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Month: July 1978

1978 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Miss You,” … Read more

1978 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Miss You,” …

1978 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Miss You,” The Rolling Stones. The song is the band’s eighth No. 1 single.

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1978 – Fans of the urban sitcom What’s Happening! yell at Rerun Read more

1978 – Fans of the urban sitcom What’s Happening! yell at Rerun

1978 – Fans of the urban sitcom What’s Happening! yell at Rerun to get out the way so they can get a better look at guest stars the Doobie Brothers. Kick Ass!

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1978 – Ted Nugent: In response to a fan’s request Read more

1978 – Ted Nugent: In response to a fan’s request

1978 – In response to a fan’s request, Ted Nugent autographs his arm. With a Bowie knife.

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1978 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring Read more

1978 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring

1978 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring Peter Frampton, George Burns, and the Bee Gees, opens in New York. As I recall, the general consensus of the times… everyone thought it was the end of Peter’s career as it had been… doing a commercial sellout like this. Maybe he thought it would be […]

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1978 – Bob Dylan plays to a 200,000… Read more

1978 – Bob Dylan plays to a 200,000…

1978 – Bob Dylan plays to a 200,000-strong audience at his open-air concert at England’s Blackbushe Airport in the final date of his current European tour. And he had just released Street Legal.

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1978 – The BBC bans the Sex Pistols song “No… Read more

1978 – The BBC bans the Sex Pistols song “No…

1978 – The BBC bans the Sex Pistols song “No One Is Innocent.” I guess the SP were pissed off!

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1978 – The O’Jays celebrate their 20th anniversary… Read more

1978 – The O’Jays celebrate their 20th anniversary…

1978 – The O’Jays celebrate their 20th anniversary.

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1978 – The Rolling Stones drop in on Chicago’s Quiet Knight Read more

1978 – The Rolling Stones drop in on Chicago’s Quiet Knight

1978 – The Rolling Stones drop in on Chicago’s Quiet Knight club to jam with hero Muddy Waters.

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1978 – The Grateful Dead played the first of four nights at the Red Rocks Read more

1978 – The Grateful Dead played the first of four nights at the Red Rocks

1978 – The Grateful Dead played the first of four nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

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1978 – EMI halts production of the Rolling Stones’ Some Girls… Read more

1978 – EMI halts production of the Rolling Stones’ Some Girls…

1978 – EMI halts production of the Rolling Stones’ Some Girls album after some of the celebrities featured complain about the use of their images in the cover art.

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Historic Bands/Artists that Rock!

  • AC/DC
  • Aerosmith
  • Black Sabbath
  • Boston
  • Def Leppard

Happy Bday Eddie Van Halen

Cool Articles

  • Songsterr
  • What Happened to Rock N’ Roll?

Cool Rock links

  • Audio Eclecticism in the 60s
  • Camp Chaos
  • Guitar Hero Community site!
  • Pandora
  • Piero Scaruffi
  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Timeline
  • Rock Band, The game
  • Rock Music Time line
  • SchoolHouse Rock Lyrics
  • This Day In Rock Merchandise

Everything Music

  • AntiMusic Day in Rock
  • BlabberMouth
  • Dream Door
  • Nutsie
  • PlayGrind
  • Rock n’ Roll Hall of fame Museum
  • Rock Star Gallery
  • This Day In Rock Merchandise

Historic Bands/Artists that Rock!

  • AC/DC
  • Aerosmith
  • Black Sabbath
  • Boston
  • Def Leppard
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • Heart
  • Journey
  • Judas Priest
  • KISS, and their personal army!

Music Downloads

  • Amazon.com
  • Artist direct
  • CD Baby
  • music.aol.com
  • Napster
  • Pay Play
  • Rhapsody

Music Industry links

  • ASCAP – The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  • Audio Eclecticism in the 60s
  • Audio Engineering Society
  • BMI – Broadcast Music, Inc.
  • Bradley's School of Music
  • Fender Guitars
  • Grammy Awards
  • Guitar Books
  • Krank
  • Legends Masterclass

Rock Bassists of note

  • Ariane Cap
  • Billy Sheehan
  • Flea(Red Hot Chile Peppers)
  • Geddy Lee
  • John Paul Jones
  • Paul McCartney
  • Ross Valory

Rock Drummers of note

  • Carl Palmer
  • Clive Bunker(Jethro Tull)
  • John Bonham
  • Neil Peart
  • Ringo Starr
  • Steve Smith
  • Tommy Aldridge
  • Tommy Lee

Rock Guitarists of Note!

  • Angus Young
  • Blues Saraceno
  • Brian May
  • Carlos Santana
  • Doug Doppler
  • Eric Clapton
  • George Harrison
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Jimmy Page

Rock Keyboardists of note

  • Billy Joel
  • Elton John
  • Gregg Rolie
  • Jon Lord
  • Jonathan Cain
  • Keith Emerson
  • Nicky Hopkins
  • Ray Manzarek
  • Rick Wakeman

Rock Singers of Note

  • Ann Wilson
  • Chris Cornell
  • David Bowie
  • David Lee Roth
  • Elvis Presley (The King)
  • Freddie Mercury
  • Grace Slick
  • Jim Morrison
  • Mick Jagger
  • Ozzy

Up and Coming Artists

  • Rod DeGeorge
  • Stu Sweatman
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