Today In Rock History Oct 22
 

Bobby Fuller, guitarist and vocalist for the Bobby Fuller Four (1943)

Leslie West, guitarist and vocalist for Mountain, is born. (1945)

The Who, then known as the High Numbers, fail an audition with EMI. (1964)

The Rolling Stones' "Get Off My Cloud" is released in the U.K. Less than two weeks later it hits Number One on the U.K. pop chart. (1965)

The Beach Boys release "Good Vibrations" on Capitol. The song, featuring inspired use of the sci-fi movie sound-effects instrument the theremin, is the most expensive production for a single up to this time." (1966)

Led Zeppelin II is released. (1969)

Folk singer Joan Baez received a gold record for her hit, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. It turned out to be her biggest hit, peaking at #3 on the charts (1971).

Kiss' "Hotter Than Hell" LP is released. (1974)

Keith Moon plays his last show with The Who. (1976)

Funk-fusion band Earth, Wind & Fire kick off a 75-date U.S. tour in Louisville, Kentucky. (1978)

Worchester, Massachusetts Mayor Sara Robertson declares today Van Halen today after local fans collect 25,000 signatures on a petition requesting that the band add another show to their tour. (1982)

Phil Collins’ remake of the Mindbenders’ Groovy Kind of Love was the number one U.S. single. It was parked at the peak of the pops for two weeks. (1988).

Members of Boyz II Men receive awards for having the longest running #1 song of the rock era. "End Of the Road" broke Elvis' record of 11 weeks, previously held by "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog". (1992)

Bob Dylan played in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota for the first time since the '60s. The show had sold out in five hours. (1998)


Leslie West:

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