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Happy Birthday to Frank Beard, drummer for ZZ Top. Born in the rock 6/11/1949. #FrankBeard #ZZTop #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/11/1976: Rush begin a three night stand at Massey Hall in Toronto. These three shows were recorded for what became the band’s first live album, ‘All the World’s a Stage’. #Rush #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/12/2000: In a different world, Bruce kicks off a 10 night stand at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. #BruceSpringsteen
Born In The Rock 6/11/1941: The late, great Reg Presley, lead singer of The Troggs and crop circle aficionado. #TheTroggs #WildThing #RockHonorRoll
In The 6/11/1979: ‘Get The Knack’ is released with little popular fanfare, as disco ruled the charts, and “rock n’ roll was dead”. By the end of June, The Knack were on every radio in the USA, first going gold in 13 days, then going platinum in 5 weeks, and Rock is saved. #TheKnack #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock, Roots edition 6/11/1928: Jelly-Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers record “Kansas City Stomp” and “Georgia Blues”. #JellyRollMorton #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/11/1960: Drummer Tommy Moore quits The Beatles to return to driving a forklift at Garston bottle works. Pete Best will eventually replace him in time to play in Hamburg. #TheBeatles #GarstonBottleWorks #RockHonorRoll
This Week On The Charts 6/11/1966: The Rolling Stones hit number one on the Hot 100 Singles Chart for the third time with “Paint It, Black”. #RollingStones #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 6/11/2000: The Dandy Warhols release ‘Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia”, featuring the ear worm hit “Bohemian Like You”. It peaks at 182 on the Billboard album chart. #DandyWarhols #RockHonorRoll
This Week On The Charts 6/11/1966: “Dirty Water” by The Standells jumps 12 slots to land at #30 on the Cashbox singles chart. The summer of garage is GO!
