Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" is named after the route that goes through Bob's home state, Minnesota, and enters the Mississippi delta.
#RockTrivia #BobDylan
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1971, The Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar", the first single on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduces the infamous licking-tongue-and-lips logo designed by John Pasche.
#RockTrivia #TheRollingStones
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1968, James Brown made a national television appeal for calm in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Exactly 20 years later James Brown turned himself in to police to face charges that he beat his third wife with a pipe and fired a gun into a car while she was inside.
#RockTrivia #JamesBrown
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1960, RCA Victor Records announces that it will release all Pop singles in mono and stereo simultaneously. Elvis Presley's single, "Stuck on You" is RCA's first mono/stereo release.
#RockTrivia #ElvisPresley
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
Boz Scaggs' real name is William Royce Scaggs. His handle is shortened from a high school nickname, "Bosley".
#RockTrivia #BozScaggs
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1966, The Troggs use 45 minutes of spare studio time to record "Wild Thing" at Regent Sound Studio in London. It would climb to #2 in the UK and #1 in the US, selling over a million copies by the following June.
#RockTrivia #TheTroggs
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1962, The Russian newspaper Pravda warns communist youths about the dangers of dancing the Twist.
#RockTrivia #ChubbyChecker
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1973, Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show got their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine after their hit, "The Cover of Rolling Stone" reached number 6 on the US singles chart.
#RockTrivia #DrHook
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1972, David Crosby is arrested in San Diego for possession of drugs and a gun. When asked why he carried the gun, his reply was two words: "John Lennon."
#RockTrivia #DavidCrosby
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day:
On this date in 1952, Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee began releasing records. The label would later become the home of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others.
#RockTrivia #ElvisPresley #JohnnyCash #JerryLeeLewis
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" is named after the route that goes through Bob's home state, Minnesota, and enters the Mississippi delta. #RockTrivia #BobDylan
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1971, The Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar", the first single on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduces the infamous licking-tongue-and-lips logo designed by John Pasche. #RockTrivia #TheRollingStones
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1968, James Brown made a national television appeal for calm in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Exactly 20 years later James Brown turned himself in to police to face charges that he beat his third wife with a pipe and fired a gun into a car while she was inside. #RockTrivia #JamesBrown
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1960, RCA Victor Records announces that it will release all Pop singles in mono and stereo simultaneously. Elvis Presley's single, "Stuck on You" is RCA's first mono/stereo release. #RockTrivia #ElvisPresley
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: Boz Scaggs' real name is William Royce Scaggs. His handle is shortened from a high school nickname, "Bosley". #RockTrivia #BozScaggs
Reply
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1966, The Troggs use 45 minutes of spare studio time to record "Wild Thing" at Regent Sound Studio in London. It would climb to #2 in the UK and #1 in the US, selling over a million copies by the following June. #RockTrivia #TheTroggs
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1962, The Russian newspaper Pravda warns communist youths about the dangers of dancing the Twist. #RockTrivia #ChubbyChecker
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1973, Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show got their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine after their hit, "The Cover of Rolling Stone" reached number 6 on the US singles chart. #RockTrivia #DrHook
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1972, David Crosby is arrested in San Diego for possession of drugs and a gun. When asked why he carried the gun, his reply was two words: "John Lennon." #RockTrivia #DavidCrosby
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day: On this date in 1952, Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee began releasing records. The label would later become the home of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others. #RockTrivia #ElvisPresley #JohnnyCash #JerryLeeLewis
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