New Jersey 101.5 » Elvis Presley http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Mon, 20 May 2013 07:28:57 +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-22/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-22/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 14:27:28 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=265222 May 10th, 1963 - Bob Dylan walked off the set during rehearsal of The Ed Sullivan Show after being told he couldn't perform his song 'Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues'. The producers had decided this due to the song's

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May 3rd, 1968 - The Beach Boys opened their US tour on which the co-headliner was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Half of the concert was Maharishi giving a lecture on spiritual regeneration.  The reaction from the audience was so negative over

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-13/feed/ 0 The Doors - Photo by Express / Getty Images The Top 5 Most Requested Songs on The Big Show http://nj1015.com/the-top-5-most-requested-songs-on-the-big-show-13/ http://nj1015.com/the-top-5-most-requested-songs-on-the-big-show-13/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:23:09 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=228431 Every Friday night we get hundreds of calls for requests and dedications. Here's the Top 5 Most Requested songs for the weekend of 2/9/13. Thanks so much for calling in and giving your requests!

]]> http://nj1015.com/the-top-5-most-requested-songs-on-the-big-show-13/feed/ 0 Amazon This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-10/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-10/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:00:27 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=221294 The Rolling Stones - Photo by Len Trievnor / Getty Images
 

January 25th, 1963 - The Rolling Stones play at the Ricky Tick Club at a Hotel in the town of Windsor, Berkshirehire, UK. It is the first time The Rolling Stones, including Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman, played at this venue.

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1957 - Elvis Presley releases, ‘Jailhouse Rock’ which would become his 9th number one single and stay on the Billboard chart for 19 weeks. He is credited with having the first rock n roll

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1958 - Elvis Presley gives one last press conference in Brooklyn at the Military Ocean Terminal, with special permission from the Army. He then joined the rest of the 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall for a voyage to Bremerhaven, Germany.

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1956 - Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show even though Sullivan had vowed never to allow Presley on the show.  He preformed three songs, 'Don't Be Cruel', 'Love Me Tender', and 'Ready Teddy'.

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