Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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OCTOBER 6 |  

IT WAS 2020 WHEN THE ROCK WORLD LOST ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT GUITAR PLAYERS. EDDIE VAN HALEN, WELL-KNOWN FOR POPULARIZING THE TAPPING GUITAR TECHNIQUE, DIED AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS 65.  

TODAY IN 1972, DURING SESSIONS IN NEW YORK CITY, DAVID BOWIE RECORDED “THE JEAN GENIE”, WHICH BECAME THE LEAD SINGLE FROM HIS 1973 ALBUM ‘ALADDIN SANE’.  

IN 1969 THE BEATLES RELEASED THE GEORGE HARRISON’S PENNED SONG “SOMETHING” FROM THE ALBUM ‘ABBEY ROAD’ AS AN “A” SIDE, ALONG WITH THE LENNON AND MCCARTNEY’S WRITTEN “COME TOGETHER”. IT WAS THE FIRST GEORGE HARRISON TRACK TO BE RELEASED AS AN A-SIDE, AND REACHED #1.  

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