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Tag Archives: Bill Haley & His Comets
On This Day – Don’t Knock The Rock
On this day in 1957 (no I don’t remember it) A film called “Don’t Knock The Rock” opened. In the late 50s and during the 60s rock was regarded with suspicion (to say the least) by the establishment. As a consequence films trying to show the positive side of real rock and blues tried to […]
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Tagged as: alan freed, Bill Haley & His Comets, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the treniers
On This Day – Stagger Lee (Yet Again)
On this day in 1959 Lloyd Price reached number one in the States with “Stagger Lee”. “Stagger Lee” has been recorded many times under many names by many people. The song has been Bowderized, revised, chewed up and spat out by too many people to mention. Some of whom should have known better and some […]
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Tagged as: Beck, Bill Haley & His Comets, billie holiday, blues music, bob dylan, Cephas & Wiggins, classic rock music, Dave Van Ronk, Doc Watson, Dr. John, Duke Ellington, Fats Domino, George Thorogood, Ike and Tina Turner, james brown, Johnny Dodds, Leadbelly, Ma Rainey, Memphis Slim, Mississippi John Hurt, Modern Life is War, muddy waters, Neil Diamond, nick cave, On This Day, Pat Boone, Professor Longhair, rock and blues, Sam the Sham, Sidney Bechet, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Taj Mahal, The Isley Brothers, Tom Rush, Wilson Pickett, Woody Guthrie