March 2010, This Day In Rock
This Day In Rock
Hello Friends and welcome to another edition of This Day In Rock. Its another manic Monday so lets take that walk down musical memory lane.
On this day in1957 The Everly Brothers Record "Bye Bye Love" which would make it all the way to #2 on the charts!
In 1961 Elvis Presley signed a 5 year movie deal.
Two Beatles Facts for this day in 1964!!
1.They started filming "A Hard Days Night" on this day.
2.The top two spots on the billboard charts were held by the "Fab Four" and they were "She Loves You" and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
On this day in 1965 "Downtown" By Petula Clark goes gold.
On this day in 1968 Elton John releases his first record only in the UK. The record failed by never even making it onto the charts and his record company dropped him soon after.
On this day in 1969 Jim Morrison is arrested in Miami following a concert for inedcent exposure.
On this day in 1975 The Eagles have the #1 album with "Best Of My Love"
On this day in 1977 "Blinded By The Light" by Manfred Mann gets a gold record. and here is a suprising fact, Did you know the writer of that song was Bruce Springsteen?
On this day in 1984 Cyndi Lauper Performs on television for the first time on the Johnny Carson Show. She performed her current hit at the time "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
Well friends thats all for today! Until tomorrow...
PEACE!!!!!!




