TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 12/09/1972
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 12/09/1972
Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #73. It would become his fourth US Top Ten hit and first number one single, rising to the top spot on February 3rd, 1973. The Recording Industry Association of America would award Elton and lyricist Bernie Taupin a Platinum disc for their effort in September 1995.
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Also, today in 1989:
Billy Joel started a two week run at #1 on the Billboard Pop chart with "We Didn't Start The Fire". The song, in which Joel sings about headlining events that have occurred during his lifetime, was a #7 hit in the UK.
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Also on this date in 1965, the Grateful Dead played their first big-venue concert in Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco.
Warlocks song from 1965 (with pic). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyneR8scx44
Bonus track: Chronology of SF Rock 1965-1969 https://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/rock.html
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IIRC, he was the first rocker to get an album released on a CD.
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