Week of September 25th

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 rollers? It's Andy
West. Let's get it started.We kick it off. This week.
In nineteen sixty two, the BeachBoys released their first album, Surfin Safari,
which includes their debut single Surfen.This week in nineteen seventy, Janis

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Joplin records Me and Bobby McGee atSunset Sound Studios in Hollywood. Unfortunately,
we lost her nine days later froma drug overdose at age twenty seven.
This week in nineteen eighty three,Total Eclipse of the Heart, written by
Jim Steinman, HiT's number one inthe US, making Bonnie Tyler the first
Welsh singer to top the chart.This week, in nineteen eighty nine,

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new wave duo Tiers for Fears releasedtheir third album, The Seeds of Love.
It's the last Tears for Fears releasedto feature Kurt Smith, who relocates
to New York to pursue a solocareer after an acrimonious split with bandmate Roland
Was a Ball. They reunite intwo thousand and four for Everybody Loves a
Happy Ending. This week. Innineteen ninety one, MTV plays the Smells

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Like Teen Spirit video for the firsttime, giving most Americans their first look
at Nirvana. A little over amonth later, the song is number one
on the Hot one hundred and thisweek. In two thousand and seven,
Van Helen's reunion tour with David LeeRoth kicks off in Charlotte, North Carolina.
They start the show off with thissong go Where I Go Where and

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