Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
While waiting for producer Jim Hilton to arrive, Iron Butterfly ran through "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" as a soundcheck for engineer Don Casale, who had started the tape rolling. When it was played back, everyone agreed that the band couldn't improve on it. It's that seventeen minute "soundcheck" that appears on the multi-platinum album.
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On this day in 1974, J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf married Faye Dunaway. The couple would divorce in 1979. Love Stinks.
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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.
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The Everly Brothers turned down the chance to be the first to record "Lay Lady Lay" because when they heard Bob Dylan sing it for them, they mis-heard the lyrics as "Lay lady lay, lay across my big breasts, babe." Thinking it was a song about lesbians, they politely declined.
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'80s rocker Billy Squier allegedly had a rider in his contract that said if the venue he was performing at misspelled his name as "Squire" on the marquee, he was entitled to 100 percent of the door receipts.
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Keith Richards has often said that he came up with the guitar riff and some of the lyrics for the song "Satisfaction" in his sleep.
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The Beatles hit "Ticket To Ride" was written after John Lennon and Paul McCartney had visited Paul's cousins, Mike and Bett Robbins, who operated a pub in the seaside town of Ryde. The journey took place after the pair had purchased a ferry ticket to Ryde.
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Peter Frampton was the lead guitar player on Frankie Valli's 1978 hit, "Grease".
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Pete Townshend accidentally broke the neck of his guitar at a low-ceilinged venue and the audience enjoyed it so much it became a regular part of the act.
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Little Richard's opening line to his hit "Tutti Frutti", A-wop bop-a loo-mop, a-lop bam-boom! was a scat that was supposed to imitate a drum solo opening.
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day While waiting for producer Jim Hilton to arrive, Iron Butterfly ran through "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" as a soundcheck for engineer Don Casale, who had started the tape rolling. When it was played back, everyone agreed that the band couldn't improve on it. It's that seventeen minute "soundcheck" that appears on the multi-platinum album. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day On this day in 1974, J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf married Faye Dunaway. The couple would divorce in 1979. Love Stinks. #RockTrivia
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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
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day The Everly Brothers turned down the chance to be the first to record "Lay Lady Lay" because when they heard Bob Dylan sing it for them, they mis-heard the lyrics as "Lay lady lay, lay across my big breasts, babe." Thinking it was a song about lesbians, they politely declined. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day '80s rocker Billy Squier allegedly had a rider in his contract that said if the venue he was performing at misspelled his name as "Squire" on the marquee, he was entitled to 100 percent of the door receipts. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Keith Richards has often said that he came up with the guitar riff and some of the lyrics for the song "Satisfaction" in his sleep. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day The Beatles hit "Ticket To Ride" was written after John Lennon and Paul McCartney had visited Paul's cousins, Mike and Bett Robbins, who operated a pub in the seaside town of Ryde. The journey took place after the pair had purchased a ferry ticket to Ryde. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Peter Frampton was the lead guitar player on Frankie Valli's 1978 hit, "Grease". #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Pete Townshend accidentally broke the neck of his guitar at a low-ceilinged venue and the audience enjoyed it so much it became a regular part of the act. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Little Richard's opening line to his hit "Tutti Frutti", A-wop bop-a loo-mop, a-lop bam-boom! was a scat that was supposed to imitate a drum solo opening. #RockTrivia
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