New Jersey 101.5 » Phil Collins http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:12 +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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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-22/feed/ 0 Bob Dylan - Photo by William Lovelace / Getty Images This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-19/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-19/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:45:30 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=256135 April 19th, 1974 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band appear at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. Tickets are only $4.50 and the promoter of the event takes a gamble that word-of-mouth will be enough to fill the 550 seats, however, only 250 attended.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-19/feed/ 0 Bruce Springsteen - Photo by Mike Coppola / Getty Images This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-11/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-11/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:30:40 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=225229 February 2nd, 1976 - Genesis releases 'A Trick Of The Tail', their 7th studio album and the first featuring drummer and lead vocalist Phil Collins.

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1966 - The Rolling Stones play at the War Memorial Hall in Syracuse. During the performance they allegedly desecrate the American flag by dragging it across the stage.

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1962 - The Temptations make the charts with their first notable single "Dream Come True." It was written by Berry Gordy Jr. the founder of Motown.

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1969 - Janis Joplin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The opening act that night was Yes. Joplin was well known for her performing abilities and her fans referred to her stage presence as electric.

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1964 - Filming for A Hard Days Night, The Beatles played a "live television performance" in front of a studio of screaming fans (one of those fans was Phil Collins).

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1966 - Simon and Garfunkel made their UK singles chart debut with 'Homeward Bound.' Simon is said to have written the song at Farnworth railway station, Widnes, England, while stranded overnight waiting for a train.

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1967 - The UK music magazine New Musical Express announced that former Spence Davis Group member Steve Winwood was planning to form a new group with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.

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