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"The Greatest Moments of Rock & Roll" in Daily Vignettes:
January
1-1 The Beatle's first audition
1-2 George Harrison / "All Things Must Pass"
1-3 Jim Croce / "Time In A Bottle"
1-6 Gibson Guitars
1-7 Concert Tours of 1994
1-8 Elvis Presley's Birthdate
1-9 American Bandstand
1-10 Aretha Franklin / "Chain of Fools"
1-13 The Police
1-14 First "Human Be-In", San Francisco
1-15 The Supremes
1-16 Peter Frampton / "Frampton Comes Alive"
1-17 Led Zeppelin / "Led Zep 1"
1-20 The Beatles
1-21 The BeeGees / "Saturday Night Fever"
1-22 Nancy Sinatra / "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"
1-23 Nirvana's first performance
1-24 The Beatles and Brian Epstein
1-27 Otis Redding
1-28 The Who's first TV appearance
1-29 Peter, Paul and Mary
1-30 Hall and Oates / "I Can't Go For That"
1-31 One-Hit Wonders
February
2-3 The Beatles
2-4 The Osmonds
2-5 Sgt. Barry Sadler
2-6 Bob Marley
2-7 The Beatles
2-10 Carole King
2-11 Steely Dan
2-12 Monotones
2-13 Pink Floyd
2-14 "Grease"
2-17 The Eagles
2-18 The Platters
2-19 Fleetwood Mac
2-20 The Supremes
2-21 Bruce Springsteen
2-24 Elvis Presley
2-25 Christopher Cross
2-26 Billboard Magazine
2-27 Joni Mitchell
2-28 Michael Jackson
March
3-3 George Harrison
3-4 Cher
3-5 Eric Clapton
3-6 The Go-Go's
3-7 Simon & Garfunkel
3-10 The Beach Boys
3-11 The Jackson 5
3-12 Barry Sadler
3-13 The Allman Brothers
3-14 Carole King
3-17 The Shirelles
3-18 Blondie
3-19 Jimi Hendrix
3-20 Janis Joplin
3-21 Alan Freed
3-24 Elvis Presley
3-25 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
3-26 Emerson, Lake and Palmer
3-27 The Beatles
3-28 Eddie Cochrane
3-31 George Thorogood
April Top of page
4-1 Everly Brothers
4-2 Marvin Gaye
4-3 Wings
4-4 The Beatles
4-7 British Bands
4-8 The Grateful Dead
4-9 Paul McCartney
4-10 Led Zeppelin
4-11 Bob Dylan
4-14 The Doobie Brothers
4-15 Bette Midler
4-16 Gloria Gaynor
4-17 Vangelis
4-18 Wham
4-21 Top LP's: Female Artists
4-22 Elton John
4-23 Roy Orbison
4-24 Talking Heads
4-25 Lou Reed
4-28 Peter Gabriel
4-29 Aretha Franklin
4-30 The Fifth Dimension
May
5-1 Elton John
5-2 Elvis Presley
5-5 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
5-6 Led Zeppelin
5-7 Mamas and the Papas
5-8 Herman's Hermits
5-9 Dionne Warwick
5-12 The Beach Boys
5-19 Peter Gabriel
5-20 Bill Haley & His Comets
5-21 Dusty Springfield
5-22 Hall & Oates
5-23 Sister Sledge
5-26 Top 5 Singles: Female Artists
5-27 The Eagles
5-28 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
5-29 The Clash
5-30 The Beatles
June
6-2 Marconi's Radio
6-3 Phil Collins
6-4 Supertramp
6-5 The Byrds
6-6 Tiny Tim
6-9 Les Paul
6-10 Joe Walsh
6-11 The Beatles
6-12 The Beach Boys
6-13 Steve Winwood
6-16 Herman's Hermits
6-17 The Beatles
6-18 Monterey Pop Festival
6-19 Bob Marley
6-20 Carole King
6-23 Bruce Springsteen
6-24 Disco
6-25 The Beatles
6-26 Peter Frampton
6-27 The Fillmore East
6-30 Paul Revere and the Raiders
July
7-1 The Beatles
7-2 Brian Wilson
7-3 Human League
7-4 The Beach Boys
7-7 Bruce Springsteen
7-8 The Monkees
7-9 Bill Haley
7-10 Marvin Gaye
7-11 David Bowie
7-14 Michael Jackson
7-15 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
7-16 Barry Manilow
7-17 Queen
7-18 Billy Joel
7-21 Carole King
7-22 The Beach Boys
7-23 The Police
7-24 Elton John
7-25 Bob Dylan
7-28 The Steve Miller Band
7-29 Procul Harem
7-30 The Troggs
7-31 Cream
August
8-1 Billboard Magazine Survey
8-4 John Lennon/Yoko Ono
8-5 American Bandstand
8-6 Chubby Checker
8-7 The BeeGees
8-8 Eric Clapton
8-11 The Pretenders
8-12 Woodstock '94
8-13 Cheap Trick
8-14 Rod Stewart
8-15 Woodstock Festival
8-18 The Doobie Brothers
8-19 The Beatles
8-20 Dolby Sound
8-21 The Lovin' Spoonful
8-22 Foreigner
8-25 Stevie Wonder
8-26 Jimi Hendrix
8-27 Bob Dylan
8-28 Bob Dylan
8-29 Roy Orbison
September Top of page
9-1 Alice Cooper
9-2 Amnesty International Concert
9-3 The Eurythmics
9-4 Peter Frampton
9-5 Dire Straits
9-8 Elvis Presley
9-9 Sam & Dave
9-10 Guns 'n Roses
9-11 Aerosmith
9-12 The Monkees
9-15 Eric Clapton
9-16 Jimi Hendrix
9-17 The Doors
9-18 Boston
9-19 Diana Ross
9-22 Tina Turner
9-23 Bruce Springsteen
9-24 Bobby McFerrin
9-25 Cat Stevens
9-26 Fats Domino
9-29 Grand Funk Railroad
9-30 Aerosmith
October
10-1 The Byrds
10-2 Rod Stewart
10-3 Eric Burden and The Animals
10-6 The Beatles
10-7 Alanis Morissette
10-8 Billy Joel
10-9 John Lennon
10-10 The Beach Boys
10-13 AC/DC
10-14 R&B
10-15 Marvin Gaye
10-16 Motown
10-17 Frankie Valli
10-20 The Steve Miller Band
10-21 Bob Dylan
10-22 Boyz 2 Men
10-23 The Who
10-24 James Brown
10-27 The Allman Brothers
10-28 Charlie Daniels
10-29 Broadway Show: "Hair"
10-30 John Lennon
10-31 The Marshall Tucker Band
November
11-3 Vanilla Ice
11-4 Hall & Oates
11-5 The Who
11-6 The Fillmore West
11-7 The Rolling Stones
11-10 The Moody Blues
11-11 Buddy Holly
11-12 Madonna
11-13 Moody Blues
11-14 Queen
11-17 Elton John
11-18 The B-52's
11-19 The Jukebox
11-20 Duane Allman
11-21 Michael Jackson
11-24 The Beatles
11-25 Fleetwood Mac
11-26 Tina Turner
11-27 Jimi Hendrix
11-28 The Shangri-Las
December
12-1 Billy Joel
12-2 Carly Simon
12-3 Elvis Presley
12-4 The Byrds
12-5 Judy Collins
12-6 George Harrison
12-9 Helen Reddy
12-10 Band Aid: "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
12-11 Aretha Franklin
12-12 "The Twist"
12-15 Pink Floyd
12-16 Jimi Hendrix
12-17 "Jingle Bell Rock"
12-18 The Baby Boomer Generation
12-19 Petula Clark
12-22 Paula Abdul
12-23 Joni Mitchell
12-24 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
12-25 The Eagles
12-26 The Beatles
12-29 Dave Mason
12-30 Abba
12-31 The Monkees
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