February 23

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE BEATLES...Rock 'N' Roll Music (1976)
(LP, Allmusic review)

This compilation reached number 2 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. The music here is phenomenal, no question about that. The whole idea behind this collection was to gather the harder, faster numbers the band had recorded throughout their history. The first 3 sides have several of the covers they did from their heroes such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Carl Perkins along with their own material. The 4th side has all Beatle original tracks, including "Helter Skelter", the loudest raunchiest rocking track the band ever did. The record also includes "Birthday" and "Revolution", two more heavy rocker. Those 3 tracks alone proved that the Beatles easily had the talent to be a hard rock band had they wanted to. When McCartney was in his 20's and 30's and even into his 40's he could easily belt out a screamer such as "I'm Down", which is included here. This is a great double album that I wish would see a CD release but that is hardly likely. If you happen to own the album pull it out and listen and prepare to rock. Recommended for sure

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 23
Johnny Winter is 67; Brad Whitford from Aerosmith is 59; Michael Wilton from Queensryche is 49; Jeff Beres from Sister Hazel is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1965 The Beatles begin filming their second movie Eight Arms To Hold You, later named Help!, in the Bahamas
1978 At the Grammys The Eagles win Record Of The Year for Hotel California and Fleetwood Mac wins Album Of The Year for Rumours
2000 Carlos Santana won eight Grammy awards, including album of the year for Supernatural, tying the record set by Michael Jackson in 1983 for most trophies in one night. Elton John receives the Living Legend Award
2005 Muscle Shoals Studio in Sheffield Alabama has to close due to lack of business. We've all heard music that was recorded there by acts such as the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Dylan and others
2006 The Rolling Stones have a free concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 20 people are injured as the crowd becomes a little rowdy

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