Today in Rock History – August 30th

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1969, Two weeks after the Woodstock festival, the second Isle of Wight festival took place. Over 150,000 turned up over the two days to see Bob Dylan, The Band, Blodwyn Pig, Blonde On Blonde, Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band, Edgar Broughton Band, Joe Cocker, Aynsley Dunbar, Family, Fat Mattress, Julie Felix, Free, Gypsy, Richie Havens, [...]

Today in Rock History – June 12th

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1969, One hit wonders Zager and Evans started a six week run at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘In The Year 2525, (Exordium And Terminus) 1969, Elvis Presley was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents 1970, A solo Janis Joplin plays her first gig backed by the [...]

New Years Eve Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "In The Year 2525" by Zager and Evans

Denny Zager and Rick Evans met in college in Nebraska in the early 1960s and began playing music together. They recorded this song in 1968 and it reached the top of the charts during the summer of ’69 in time for man’s first steps on the moon.  It stayed atop the charts while man continued to [...]