This Week in Rock and Roll History, Oct 2-8
October 7, 2021This Week in Rock and Roll History, Oct 9-16
October 22, 2021
It’s Throwback Thursday! Here’s what happened this week in Boss rock n’ roll history.
October 17th
Born today in 1946 was Jim Tucker, guitarist from the Turtles, who had the U. S. 1967 No. 1 single “Happy Together.” Born in 1958 was country music immortal Alan Jackson, who has recorded over a dozen studio albums and charted 35 No. 1 hits.
October 18th
In 1967 Bobbie Gentry’s debut album, Ode to Billie Joe, hit No.1 on the U. S. chart, the only album to displace the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from its 15-week reign at the top. The title track won Gentry three Grammys.
October 19th
1985: A-Ha went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Take On Me,” making them the first Norwegian group to score a U. S. No. 1. In 2011, Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, which charted at No. 1 in 34 countries.
October 20th
1962: Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt Kickers started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U. S. singles chart with “Monster Mash,” which the BBC banned as “offensive.” In 1973 the Rolling Stones went to No. 1 on the U. S. singles chart with “Angie,” the group’s 7th U. S. chart topper.
October 21st
2001: Concerts at Madison Square Garden and the RFK stadium in Washington, expected to raise millions in funds for 9/11 attack victims, included Michael Jackson, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, and The Who.
October 22nd
1969: Led Zeppelin II was released on Atlantic Records in the UK. Writers and music critics now call it one of the greatest and most influential rock albums ever recorded.
October 23rd
1966: The Supremes became the first female group to have a No. 1 album on the U. S. chart with The Supremes a Go Go, unseating the Beatles’ Revolver.
