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RockGeek Fact of the Day #795

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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 a surgeon. And later on, for a brief time in the late ’90s, Dave was an EMT in NYC.
Rumor has it he also did morning radio…

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #152

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Prior to directing “American Idol,” Bruce Gowers was best known for directing the video for Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1975.

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #5414

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Before he was a musician, George Clinton ran a barbershop in Plainfield, NJ.

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #1009

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“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…

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #10940

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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”.

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #6977

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Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” has outsold The Beatles “Sgt Pepper.”
37 Million for Mr Loaf, 32 million for the Fab Four…
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RockGeek Fact of the Day #2113

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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.

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Happy 50th Birthday Motown…

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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 – Medley/Billie Jean (From Motown 25)

The Temptations – “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”

Erykah Badu – “Honey Live”

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #5414

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The piano used by Freddie Mercury in the “Bohemian Rhapsody” video was also used by Paul McCartney to record “Hey Jude.”

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #9063

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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 public without sunglasses.

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