New Jersey 101.5 » Blondie http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:03:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-20/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-20/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:00:47 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=258397 April 26th, 1980 - Blondie is at No.1 with 'Call Me'. It would be the band's biggest selling single to date and was used in the Richard Gere flick 'American Gigolo'. Originally, Stevie Nicks

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1967 - Boz Scaggs returns from Europe to join The Steve Miller Band. They had originally played together in their teenage years, but Scaggs had left to record a solo album in Europe.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-125/feed/ 0 Boz Scaggs - Photo by Getty Images This Day In Music History http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-72/ http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-72/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:27:39 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=96449 April 28th
1963 - Andrew Oldham catches a show of The Rollin' Stones at London's Crawdaddy Club. The next day he agrees to manage the band. Oldham saw potential in the group being positioned as "anti-Beatles"

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-72/feed/ 0 The Rolling Stones - Photo by Steve Wood / Getty Images This Day In Music History http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-23/ http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-23/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:18:01 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=36132 January 2nd
1963 - The Kinks made their live debut when they played at the Lotus House Restaurant, London.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-23/feed/ 0 The Kinks Photo by Ray Moreton - Getty Images This Day In Music History http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-13/ http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-13/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:05:52 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=26971 Dcember 10th
1967 - American soul singer, songwriter Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash, aged 26. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local ‘Upbeat’ television show the previous day.

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