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Rolling Stone Vol. 1, No. 1 carries the date November 9, 1967, though it actually came off the press in San Francisco in October.
Jann Wenner, 21 years old, started it with San Francisco Chronicle music critic Ralph J. Gleason. They raised $7,500 from family and friends and set up in a loft at 746 Brannan Street, rent free as long as they used the printer downstairs.
Two days before press, Wenner still had no cover. Digging through publicity stills, he found John Lennon as Private Gripweed in Richard Lester's film How I Won the War. "It was the best thing we had," he said.
The price was 25 cents. Wenner printed 40,000 copies and later laughed that 35,000 were shipped back. The magazine moved to New York in 1977 and is still going 59 years later.
🪲 Lennon was the first of many Rolling Stone covers for the Beatles. Which Beatles cover do you remember most? 🪲
Jann Wenner, 21 years old, started it with San Francisco Chronicle music critic Ralph J. Gleason. They raised $7,500 from family and friends and set up in a loft at 746 Brannan Street, rent free as long as they used the printer downstairs.
Two days before press, Wenner still had no cover. Digging through publicity stills, he found John Lennon as Private Gripweed in Richard Lester's film How I Won the War. "It was the best thing we had," he said.
The price was 25 cents. Wenner printed 40,000 copies and later laughed that 35,000 were shipped back. The magazine moved to New York in 1977 and is still going 59 years later.
🪲 Lennon was the first of many Rolling Stone covers for the Beatles. Which Beatles cover do you remember most? 🪲
53 years ago today, on November 9, 1973, Billy Joel released Piano Man, his second album and his first on Columbia Records.
His debut, Cold Spring Harbor, came out in 1971 on Family Productions and went nowhere, and Joel wanted out of that contract. While Columbia's lawyers worked on it, he moved to Los Angeles and spent about six months playing the Executive Room bar in the Wilshire district as "Bill Martin," a version of his real name, William Martin Joel.
The people he played for became the song. Producer Michael Stewart cut the album in LA in September 1973, and the title track climbed to No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1974, his first Top 40 hit. The album reached No. 27 and went Gold by 1975.
It's now certified 5x Platinum in the US, and the title song is still the last call sing-along in bars everywhere.
🎸 The album opens with "Travelin' Prayer" and closes with the seven-minute "Captain Jack." What's your favorite song on Piano Man? 🎸
His debut, Cold Spring Harbor, came out in 1971 on Family Productions and went nowhere, and Joel wanted out of that contract. While Columbia's lawyers worked on it, he moved to Los Angeles and spent about six months playing the Executive Room bar in the Wilshire district as "Bill Martin," a version of his real name, William Martin Joel.
The people he played for became the song. Producer Michael Stewart cut the album in LA in September 1973, and the title track climbed to No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1974, his first Top 40 hit. The album reached No. 27 and went Gold by 1975.
It's now certified 5x Platinum in the US, and the title song is still the last call sing-along in bars everywhere.
🎸 The album opens with "Travelin' Prayer" and closes with the seven-minute "Captain Jack." What's your favorite song on Piano Man? 🎸
56 years ago today, on November 9, 1970, Derek and the Dominos released Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, their only studio album.
Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon cut it at Criteria Studios in Miami with Tom Dowd. After Clapton went to see the Allman Brothers play in Miami, Duane Allman ended up on 11 of the 14 songs. Clapton later called him the "musical brother I'd never had."
The title track came from Clapton's love for Pattie Boyd, then married to his friend George Harrison. Yet the double album was seen as a disappointment, reaching No. 16 in the US and missing the UK chart. "Derek is Eric" badges went out because many fans had no idea who was in the band. Only in 1972 did "Layla" become a Top 10 hit in both countries.
Of the five, only Eric is still with us. The music they made is forever.
🎸 Clapton and Whitlock co-wrote six of the album's originals, including "Bell Bottom Blues." What's your favorite song on Layla? 🎸
Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon cut it at Criteria Studios in Miami with Tom Dowd. After Clapton went to see the Allman Brothers play in Miami, Duane Allman ended up on 11 of the 14 songs. Clapton later called him the "musical brother I'd never had."
The title track came from Clapton's love for Pattie Boyd, then married to his friend George Harrison. Yet the double album was seen as a disappointment, reaching No. 16 in the US and missing the UK chart. "Derek is Eric" badges went out because many fans had no idea who was in the band. Only in 1972 did "Layla" become a Top 10 hit in both countries.
Of the five, only Eric is still with us. The music they made is forever.
🎸 Clapton and Whitlock co-wrote six of the album's originals, including "Bell Bottom Blues." What's your favorite song on Layla? 🎸
50 years ago today, on November 9, 1976, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut album on Shelter Records.
Tom, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch cut it at Shelter's studio in Hollywood with producer Denny Cordell. Ten songs in about 30 minutes, including "Breakdown" and "American Girl."
At first, almost nobody in America noticed. The band found its audience in Britain, where a tour pushed the album to No. 24 and "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" became a UK hit. Back home, "Breakdown" finally reached the Top 40 in early 1978, and the album climbed to No. 55 on the Billboard 200 and went Gold.
Tom left us on October 2, 2017, but "American Girl" still sounds like the first day of summer.
🎸 The debut closed with "American Girl," now one of the band's signature songs. What's your favorite track on the album? 🎸
Tom, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch cut it at Shelter's studio in Hollywood with producer Denny Cordell. Ten songs in about 30 minutes, including "Breakdown" and "American Girl."
At first, almost nobody in America noticed. The band found its audience in Britain, where a tour pushed the album to No. 24 and "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" became a UK hit. Back home, "Breakdown" finally reached the Top 40 in early 1978, and the album climbed to No. 55 on the Billboard 200 and went Gold.
Tom left us on October 2, 2017, but "American Girl" still sounds like the first day of summer.
🎸 The debut closed with "American Girl," now one of the band's signature songs. What's your favorite track on the album? 🎸
