This Day in Rock History: 1957 – After a battle with his producer over whether or not he was playing “the devil’s music,” Jerry Lee Lewis records rock’s first (and only) ode to tinea cruris, “Great Balls of Fire.” 1964 – Roy Orbison’s iconic hit “Oh Pretty woman” hits number one. The song would make a come back in a big way with the release of the sleeper film turned blockbuster, “Pretty Woman” in 1990 starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. 1968 – The Beatles work on recording “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill,” for the White Album, and Yoko Ono cuts the first female “lead vocal” on a Beatles song. It was really, really awful. No really. Just awful. 1987 – Chuck Berry receives his long overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As TDRH has noted on more than a few occasions, without Chuck Berry, there would be no Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Santana, Van Halen or Marty McFly. 1998 – Bruce Springsteen did something on this day in rock history. TDRH doesn’t know and doesn’t really care. 2004 – After nearly 60 years of recording music, Ray Charles posthumously earns the first platinum award of his career with “Genius Loves Company.” Editor’s note: If you don’t love Ray Charles, consider yourself banned from TDRH.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:44:21 +0000
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