The Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (12-30-2010)

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JAMES GANG...Rides Again (1970)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (12-30-2010)
(1)1. KID ROCK...Born Free
(2)2. BON JOVI...Greatest Hits...The Ultimate Collection
(6)3. KINGS OF LEON...Come Around Sundown
(3)4. ANNIE LENNOX...A Christmas Cornucopia
(5)5. LINKIN PARL...A Thousand Suns
(4)6. ELTON JOHN/LEON RUSSELL...The Union
(7)7. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...The Promise
(8)8. ROD STEWART...Fly Me To The Moon...The Great American Songbook Volume V
(10)9. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE...Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
(Re-enter)10. DISTURBED...Asylum


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 30
Michael Nesmith, formerly with the Monkees, is 68; Davy Jones, formerly with the Monkees, is 65; Clive Bunker formerly with Jethro Tull is 65; Patti Smith is 64; Jeff Lynne, formerly with ELO, is 63;

ON THIS DATE
1928 Bo Diddley is born in McComb, Mississippi. Diddley died in 2008
1938 Felix Pappalardi of Mountain is born in New York, New York. Pappalardi died in 1983
1968 Peter Tork pays $160,000 to get out of his Monkees contract
1974 The Beatles legally disband after years of legal hassles
1999 Former Beatle George Harrison fought off a knife-wielding intruder who broke into his mansion west of London and stabbed him in the chest. (Michael Abram was later acquitted of attempted murder by reason of insanity.)
2007 Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull receives the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth II

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Friday, December 31 SISTER HAZEL Hard Rock Hotel And Casino Tampa
Friday, December 31 BRET MICHAELS Universal Studios Citywalk Orlando
Friday, December 31 THE GUESS WHO Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Friday, December 31 AARON LEWIS/STONE SOUR/COREY TAYLOR David A. Straz Jr. Center For The Performing Arts Tampa
Thursday, March 10 THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS Harley Davidson Of Orlando Orlando
Saturday, April 9 STARSHIP featuring MICKEY THOMAS Central Park In Town Center Palm Coast

IN THE NEWS
John Waite Unearths Old Tunes, 'Punk Energy' for New Album
Gwen Stefani, Steven Tyler Salute Paul McCartney at Kennedy Center Honors
Elton John: "Why We Chose Zachary as the Name for Our Son"

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