Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
George Young, who co-founded AC/DC along with his brothers Angus and Malcolm, was the lead guitarist for a band called The Easybeats, who scored a Billboard Top 20 hit in 1967 with "Friday On My Mind".
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
The first draft of Jan And Dean's 1963 hit, "Surf City", was written by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys with the working title "Goody Connie Won't You Come Back Home".
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
One of Elvis Presley's first jobs was at a factory assembly line for the Precision Tool Company in Memphis, where he operated a drill press.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
on this date in 1973, nineteen year old Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. is killed in a traffic accident just days after he had appeared on TV's Midnight Special as a drummer in his father's band.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Paul McCartney's 1977 hit, "Mull Of Kintyre" is his all-time largest selling record in the UK, either with or without The Beatles. In America it was virtually ignored.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Before reaching #20 on the Billboard chart with "I Wanna Testify" in 1967, the Parliaments vocalist George Clinton was a foreman in a Hula Hoop factory.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Harry Nilsson's song "Coconut" (She put the lime in the coconut...) has only one chord in the entire song. It is the only record without any chord changes to reach the Billboard Hot 100.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in the same apartment that had previously belonged to Harry Nilsson and earlier, Mama Cass Elliot.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date i 1974, After appearing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, Connie Francis is assaulted at knifepoint in her hotel room. Although she would win a three million dollar lawsuit, Connie would not perform again until 1981.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive Gold and Platinum LPs.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: George Young, who co-founded AC/DC along with his brothers Angus and Malcolm, was the lead guitarist for a band called The Easybeats, who scored a Billboard Top 20 hit in 1967 with "Friday On My Mind". #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: The first draft of Jan And Dean's 1963 hit, "Surf City", was written by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys with the working title "Goody Connie Won't You Come Back Home". #RockTrivia
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: One of Elvis Presley's first jobs was at a factory assembly line for the Precision Tool Company in Memphis, where he operated a drill press. #RockTrivia
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: on this date in 1973, nineteen year old Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. is killed in a traffic accident just days after he had appeared on TV's Midnight Special as a drummer in his father's band. #RockTrivia
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Paul McCartney's 1977 hit, "Mull Of Kintyre" is his all-time largest selling record in the UK, either with or without The Beatles. In America it was virtually ignored. #RockTrivia
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Before reaching #20 on the Billboard chart with "I Wanna Testify" in 1967, the Parliaments vocalist George Clinton was a foreman in a Hula Hoop factory. #RockTrivia
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Harry Nilsson's song "Coconut" (She put the lime in the coconut...) has only one chord in the entire song. It is the only record without any chord changes to reach the Billboard Hot 100. #RockTrivia
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in the same apartment that had previously belonged to Harry Nilsson and earlier, Mama Cass Elliot. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date i 1974, After appearing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, Connie Francis is assaulted at knifepoint in her hotel room. Although she would win a three million dollar lawsuit, Connie would not perform again until 1981. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive Gold and Platinum LPs. #RockTrivia
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