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Led Zeppelin is the only band to have every one of their albums reach the Billboard Top Ten.
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The words "Da Doo Ron Ron" started out as being gibberish filler while Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry worked out the lyrics to a new number they were writing. When nothing else came to them, they not only kept the phrase in the song, it ended up being used as the title to the now classic Rock tune by The Crystals.
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One this day in 2002 The Who’s bass player John Entwistle, died aged 57 in his hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He had gone to bed that night with a stripper. The medical examiner determined that death was due to a heart attack induced by an undetermined amount of cocaine.
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In 2014 it was reported that "Rock and Roll Part 2", co-written by Gary Glitter and Mike Leander, was earning an estimated $250,000 a year in royalties due to its use in the National Hockey League.
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In 2004 the UK performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited named "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" as the most-played record by British broadcasting of the past 70 years.
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Freddie Mercury claimed that he wrote "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" in just 10 minutes, while relaxing in a hotel bath.
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The Beatles were so impressed with Joe Cocker's version of "With A Little Help From My Friends" that they sent him a telegram of congratulations and placed an ad in the music papers praising it.
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Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jorge alleged that Rod Stewart's 1979 number 1 hit "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" plagiarized portions of his song "Taj Mahal." The two settled out of court and in his 2012 autobiography, Stewart admitted to "unconscious plagiarism."
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On this day in 1970, the FBI searched Memphis International Airport after a bystander overheard Who guitarist Pete Townshend refer to their album Tommy as “the bomb” while describing its success. FBI agents thought it was a bomb threat.
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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
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Led Zeppelin is the only band to have every one of their albums reach the Billboard Top Ten. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day The words "Da Doo Ron Ron" started out as being gibberish filler while Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry worked out the lyrics to a new number they were writing. When nothing else came to them, they not only kept the phrase in the song, it ended up being used as the title to the now classic Rock tune by The Crystals. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day One this day in 2002 The Who’s bass player John Entwistle, died aged 57 in his hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He had gone to bed that night with a stripper. The medical examiner determined that death was due to a heart attack induced by an undetermined amount of cocaine. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day In 2014 it was reported that "Rock and Roll Part 2", co-written by Gary Glitter and Mike Leander, was earning an estimated $250,000 a year in royalties due to its use in the National Hockey League. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day In 2004 the UK performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited named "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" as the most-played record by British broadcasting of the past 70 years. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Freddie Mercury claimed that he wrote "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" in just 10 minutes, while relaxing in a hotel bath. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day The Beatles were so impressed with Joe Cocker's version of "With A Little Help From My Friends" that they sent him a telegram of congratulations and placed an ad in the music papers praising it. #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jorge alleged that Rod Stewart's 1979 number 1 hit "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" plagiarized portions of his song "Taj Mahal." The two settled out of court and in his 2012 autobiography, Stewart admitted to "unconscious plagiarism." #RockTrivia
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Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day
Rock n' Roll Trivia of the Day On this day in 1970, the FBI searched Memphis International Airport after a bystander overheard Who guitarist Pete Townshend refer to their album Tommy as “the bomb” while describing its success. FBI agents thought it was a bomb threat. #RockTrivia
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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
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