Good Morning from The College of Rock n’ Roll Knowledge. It’s another busy day in musical history, as you will see.
Here’s today’s lesson plan:
November 19, 1955: Carl Perkins records Blue Suede Shoes at Sun Studios in Memphis. It will be Perkins’ biggest hit, reaching #2 on Billboard.
November 19, 1966: The Supremes enjoy their eighth US #1 hit with You Keep Me Hangin’ On.
November 19, 1971: B.B. King celebrates his 25th year in music by kicking off a European tour in London.
November 19, 1973: Led Zeppelin begins recording demos for their album, Physical Graffiti.
Meanwhile, Bob Dylan releases his 13th studio album, simply called Dylan.
November 19, 1975: The J. Geils Band records Blow Your Face Out (a fucking great album) at Cobo Hall in Detroit.
November 19, 1976: Van Morrison’s Moondance album receives a Gold Record. The album spawns two hits. In addition to the title track, Into The Mystic is released.
November 19, 1982: Led Zeppelin releases its final studio album, Coda, which is a collection of unused tracks written before drummer John Bonham’s death in 1980.
November 19, 1983: Tom Evans of Badfinger died at the age of 36. Like his and mate, Pete Ham, Evans also hanged himself. The story of what record company and manager greed and avarice did to Badfinger’s career is one that should be told. We will touch on that in the blog sometime.
November 19, 1994: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers perform You Don’t Know How It Feels and Honeybee on Saturday Night Live, with Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters on drums.
November 19, 1995: Bruce Springsteen’s thirteenth album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, is released.
A 60-track album called Beatles Anthology I is released and sets a single-day sales record of 450,000 units.
That’s it, children. Take notes. There’ll be a quiz later (just kidding).
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