Week of November 6th

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 seventy, Aerosmith performedtheir first ever gig when they play at
a high school in Massachusetts. Theygo on to become the best selling American

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rock band of all time. Thisweek in nineteen seventy five, Queen shoot
the video for Bohemian Rhapsody, which, according to director Bruce Gowers, takes
about four hours. It airs repeatedlyon the British show Top of the Pops
and helps the song become one ofthe most popular in UK history. This
week in nineteen seventy nine, theEagles Heartache Tonight hits number one on the

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Billboard Hot one hundred. This weekin nineteen eighty, Bruce Springsteen has his
first chart topping album, The River. The biggest hit from The River Hungry
Hearts. This week in two thousandand two, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards,
Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, LennyKravitz, and Brian Setzer guest star

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on The Simpsons in an episode wherethey run a rock and roll fantasy camp.
It's mc jagger and Keith Richards.The episode is titled How I Spent
My strummer Vacation, a reference toJoe Strummer of the Clash and this week.
In twenty eleven, Black Sabbath announcedthey will reunite with their original lineup
for a new album and tour intwenty twelve. The press conference is hosted

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by Henry Rollins and That's What wentdown Your rock Omanac on iHeartRadio.