Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
In 1965, with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Mamas And Papas all turning out big hits, the Grammy Award for Best Performance By a Vocal Group was won by The Anita Kerr Singers for "We Dig Mancini".
#RockTrivia #TheRollingStones #TheBeatles
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
New York newspaper and radio commentator Walter Winchell first coined the term "disc jockey" in 1934 for radio announcer Martin Block.
#RockTrivia #DiscJockey #WalterWinchell
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Although many of Little Richard's songs contain obscure sexual references, like "Long Tall Sally, she's built for speed", a television censor once said: "How can I reject it when I can't even understand it?"
#RockTiviva #LittleRichard #LongTallSally
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
In 1963, Chubby Checker reached #12 on the Hot 100 with "Loddy Lo", a song he had written about Catharina Lodders, who won the Miss World title a year earlier. The two were married in 1964.
#RockTrivia #ChubbyChecker
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
With only 15 minutes of a 3 hour session left, The Diamonds recorded a song that they had just learned a few hours earlier called "Little Darlin'". The first and only take would turn out to be million seller that reached number 2 on the Billboard chart during a 21 week stay and become the third highest selling single of 1957.
#RockTrivia #TheDiamonds #LilDarlin
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
When John Lennon first started to comb his hair like Elvis Presley in the mid-'50s, his Aunt Mimi commented that he looked "like an overgrown lavatory brush." When he got his hair cut for the filming of How I Won The War, she declared that it was too short and called it a "horrible skinhead style."
#RockTrivia #Elvis #ElvisPresley
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Wayne Wadhams, the keyboard player and lead vocalist for The Fifth Estate on their 1967 hit "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", went on to write TV jingles and ad campaigns. Later still, he arranged and sang the main theme for the Candid Camera TV series, NBC sports specials and the Massachusetts State Lottery.
#RockTrivia #WizardofOz
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
When Elvis bought Graceland for he and his parents to live in, he said he wanted to create "the most beautiful bedroom in Memphis" for his mother. Gladys, however had other priorities. She wanted to add a chicken coop and a hog pen.
#RockTrivia #Elvis #ElvisPresley
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
The hit version of Neil Diamond's "Cherry, Cherry" has no drum track because it was recorded as a demo and was never intended to be released as a single. In later sessions, drums and horns were included, but none of those tracks turned out as well as the demo.
#RockTrivia #NeilDiamond
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Bruce Springsteen wrote "Dancing In The Dark" after a heated argument with his manager, Jon Landau, who wanted a hit single for the "Born In The USA" album. Springsteen later said about the song: "It went as far in the direction of Pop music as I wanted to go, and probably a little farther."
#RockTrivia #RocknRoll #TheBoss #BruceSpringsteen
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: In 1965, with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Mamas And Papas all turning out big hits, the Grammy Award for Best Performance By a Vocal Group was won by The Anita Kerr Singers for "We Dig Mancini". #RockTrivia #TheRollingStones #TheBeatles
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: New York newspaper and radio commentator Walter Winchell first coined the term "disc jockey" in 1934 for radio announcer Martin Block. #RockTrivia #DiscJockey #WalterWinchell
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Although many of Little Richard's songs contain obscure sexual references, like "Long Tall Sally, she's built for speed", a television censor once said: "How can I reject it when I can't even understand it?" #RockTiviva #LittleRichard #LongTallSally
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: In 1963, Chubby Checker reached #12 on the Hot 100 with "Loddy Lo", a song he had written about Catharina Lodders, who won the Miss World title a year earlier. The two were married in 1964. #RockTrivia #ChubbyChecker
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: With only 15 minutes of a 3 hour session left, The Diamonds recorded a song that they had just learned a few hours earlier called "Little Darlin'". The first and only take would turn out to be million seller that reached number 2 on the Billboard chart during a 21 week stay and become the third highest selling single of 1957. #RockTrivia #TheDiamonds #LilDarlin
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: When John Lennon first started to comb his hair like Elvis Presley in the mid-'50s, his Aunt Mimi commented that he looked "like an overgrown lavatory brush." When he got his hair cut for the filming of How I Won The War, she declared that it was too short and called it a "horrible skinhead style." #RockTrivia #Elvis #ElvisPresley
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Wayne Wadhams, the keyboard player and lead vocalist for The Fifth Estate on their 1967 hit "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", went on to write TV jingles and ad campaigns. Later still, he arranged and sang the main theme for the Candid Camera TV series, NBC sports specials and the Massachusetts State Lottery. #RockTrivia #WizardofOz
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: When Elvis bought Graceland for he and his parents to live in, he said he wanted to create "the most beautiful bedroom in Memphis" for his mother. Gladys, however had other priorities. She wanted to add a chicken coop and a hog pen. #RockTrivia #Elvis #ElvisPresley
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: The hit version of Neil Diamond's "Cherry, Cherry" has no drum track because it was recorded as a demo and was never intended to be released as a single. In later sessions, drums and horns were included, but none of those tracks turned out as well as the demo. #RockTrivia #NeilDiamond
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Bruce Springsteen wrote "Dancing In The Dark" after a heated argument with his manager, Jon Landau, who wanted a hit single for the "Born In The USA" album. Springsteen later said about the song: "It went as far in the direction of Pop music as I wanted to go, and probably a little farther." #RockTrivia #RocknRoll #TheBoss #BruceSpringsteen
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