Bryan Adams's debut single reminds of Billy Joel's story of how Joel's debut album was mastered at the wrong speed.
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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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Before forming The Charlie Daniels Band, Daniels started his career as a Nashville multi-instrumentalist session musician, producer, and songwriter.
He co-wrote "It Hurts Me" (a song which Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires recorded) with his friend, producer Bob Johnston, under Bob's wife's name, Joy Byers.
As a Nashville session musician, he was a multi-instrumentalist on some songs on Bob Dylan's Nashville, Skyline, Self Portrait, and New Morning albums and Leonard Cohen's Songs From A Room and Songs Of Love And Hate albums.
Charlie's first solo record was a rockabilly single called "Robot Romp" in 1961.
He recorded a single titled "Middle Of A Heartache" in 1966 under the band name Charlie Daniels & The Jaguars.
He co-produced the 1969 album by The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain.
He co-wrote "It Hurts Me" (a song which Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires recorded) with his friend, producer Bob Johnston, under Bob's wife's name, Joy Byers.
As a Nashville session musician, he was a multi-instrumentalist on some songs on Bob Dylan's Nashville, Skyline, Self Portrait, and New Morning albums and Leonard Cohen's Songs From A Room and Songs Of Love And Hate albums.
Charlie's first solo record was a rockabilly single called "Robot Romp" in 1961.
He recorded a single titled "Middle Of A Heartache" in 1966 under the band name Charlie Daniels & The Jaguars.
He co-produced the 1969 album by The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain.
Singer Minnie Riperton of "Lovin' You", "Inside My Love", and other songs was the mother of actress and singer Maya Rudolph.
The Mamas & the Papas originally considered calling the group The Magic Cyrcle before switching to the Mamas & the Papas, inspired by the Hells Angels, whose female associates were called "mamas".
Not rock; but, still a cool story.
Check out Johnny Cash's Cadillac, 'One Piece At A Time'
This was the awesome ride of "The Man in Black"? Not only does this Cadillac look like a piece of art - but check out the words 'One Piece At A Time' on the roof. You certainly knew that Johnny Cash was in town when you saw this psychobilly Cadillac rolling down the street. The words come from a country novelty song written by Wayne Kemp. Cash recorded the tune with the Tennessee Three back in 1976 - and it reached number one on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
Cash's producer phoned him up in April of 1976 and said he thought "One Piece at a Time" was going to be a hit. So the idea was to build a car for publicity shots. And the rest is cool automotive history.
Check out Johnny Cash's Cadillac, 'One Piece At A Time'
This was the awesome ride of "The Man in Black"? Not only does this Cadillac look like a piece of art - but check out the words 'One Piece At A Time' on the roof. You certainly knew that Johnny Cash was in town when you saw this psychobilly Cadillac rolling down the street. The words come from a country novelty song written by Wayne Kemp. Cash recorded the tune with the Tennessee Three back in 1976 - and it reached number one on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
Cash's producer phoned him up in April of 1976 and said he thought "One Piece at a Time" was going to be a hit. So the idea was to build a car for publicity shots. And the rest is cool automotive history.
In the late 1990s, David Lee Roth trained as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in New York City, going on over 200 ambulance rides. His badge number was 327466. He says, "You’re better off if I’m in the room. It’s part of my family: Be of value; have a job. If trouble strikes, what good are you?"
Elvis's TCB emblem with the lightening bolt stood for "taking care of business in a flash".
"Rumble" is an instrumental tune by Link Wray & His Ray Men and released in the U.S. in April 1958 as a single. "Rumble" utilized the techniques of distortion and feedback.
In 2018, the song was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in a new category for singles.
The instrumental came to the attention of record producer Archie Bleyer of Cadence Records, who hated it, particularly after Wray poked holes in his amplifier's speakers to make the recording sound more like the live version. But Bleyer's stepdaughter loved it, so he released it despite his misgivings. Phil Everly heard it and suggested the title "Rumble", as it had a rough sound and said it sounded like a street fight; however, the name of the song created controversy..
The piece is one of very few instrumental singles banned from the radio airwaves in the U.S. It was banned in several U.S. radio markets because the term "rumble" was a slang term for a gang fight and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency. Despite the issue, it became a hit in the U.S., where it climbed to #16 on the charts in the summer of 1958.
In 2018, the song was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in a new category for singles.
The instrumental came to the attention of record producer Archie Bleyer of Cadence Records, who hated it, particularly after Wray poked holes in his amplifier's speakers to make the recording sound more like the live version. But Bleyer's stepdaughter loved it, so he released it despite his misgivings. Phil Everly heard it and suggested the title "Rumble", as it had a rough sound and said it sounded like a street fight; however, the name of the song created controversy..
The piece is one of very few instrumental singles banned from the radio airwaves in the U.S. It was banned in several U.S. radio markets because the term "rumble" was a slang term for a gang fight and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency. Despite the issue, it became a hit in the U.S., where it climbed to #16 on the charts in the summer of 1958.
Prior to joining Deep Purple, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover were in a band called Episode Six.
Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Ian Astbury (The Cult) played together for a short time with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger as The Doors of the 21st Century in 2002.
Cool! I knew that Astbury had played with The Doors, but had no idea Copeland was ever involved.
Electric Light Orchestra was born out of the three remaining members of the band The Move.
I guess that's not all that unusual.
I guess that's not all that unusual.
"A very early international show at Randwick Racecourse (circa 1971) featured Deep Purple, Free, Manfred Mann and Piranha (Oz support) had approximately 10 Lenard PA boxes per side mounted on trestle tables (you know, the ones with ‘rocking horse’ legs!) driven by 10 Lenard ‘powered mixers’ linked with guitar leads! No multicores, no huge audio consoles, no graphic equalisers; everything was done from backstage. You had to be there to believe it! But in those days, it was huge.."
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Daryl Dragon of The Captain & Tennille (R.I.P.) had his familiar image and stage name come from his time as a keyboard player with The Beach Boys from 1967 to 1972. Beach Boys lead singer Mike Love gave him the nickname "Captain Keyboard", and it stuck; Dragon began wearing a nautical captain's hat to go along with the name. He got Toni Tennille to play piano with The Beach Boys during their 1972 tour. Daryl's father was an Academy Award-winning composer and conductor and his mother was a singer who worked on Bing Crosby recordings among many others.
Singer Terry Reid was Jimmy Page's first choice as vocalist for the New Yardbirds (Led Zeppelin). Reid had prior commitments and recommended Robert Plant.
Sunn Musical Equipment Company was formed by Norm Sundholm (one time bassist for The Kingsmen) and his brother Conrad Sundholm.
A couple of the U2 guys were born in England also
