On this day January 25 in Rock history 1958: Elvis Presleys Jailhouse Rock enters the UK pop charts at Number One, the first single to ever do so in the country. 1963: Cilla Black makes her stage debut at Liverpools Cavern Club. 1963: EMI awards the US record label Vee Jay the right to distribute Beatles records in America. 1964: Phil Spector appears as a panelist on Britains Juke Box Jury program. Earlier in the day, he calls famous English producer Joe Meek to arrange a meeting. Meek accuses Spector of stealing his ideas and hangs up the phone so hard he breaks the receiver. 1967: Jefferson Airplanes Grace Slick and Paul Kantner become the proud parents of a baby girl they name God. (Her name is later changed to China.)
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:00:00 +0000
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