Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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NOVEMBER 12 

ON THIS DAY IN 1977 ‘THE SEX PISTOLS’ TOPPED THE U.K. CHART WITH THEIR ONLY STUDIO ALBUM, ‘NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS’. IT IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PUNK RECORD EVER RELEASED  

IN 1988 IRISH ROCKERS ‘U2’ STARTED A SIX-WEEK RUN AT NO.1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH THEIR HYBRID LIVE/STUDIO LP ‘RATTLE AND HUM’ WHICH WENT ON TO SELL OVER 14 MILLION COPIES AND FEATURED THE HIT SINGLE “DESIRE”.  

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER NEIL YOUNG, FAMOUS FOR HIS MANY SOLO ALBUMS, HIS MUSIC WITH CRAZY HORSE, FOR HIS TIME IN BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AS WELL AS CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, AND YOUNG – BORN IN TORONTO, CANADA, 78 YEARS AGO TODAY. 

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