RockGeek Fact of the Day #795
David Lee Roth is one of the few men in his family that isn’t a doctor. Roth’s uncle Dave is a brain surgeon, and his uncle Marty is an orthopedic surgeon. Diamond Dave’s grandfather who was…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #152
Prior to directing “American Idol,” Bruce Gowers was best known for directing the video for Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1975.
RockGeek Fact of the Day #5414
Before he was a musician, George Clinton ran a barbershop in Plainfield, NJ.
RockGeek Fact of the Day #1009
“Whatever Get’s You Thru the Night” was John Lennon’s only #1 U.S. solo hit during his lifetime. For those who’ll check, “Imagine” only got to #3…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #10940
Today would’ve been John and Yoko’s 40th Anniversary. Peter Brown called to say, “You can make it O.K., You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain”.
RockGeek Fact of the Day #6977
Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” has outsold The Beatles “Sgt Pepper.” 37 Million for Mr Loaf, 32 million for the Fab Four… Reference:
RockGeek Fact of the Day #2113
The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was Dire Straits in 1985 with Brothers in Arms. Bonus: In 1986, Queen became the first artist to have its entire catalogue released on compact disc.
Happy 50th Birthday Motown…
Motown Records was founded by Berry Gordy as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959. That makes Motown 50 years old today! Not too shabby … and here’re a few reasons why … The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #5414
The piano used by Freddie Mercury in the “Bohemian Rhapsody” video was also used by Paul McCartney to record “Hey Jude.”
RockGeek Fact of the Day #9063
On this day in 1966, “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians hit #1. ? claimed (and still claims) to be a Martian who lived with dinosaurs in a past life, and he never appears in…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #2847
Billy Joel’s song “My Life” makes reference to comedian Richard Lewis as an old friend who “closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast, now he gives them a stand up…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #6331
When Little Richard was as young as ten, he would go around as a healer. By singing gospel tunes and touching folks, they’d testify that they felt better after he ministered to them.
RockGeek Fact of the Day #080808
While the finished product was the Beatles album “Help!”, the working title was “Eight Arms to Hold You.”
RockGeek Fact of the Day #0725
“Mahna Mahna,” made famous by the Muppets, was first used in the Italian softcore pornography movie Svezia, inferno e paradiso .
RockGeek Fact of the Day #0725
Frank Zappa composed a song in thirteen. Aptly titled “Thirteen,” he introduced it thusly in concert: “Now this little, this little number is in thirteen, it’s subdivided 5/8 and 4/4 if you wanna clap your hands….
RockGeek Fact of the Day #0713
In 1971, Led Zeppelin IV was the top selling album of the year: 23 million copies sold in the US. In 2007, The Eagles’ “Long Road Out of Hell” was the top selling album of the…
RockGeek Fact of the Day #325
Elvis Presley performed in Boston only once – Boston Garden on 3/10/71.
RockGeek Fact #0519
Chinese automaker Geely Automobile received press in 2003 for making the first car with a karaoke machine as standard equipment.
RockGeek Fact of the Day #1109
On most CD pressings of “Dark Side of the Moon”, a barely-audible orchestral version of The Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” is audible after “Eclipse”, playing very faintly over the heartbeats that close the album. It is…
RockGeek Fact #836
The cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” and the Rolling Stones video for “Waiting on a Friend” were shot in front of the same NYC building.
RockGeek Fact of the Day #237
Elton John was the first artist to have an album debut at #1 on the Billboard Charts with “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” in 1975.