Showing posts with label Bobby Womack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bobby Womack. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2013

MARCH 4: Bobby Womack, The Rolling Stones, Badfinger, George Harrison, Leon Russel, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Internal Revenue Service in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…



March 4, 2013:

 It’s  Bobby Womack’s 69th Birthday!!!
 










March 4, 1967: The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" sat atop the Billboard singles chart after American disc jockeys shied away from playing the flip side, "Let's Spend The Night Together"…


March 4, 1972:
 
Badfinger receive a Gold record for the Billboard #4 hit, "Day After Day". The song featured George Harrison on guitar and Leon Russell on piano…




March 4, 1978:

The US internal Revenue Service carried out a dawn raid at the home of Jerry Lee Lewis and removed cars worth over $170,000, to pay off his back taxes…


Not a bad day in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…
(‘Cept for The Killer…)

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

July 25, 1964: The Rolling Stones release a cover of The Valentinos’ “It's All Over Now” in the USA.


July 25, 1964:
The Rolling Stones release a new single, It's All Over Now, in the USA.




The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack

"It's All Over Now" was written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack… 


The Valentinos version entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 27, 1964, where it stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at #94…



The Rolling Stones July 25th release became their first number-one hit…




  
Sometimes things happen quickly in
THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK 'n ROLL...
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