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celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 27 Nov 21

One of my all-time favorite rock and rollers has a birthday today. Jimi Hendrix would be 79 today. He died in 1970 of complications due to the side effects of prescription barbiturates. He is one of the greatest influencers in...

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October 24 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 24 Oct 19

National Bologna Day National Crazy Day (a day to act crazy and have fun) 1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States was completed. 1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over...

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Hey Maybelline

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Oct 19

There is an interesting quote by John Lennon that refers to a great rock and roll singer Chuck Berry. He once said, “if you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it “Chuck Berry”. Berry was an American singer...

chuck berry

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maybelline

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I have spent some time listening to music.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 20 Jul 19

One of the wonders of new technology is that you can watch live concerts of singers long gone. One of my favorites that I can bring back with a click is the theme Twist and Shout by The Beatles. There, a very young John Lennon...

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 5 Jul 19

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on the Lake Erie shore. It contains the history of those that influenced rock and roll, including artists, producers, engineers, etc. Cleveland was chosen...

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Heeeres Johnny! Top Ten: Johnny B. Goode (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86770) • United States 24 Jan 19

Look! No apostrophe in the title! You know why? Because I didn't know that an apostrophe in the title will cause the system to come back with a "that discussion doesn't exist" message. JJ pointed that out to me today....I...

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Runaround Anne was on the move all morning

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 11 Dec 18

She told me that she had to run around all morning as we ate lunch and it triggered an immediate flashback to the 1961 hit "Runaround Sue," by Dion DiMucci. I could hear part of it right away, but then looked it up and heard the...

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Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Aug 18

Today was one of those funny days here in Daytona Beach. A funny day is when there is not one ray of sunshine and the rain refuses to fall freely yet, everything outside is very humid and totally wet. I was continuing to fix up...

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reminding if songs

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Elvis, my love.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 16 Aug 18

Today, 41 years ago (so long ago!) Elvis Presley, the singer who changed pop music forever, died at 42 years of age. RIP. It was too much fame, too many people who pushed him to get rich, too difficult to have a contact with...

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Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of my favorite bands.

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 14 Nov 17

Creedence Clearwater Revival . Nothing but a BAD MOON RISING. There are not that many bands that played this type of sound. It was at the time, rock and roll with a special flavor all it's own. For some reason I just had to give...

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From Rock to Pop ... A Downward Spiral of Music Quality

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 25 Sep 17

From the 60s through the 90s Beatles to the 2010's Popular music of JB and LG. It has been proven scientifically that the music of the 20th Century was vastly superior to the music of the current decade. I agree. But don't...

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Moments in Rock and Roll history.

Alfredo Rossi @amadeo (111937) • United States 23 Aug 17

Good morning. A look at the King.Every now and then I think of Elvis It has been well over forty years. He died in the year of 1977 My whole family was in love with him. He was our rock and still is. The kids adored him and never...

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What Were You Doing in the 1950's?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 25 May 17

What Were You Doing In The 1950s? Some of you weren’t even born way back then. But, for those of you who were teenagers in the 1950s you might really enjoy this link. https://biggeekdad.com/2013/01/the-best-of-times/ I was a...

1950s

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jitterbug

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Dying Young

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 20 Apr 17

Unfortunately rock and roll is not always all about music and fun and enjoyment. In 1969 Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was discovered dead apparently having drowned on July 3, 1969. On this same day but two years later in...

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Rock and Roll Tragedy

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Apr 17

It was quite a tragic day when the singer of “Summertime Blues” and “C’mon Everybody” was killed on April 17, 1960. He was in Bristol, England heading for the airport after a show when his taxi crashed. He was a dynamic rocker who...

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eddie cochran

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Rock and Roll Music

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 22 Mar 17

Today’s song must be “Rock and Roll Music” since the one great rocker who turned me onto this music was Chuck Berry. He passed way on March 18, 2017 at the age of 90. His music will live on to inspire other generations and I can...

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Rock and Roll February 17

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 16 Feb 17

1960 – Elvis is honored with a Gold record for his album “Elvis”. 1962 – Gene Chandler comes out with his hit “The Duke Of Earl”. 1966 – The Beach Boys record “Good Vibrations”. The song went to the top of the charts and sold...

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rock and roll history

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Rock and Roll February 15

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 15 Feb 17

1958 – Frankie Avalon came out with his first hit which became popular followed by many others. The first was “Dede Dinah”. That same year Jerry Lee Lewis performed his hit “Great Balls of Fire” on American Bandstand. 1962 – Ray...

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Tragic Suicide

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 12 Feb 17

Rock and roll singer Del Shannon came into this world as Charles Westover in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1934. He became a singer and songwriter who had many popular songs in the 1960s. Among the songs he was known for were “Little...

del shannon

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Rock and Roll February 13

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98033) • Daytona Beach, Florida 12 Feb 17

1955 – At that time the Country and Western duo of Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery opened for Elvis at a show in Lubbock, Texas. 1959 – The Skyliners perform their new release “Since I Don’t Have You” on American Bandstand. 1965...

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