Week of December 11th

Take a look back at this week in Rock & Roll History

Episode Transcript

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What happened this week in rock androll history? Let's find out. It's
the rock Omanac on iHeartRadio. What'sgoing on, rock and roll lovers,
It's Andy West. Let's get itstarted. We kick it off. This
week. In nineteen sixty three,James Carroll at WWDC in Washington became the
first disc jockey to broadcast the Beatlesrecord on American radio. Carol played I

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Want to Hold Your Hand, whichhe had obtained from his flight attendant girlfriend,
who brought the single back from theuk O No You to listener demand.
The song was played daily every hour, and since it hadn't been released
yet in the States, Capitol Recordsinitially considered court action, but instead released
the single earlier than planned. Thisweek in nineteen seventy seven, Elvis Costello

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gets banned from Saturday Night Live whenhe abruptly halts his performance of less than
Zero and plays the searing radio Radioinstead. All is forgiven when he returns
and performs in nineteen eighty nine.This week in nineteen eighty six, the
Doobie Brothers reunite for a benefit concertin Palo Alto, California, which leads
to a reunion tour and an albumsticking with breakups and reunions. This week

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in nineteen eighty seven in Detroit,the Cars wrap up their door to door
tour. It ends up being theirlast concert until they pick up the pieces
in twenty eleven for another album andtour. And this week in twenty twenty,
after nearly one hundred and seventy eightdays, twenty one Pilots pull the
plug on their live stream for theirLevel of Concern video, which refreshed every
three minutes and forty seconds with newfootage uploaded by fans. Guinness declares it's

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the longest music video ever made,and that's what went down to your rock
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