Wizard Of Oz.
#RockTrivia #WizardOfOz #5thEstate
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: 70-year-old Blues guitarist Johnny Winter was found dead in a hotel room near Zurich, Switzerland five years ago today. Friends say he suffered from emphysema combined with pneumonia. Overcoming albinism and poor eye sight he rose to fame as an arena-level concert draw in the early to mid-'70s.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: In '73, Ray Davies announces he's leaving The Kinks. His decision is brought on by exhaustion and his wife recently leaving him. He returned to the group within a week. #RockTrivia #TheKinks
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: An article that appeared in London's Sunday Times in early May, 2019, claimed that Queen, the band, had amassed wealth totaling 445 million Pounds, eclipsing British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, who was worth 375 million Pounds. #RockTrivia #Queen #QueenElizabethII
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1968, Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild" is released in the US, where it will reach #2. A line from the song which includes the words "heavy metal thunder" is often credited with popularizing a new term for loud, guitar dominated music. #RockTrivia #Steppenwolf
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On July 12th in 1960, Janis Joplin debuted with her new group, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, before 4,000 people in Louisville, Kentucky. Less than three months later, she would be dead from a heroin overdose. #RockTrivia #JanisJoplin
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: In July o 1969, After being recorded on May 18th in just one take, The Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" topped the UK chart. #RockTrivia #TheAnimals
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Former Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones is laid to rest on this date in 1969. All members of the band, except Mick Jagger, were in attendance. #RockTrivia #TheRollingStones #BrianJones
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Pat Boone releases his cover version of Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame". Domino's recording reached number ten in the US while Boone's version went all the way to number one. #RockTrivia #FatsDomino #PatBoone
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: In 1969 Tommy James turned down an offer to perform at The Woodstock Festival after his booking agent described the event as "A stupid gig on a pig farm in Upstate New York." That decision cost the band millions in royalties. #RockTrivia #TommyJames&Shondells
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: A Stamford, Connecticut band called The 5th Estate reaches #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 on this date in 1969 with a Rock and Roll version of "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" from the 1939 movie The Wizard Of Oz. #RockTrivia #WizardOfOz #5thEstate
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