Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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JULY 18 |  

IN 1978 DEF LEPPARD MADE THEIR LIVE DEBUT AT WESTFIELD SCHOOL, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND IN FRONT OF 150 STUDENTS.  

TODAY IN 1978 GERRY RAFFERTY, ONCE A MEMBER OF ‘STEALERS WHEEL’, EARNS A GOLD RECORD FOR “BAKER STREET”, WHICH REACHED #2 IN THE U.S. AND #3 IN THE U.K. 

AND ON THIS DAY IN 1981, THE TEXXAS JAM WAS HELD INDOORS AT THE ASTRODOME IN HOUSTON BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE SUMMER HEAT IN TEXAS. THE LINEUP INCLUDED REO SPEEDWAGON, HEART, FOGHAT AND BLUE OYSTER CULT. 

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