On This Day
We take you back into classic rock’s history and legacy to note important events that happened on this date as well as celebrate the birthdays of major musical artists and mourn their passing.
When Jerry Lee Lewis Was Arrested at Graceland
This much we know: The Killer showed up at the gates of Graceland two nights in a row, asking to see Elvis, who he says invited him
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Nov 23 2015: Family Stone Member Cynthia Robinson Dies
The trumpet player helped create funk with the interracial band in the late 1960s and continued to make music with notable artists
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Nov 22, 2003: ZZ Top Plays Houston Summit Final Concert
When the longtime arena closed to become a mega-church, who better to play the last concert there than the hometown boys?
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Remembering David Cassidy, ’70s Actor & Pop Idol
The actor and singer, who first attained fame in the 1970s as a cast member of TV’s ‘Partridge Family,’ died in 2017 following organ failure
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Nov 21, 2016: Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ Charts for First Time… For One Week
It’s hard to believe, but the original version of the late singer-songwriter’s most famous song never charted, until after his death
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Nov 21, 1974: Marty Balin Joins Jefferson Starship Onstage
After leaving the Jefferson Airplane in 1971 out of frustration, Balin rejoined his bandmates Paul Kantner and Grace Slick a few years later
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When a Who Fan Subbed For Keith Moon On Stage
A dream come true: when the drummer went down for the count, fan Scot Halpin took to the stage and finished the concert on his drum kit. Watch…
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Nov 20, 2019: Joe Walsh Birthday Dinner—Life’s Been Good
The musician celebrated his 72nd birthday with rock star friends and family. His famous brother-in-law shared a memorable photo
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Nov. 19, 1982: Led Zeppelin Release ‘Coda’
Even if it first came out some two years after the band broke up to compete with bootlegs, the aptly titled album succeeded as a final Zep studio LP
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Nov 18, 1973: Ringo Goes #1 With ‘Photograph’
“Photograph” has been a common title in Ringo Starr’s career. It was the name of his first #1 solo hit, a best of album, and a book of his photography
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