Wordless: Blue Moon Boys

On this day in 1955 the Blue Moon Boys including Elvis Presley headlined at an amusement park in New Orleans.

Yes, that's Elvis in the middle.....

Other members of the group included Scott Moore, Bill Black and DJ Fontana. The group was fairly instrumental in developing the sound that came to be known as rock and roll. They took Elvis on the road, coached him and have great responsibility for his success.

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Wordless: Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay

On this day in 1968 Otis Redding’s “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” was released six weeks after he was killed in a plane crash.



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Ozzy and the Bat

On this day in 1982 Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat he thought was rubber while performing at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. There is a little controversy regarding the incident. Ozzy states the bat was alive while the lady who brought the bat to concert contends it was already dead. Either way….Ozzy underwent a series of rabies shots.

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Wordless: At the Hop

This is the album cover for “At the Hop”…..by Danny and the Juniors. The song was originally written as “Do the Bop”, but American Bandstand host, Dick Clark, advised the group to re-write the lyrics because the dance known as The Bop was not as popular as it had been. After the change the song remained in the top number one spot for a month.

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Wordless: Strange Brew...The Very Best of Cream

The ultimate band providing a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock.

Here’s the title cut:

An official site for the band can be found here…..

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Wordless: Another Mother Further

One of the albums I have in my collection....

Anyone else out there like/remember Mother’s Finest? If you need a memory booster I posted about them along with a video of their hit Baby Love back in December.

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Wordless: Dark Side of the Moon

This album was the point where I graduated from collecting 45s to purchasing albums. It was first available for sale on March 17, 1973. I was eleven. Many critics consider Dark Side of the Moon to be Pink Floyd’s defining work, and is still frequently ranked by music critics as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time.

Dark Side of the Moon is the third best selling album of all time worldwide and ranks 20th in the United States. It spent over fourteen years on Billboard’s list of top 200 best selling albums, longer than any other album in history.

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