Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo
DECEMBER 29 THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE MADE THEIR DEBUT ON THE UK TV SHOW ‘TOP OF THE POPS’ IN 1966, […]
DECEMBER 29 THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE MADE THEIR DEBUT ON THE UK TV SHOW ‘TOP OF THE POPS’ IN 1966, […]
DECEMBER 28 TODAY IN 1968 THE THREE-DAY MIAMI POP FESTIVAL KICKED OFF, THE FIRST MAJOR ROCK FESTIVAL HELD ON THE […]
DECEMBER 27 ON THIS DAY IN 1975 QUEEN SCORED THEIR FIRST #1 ALBUM WITH ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’. RUMORED […]
DECEMBER 26 TODAY IN 1966, AFTER PLAYING AN AFTERNOON SHOW AT LONDON’S UPPERCRUST CLUB, JIMI HENDRIX WROTE THE LYRICS TO […]
DECEMBER 25 IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY, AND IN 1969 A 16-YEAR-OLD ROBBIE BACHMAN OF WINNIPEG, CANADA, RECEIVES HIS FIRST DRUM KIT […]
DECEMBER 24 ON THIS DAY IN 1965 THE BEATLES HAD THE #1 ALBUM IN THE U.K. FOR THE THIRD CHRISTMAS […]
DECEMBER 23 TODAY IN 1968 IS AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR LED ZEPPELIN, AS THEY LEAVE BRITAIN FOR THEIR FIRST AMERICAN […]
DECEMBER 22 TODAY IN 1973, ALREADY #1 IN AMERICA, ELTON JOHN STARTED A TWO-WEEK RUN AT NO. 1 ON THE […]
DECEMBER 21 TODAY IN 1983 VAN HALEN RELEASED WHAT WOULD BECOME THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL SONG, “JUMP”, AS THE LEAD SINGLE […]
DECEMBER 20 TODAY IN 1975, FORMER ‘JAMES GANG’ GUITARIST JOE WALSH OFFICIALLY JOINED THE ‘EAGLES’ REPLACING BERNIE LEADON. HE WOULD […]