Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (1-6-2011)

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
GERRY RAFFERTY...City To City (1978)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic Review)
As we remember Gerry Rafferty, who passed away Tuesday, we check out the most popular album of his career, City To City, which went to number 1 on the US Billboard album charts in 1978. It is a pleasant album filled with soft pop tracks, and includes the hot singles "Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line". I had never heard this album until he died, but I recommend it for all music lovers.

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (1-6-2011)
(1)1. KID ROCK...Born Free
(3)2. KINGS OF LEON...Come Around Sundown
(Re-enter)3. JOURNEY...Journey's Greatest Hits
(2)4. BON JOVI...Greatest Hits...The Ultimate Collection
(5)5. LINKIN PARK...A Thousand Suns
(9)6. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE...Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
(Enter)7. A DAY TO REMEMBER...What Separates Me From You
(Re-enter)8. HINDER...All American Nightmare
(Re-enter)9. AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare
(10)10. DISTURBED...Asylum



ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 6
Kim Wilson from the Fabulous Thunderbirds is 59; Malcolm Young from AC/DC is 57; Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys is 25;

ON THIS DATE
1946 Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd is born in Cambridge, England. Barrett died in 2006
1957 Elvis Presley appears for the third time on the "Ed Sullivan Show"
1975 The mayor of Boston cancels a scheduled Led Zeppelin concert after fans damage the Boston Gardens while waiting to purchase tickets
1977 After only 3 months EMI drops the Sex Pistols
2004 The George Harrison estate sue a doctor who had been treating Harrison for $10 million. The estate claims the doctor coerced George into autographing his son's guitar and sign autographs for his two daughters
2006 Chris Cornell submits a petition with California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement requesting that his ex-wife, Susan Silver, return all earnings she received while managing Soundgardenm stating that she was not licensed
2009 Ron Asheton of the Stooges was found dead in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Asheton was 60

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