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TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 01/13/1968 (youtu.be)

Against the advice of Columbia Records executives, Johnny Cash visits Folsom State Prison in California to record a live album. The resulting LP, “Live At Folsom Prison” would become one of Johnny’s biggest selling records, reaching #1 on the Country album chart and #13 on the Hot 200. It also produced one of his most...

TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 01/11/1967 (youtu.be)

Jimi Hendrix records “Purple Haze” at De Lane Lea Studios in London, England. According to drummer Mitch Mitchell, he and bassist Noel Redding learned the song in the studio after Hendrix hummed the melody to them. The basic track was completed in three takes. After the single was released on March 17th, it went to #3 in the...

TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 12/06/1988 (youtu.be)

After spending the day flying model airplanes with his sons and eating dinner at his mother’s home, Roy Orbison suffered a fatal a heart attack at the age of 52. Since his recording career took off in 1960 he had achieved 23 Billboard Top 40 hits and had recently regained a huge fan following with a million selling album as a...

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