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Today In Music History: Remember When Elton Rocked?

Posted at 6:40 AM on November 10, 2009 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 62.

Today in:

1976 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers began their first major tour, opening for Kiss.
1984 - Singer Chaka Khan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Feel For You.' Written by Prince, the song featured Stevie Wonder on harmonica and the Rap was by Grandmaster Melle Mel. The repetition of Khan's name by rapper Melle Mel at the beginning of the song was originally a mistake made by producer Arif Mardin, who then decided to keep it.
1992 - A judge found Axl Rose guilty of assault and property damage in connection with a riot at a 1991 Guns N' Roses concert near St. Louis. Rose's sentence was suspended and he was put on probation. Rose also was ordered to pay $10,000 each to five
charities.

History highlight:

Today in 1973, Elton John started a eight week run at No.1 on the Billboard album chart with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, his third No.1 album. A double LP that was John's most ambitious and sprawling work to date, it contained such hits as "Bennie and the Jets," "Candle In The Wind" and the soft-rock smash title track, as well as what was likely John's one and only true rocker: "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting." It's a testament to the power of the original version that even though others have covered the song (such as The Who on the Elton John tribute record Two Rooms), the Elton original still rocks the hardest.

Comments (3)

This totally made me think of a rockin' mashup that I have on my computer at home that I was able to find online. The mashup combines some Nickleback with Scissor Sisters' Take Your Mama Out Tonight with a little Elton John thrown in for good measure. Absolutely fabulous!

http://viprhealthcare.typepad.com/Mashuptown/Take_you_Mama_Fighting.mp3

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Posted by dvdguy | November 11, 2009 4:31 AM