Today in Rock History – November 5th

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1965, The Who released the single ‘My Generation’ in the UK. 1965, The Doors appeared at the Pioneer Club Boat Ride, Los Angeles, California. 1966, The Monkees were top of the Billboard singles chart with ‘Last Train To Clarksville’, the group’s first No. 1. It was later revealed that due to filming commitments on their [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Burnin’ For You” by Blue Oyster Cult

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Not my typical fare for Song Of The Day, but a solid FM rock song from the 1970s. Actually, the reason I picked it was that earlier this evening I was making a cup of tea and put a cup of water into the microwave to quickly heat it up. Three minutes later, I reached [...]

Today in Rock History – April 27th

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1968, Simon & Garfunkel release “Mrs. Robinson” from The Graduate soundtrack. 1969, Pink Floyd appeared at Mothers Club in Birmingham, England. The show was recorded for the forthcoming album ‘Ummagumma’. 1969, A court finds John Lennon’s erotic lithographs “unlikely to deprave or corrupt,” and his exhibition in London is reopened. 1969, Joe Cocker makes his [...]