August 22, 1970: After leaving The Animals the year before, Eric Burdon made a return to the charts when his new band, War, scored a number 3 hit with "Spill The Wine"…

August 22, 1970:

After leaving The Animals the year before, Eric Burdon made a return to the charts when his new band, War, scored a number 3 hit with "Spill The Wine"…

 Although Burdon would split from War in 1971, the rest of the group would have many more hits without him…

 "The World is a Ghetto"

"The Cisco Kid"

"Gypsy Man"   

"Slippin' Into Darkness"

 "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

“Lowrider”

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NOVEMBER 7 IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL: Ray Charles, The Marvellettes, Eric Burdon, Hall and Oates and The dramatics…

November 7, 1961: 

Ray Charles is arrested in Indianapolis after police discover marijuana and heroin in his hotel room...

 (Clearly, Ray hadn’t seen it there)

  

November 7, 1964:  

 
The Marvelettes' "Too Many Fish in the Sea" enters the Billboard Hot 100 where it will reach #25. The song will be the fifth of the group's ten US Top 40 Pop hits…

November 7, 1970: 

MGM Records President Mike Curb announces that the company is dropping 18 acts from its roster in a move to discredit musicians who "exploit and promote hard drugs through music." Among the acts dropped are Connie Francis, and The Cowsills, 

But not Eric Burdon…

November 7, 1981: 

Daryl Hall and John Oates achieve their third US number one single with "Private Eyes". Over the next three years, they would have three more...

 "Private Eyes" reached #32 in the UK…

November 7: 2004: 

Lenny Mays of The Dramatics passed away of heart failure at the age of 53. The group cracked the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971 with

 "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get"

 And again in 1972 with 

"In The Rain"… 

R.I.P. Lenny Mays

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SEPTEMBER 28: Murray The K, The Beatles, Lucy In The Sky) Vodden, Eric Burden (and War), Jimmy McCulloch (of Thunderclap Newman and Wings) and The Ronnetts are all significant players on this date in the EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

 September 28^th ~ 1963 to 2009: SIGNIFICANT IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

September 28, 1963:

New York disc jockey Murray The K receives a copy of

The Beatles'

 "She Loves You"

and plays it on radio station WINS-AM.

It is believed to be the first Beatles' song ever played in the US…

September 28, 1963:

American Bandstand features The Ronettes performing "Be MyBaby"…

OK,  This isn’t on Dick Clark’s show, but it was on TV in ’63…  

September 28, 1970:

Eric Burdon And War are awarded a Gold record for

 "Spill the Wine"… 

September 28, 1979:

R.I.P. Jimmy McCulloch (Guitarist with Thunderclap Newman and Wings) was found dead in his flat in Maida Vale, North West London after suffering heart failure. He was 26…

 DAMN, THIS CAT DIDN’T EVEN MAKE THE “27 CLUB”!!!   

September 28, 2009:

R.I.P. Lucy Vodden (née O'Donnell) [The childhood pal of John Lennon's son Julian], passed away at the age of 46 after losing her battle with auto-immune disease lupus.)

Lucy, age six

 She was the inspiration for The Beatles' track "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", written mostly by John after Julian showed his father a nursery school drawing he called Lucy - in the sky with diamonds, depicting his classmate…

SO, “Lucy in the Sky”

wasn’t about LSD (or was it?)…

September 28^th

IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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