Saturday, October 31, 2015

60 YEARS OF THE ROCK ERA. This update: 1991. 
60 YEARS OF
ROCK
(1955-2015)
1991
     
 
-Various performers record "Give Peace A Chance". It is released as the world readies for the Gulf War.
-Janet Jackson becomes the 1st act to place 7 songs from 1 album into the US Top 5.
-Whitney Houston performs "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl.
-James Brown is released from prison.
-Janet Jackson signs with Virgin for a record-breaking (for a female) $30 million.
-Michael Jackson signs with Sony for $1 billion.
-Eric Clapton's son Conor dies and inspires "Tears In Heaven".
-Billboard starts using "Soundscan" for its album chart.
-Lollapalooza starts.
-Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS-related complications.
   
    
     
The KLF - The White Room.jpg   
 Queen Innuendo.png  
  An image of a dead woman wrapped in plastic on a white background. Brown text above reads "Julee Cruise falling" and below reads "The Theme from Twin Peaks Five Inch CD single". 
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Bryan Adams scored an international smash with the long-running #1 single "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" from the latest Robin Hood movie. Boyz II Men brought back the vocal group. They were followed by Color Me Badd and All-4-One. Nirvana and Pearl Jam started making inroads with 'Ten' and 'Nevermind'. Both albums would explode into smash hits in 1992.
   
   
 Seal - Seal (1991 first album) CD album cover.jpg
  
Next weekend: 1992.

Friday, October 30, 2015

ROCK ERA TIMELINE Update: 1955-1990.
 Continues tomorrow with: 1991.

60 YEARS OF
ROCK
(1955-2015)
---  JULY 9, 1955
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1956
 
1957
 That'll Be the Day album.jpg
1958
 
1959
Head and shoulders shot of Ray Charles next to a microphone, his sunglasses reflecting his hands on piano keys and the shadow of the microphone cast on his face
1960
 
1961
1962
1963
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1964
 
1965
 
1966
1967
 RESPECT
1968
 
1969
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water.jpg
1971
King seated and holding a tapestry with a cat in front of her
1972
Reddy-Woman.jpg
1973
A prism refracting white light into a rainbow on a black background
1974
  
1975
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1976
1977
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.png 
1978
1979
 
1980
             
1981
JohnLennon-albums-doublefantasy.jpg
1982
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five-The Message (album cover).jpg
1983
 Michael Jackson - Thriller.png
1984
Princepurplerain.jpg
1985 
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1986
1987
 A landscape monochrome photograph of U2 in the desert sits in the center of a black background. U2 are standing on the left half of the photograph, with a mountain range on the right half. Tiny gold text reading "THE JOSHUA TREE U2" is stretched across the top of the black background.
1988
A black-and-white photograph of Chapman looking down
1989
     
1990