JUNE 3rd ROCKS in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

June 3, 1950:

 Suzi Quatro hits the planet!!!

 

June 3, 1957:  The Isley Brothers, Ronald, Rudolph and Kelly, released their first record,
 "The Angels Cried"…

 Although it failed to catch on, the Isleys would go on to have hits in five straight decades...

June 3, 1967:
The Doors' "Light My Fire" is released... 
Two months later,

it will be number one in the US

June 3, 1967:

Aretha Franklin scored her only solo, US #1 hit on the Billboard Pop chart with

 Otis Redding's "Respect"...

Redding reached #35 with it in 1965. Aretha's rendition, on which she played piano, earned her two Grammy Awards in 1968 for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording and Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female…

Check the Sister out doin’ the tune in Stockholm a year later…

June 3, 1970:
Jimi Hendrix's live album "Band of Gypsies" is awarded a Gold record…

JUNE 3^rd ROCKS in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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FEBRUARY 23rd IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL: Ruby and the Romantics, The Chiffons and The Doors…

February 23^rd  saw some stranger than usual happenings...

In the EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!

FEBRUARY 23^rd IN

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

First up, on this date in 1963, Ruby and the Romantics entered the billboard Charts with

 OUR DAY WILL COME... 

By March The tune will become the group’s biggest hit, 

scoring #1 on both the R ‘n B and Pop Charts…

On the very same day, The Chiffons’ 
 HE’S SO FINE entered the Top 100... 

The tune had already been rejected by ten different record companies before Laurie Records decided to give it a shot..

The tune eventually topped the Billboard and Pop charts in March!!!

Skip ahead seven years to February 23, 1970…

 The Doors were already chart toppers when they released MORRISON MOTEL.

 The album produced NO hit singles at all; yet, it climbed to #4 on the Top 200 Chart

and reached #12 in the UK

STRANGE DAYS INDEED…

In the Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

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February 13th: Elmore James, Jr. Walker, The Doors, Sly and Billy Preston ROCK in The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll...

FEBRUARY 13^th

IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

February 13, 1952:

 Elmore James releases Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" …

February 13, 1965:

Jr. Walker and The All Stars enter the US charts for the first time with "Shotgun", which will make it to #1 on the R&B chart and #4 on the Pop chart…

February 13, 1969:

The Doors' "Touch Me"

 and Sly And The Family Stone's

"Everyday People" are awarded Gold records…

February 13, 1973:

Billy Preston hits #1 with

"Will It Go Round in Circles"

and #4 with "Space Race"…

FEBRUARY 13^th ROCKS 

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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Sept 13, 1969: John Lennon put a band together for the Rock 'n' Roll Revival Concert in Toronto, Canada that included Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman (bass player from Manfred Mann) and drummer Alan White (who would later join Yes). Also on the bill were Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Gene Vincent, Alice Cooper and The Doors…

 

The concert would produce a live album called "Live Peace in Toronto1969"…

 

Some Concert Highlights…

ChuckBerry  

 

BoDiddley 

  

Alice Cooper

TheDoors 

     

John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band

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