FEBRUARY 21 |
IT SPENT EIGHT WEEKS AT #1, BUT ON THIS DAY IN 1981, JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO’S “DOUBLE FANTASY” ALBUM WAS FINALLY KNOCKED OUT OF FIRST PLACE. THE NEW #1 WAS REO SPEEDWAGON’S ‘HI INFIDELITY’ WHICH STARTED A 15 WEEK RUN AT THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART.
TODAY IN 1972 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASED ‘ROCK AND ROLL’ AS A SINGLE IN THE US. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN AS A SPONTANEOUS JAM SESSION, WHEN DRUMMER JOHN BONHAM PLAYED THE INTRODUCTION TO LITTLE RICHARD’S ‘YOU KEEP A-KNOCKIN’ AND PAGE ADDED A GUITAR RIFF; THE BASIC SONG WAS FINISHED FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER.
AND IN 1964 THE ROLLING STONES RELEASE THEIR FIRST SINGLE IN AMERICA, A COVER OF THE BUDDY HOLLY SONG “NOT FADE AWAY.”
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