Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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OCTOBER 18 | 

TODAY IN 1957, PAUL MCCARTNEY MADE HIS FIRST LIVE APPEARANCE WITH ‘THE QUARRY MEN’ IN LIVERPOOL, ALONGSIDE HIS FUTURE BEATLES BANDMATE JOHN LENNON. IN EARLY 1958, AT MCCARTNEY’S URGING, GEORGE HARRISON JOINED THE BAND.  

IN 1974 ‘THE ROLLING STONES’ RELEASE THE ALBUM ‘IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N ROLL’. IT WAS THE LAST STONES ALBUM TO FEATURE GUITARIST MICK TAYLOR, REACHED #1 IN AMERICA, AND INCLUDED THE TITLE TRACK ALONG WITH A COVER OF THE TEMPTATIONS HIT” AIN’T TOO PROUD TO BEG”.  

AND IN 1980 ‘THE GAME’ BY QUEEN WAS #1 ON THE ALBUM CHART FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS OF THEIR CAREER, “ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST”, REMAINED #1 FOR A THIRD WEEK ON THE SINGLES CHART. 

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