Here are a few rock and roll fun facts you didn’t’ know…
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.
Many historians consider the songs “Rocket 88” from 1951, written by Ike Turner, to be the very 1st Rock and Roll song, recorded by an unknown studio technician Sam Phillips.
“Layla” was the big hit from the short-lived supergroup ‘Derek and the Dominos’ 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.
Most people believe the reason the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located in Cleveland, is that in the early days of broadcasting, Alan Freed, a DJ in Cleveland, created the phrase ‘Rock and Roll’ from his expression “The Rock and Roll Session” he invented to describe how the sound was made.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio in 1986, beating out cities like Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles. The first class included the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Elvis, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
