Rock and Roll Facts You Didn’t Know

It’s Friday! We’re here at the end of the week and we’re excited about it. Because of this, we’re going to give you a few fun facts to give to your friends this weekend when you’re out on the town. Here are a few rock and roll fun facts you didn’t’ know.

Led Zeppelin has been entangled in a legal battle over copyright issues regarding the song “Stairway” with former Spirit member Randy California. Randy claims a song he’d written a year before the Zeppelin classic (Led Zeppelin spent a summer opening up for, the then more popular, Spirit) is way to similar not to have been ripped off, thus the suit. This week lawyers for Randy offered this olive branch; the lawsuit will be dropped under the conditions of giving Randy California co-writing credit for the song, and $1. Seems fair to us!

The last cord in the classic song ‘A Day in the Life” by the Beatles was actually played by many performers, piano and guitar, but late producer Robert Stigwood was on the oboe.

“Layla” was the big hit from the short lived super group ‘Derek and the Domino’s’ and it was about Eric’s lust for George Harrison’s wife at the time, Patti.

The Van Halen album, “5150,” is not a street address or magic number. It’s the Peavey guitar amplifier built exclusively for Eddie.

“For What It’s Worth,” the classic Buffalo Springfield hit, got its name as Steven Stills walked into a record executive’s office, telling the exec that he had new songs to play, and he didn’t dive a damn if they liked any of them. “That’s how I feel, for what it’s worth.” Another label exec liked the phrase and the rest was history!

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