Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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DECEMBER 5 

ON THIS DAY IN 1932, ROCK AND ROLL PIONEER LITTLE RICHARD WAS BORN IN MACON, GEORGIA. HE’S KNOWN FOR HIS ELECTRIFYING STAGE PRESENCE AND WILD VOCALS.  

ON DECEMBER 5, 1969, BADFINGER RELEASED THE SINGLE COME AND GET IT IN THE UK. WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY PAUL MCCARTNEY, THE SONG BECAME THEIR BREAKTHROUGH HIT.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN RZEZNIK, LEAD SINGER AND GUITARIST FOR THE GOO GOO DOLLS, BORN DECEMBER 5, 1965. RZEZNIK HELPED CRAFT SOME OF THE BIGGEST ROCK HITS OF THE ’90S AND 2000S.