Good Morning from the College! It’s a really kind of quiet day here, and your lesson will be smaller than usual. It was mostly an uneventful day in rock music history. But we do have some interesting events.
Here’s today’s lesson, You won’t have to strain your brain:
December 18, 1961: EMI Records rejected The Beatles. They later signed them after they realized what the fuck they had.
Also on this day, Sam Cooke, a man whose voice was made for R & B, recorded Twistin’ The Night Away.
December 18, 1962: The Beatles returned to Hamburg for the last time before hitting the big time, where they play a twelve-night run at The Star Club.
December 18, 1971: Sly & The Family Stone had the #1 album on the Billboard chart with There’s a Riot Going On. It was originally going to be called Africa Speaks To You, but the name was changed at the last minute to respond to Marvin Gaye’s album, What’s Going On.
Born On This Day
December 18, 1938: Chas Chandler (bassist for The Animals and later, manager of the Jimi Hendrix Experience), was born in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
December 18, 1941: Sam Andrews, guitarist for Big Brother & The Holding Company, was born in Taft, California.
December 18, 1943: Keith Richards, lead gutarist for The Rolling Stones, was born in Dartford, Kent, England.
And that is the lesson today from the College of Rock n’ Roll Knowledge! Stick around, Today’s line-up is coming!
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