Music History Today: February 2, 2021

February 2, 1979: Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols, out on bail after being accused of killing his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, died of a heroin overdose at age 21.

In 1975, a 17-year-old Philly girl named Nancy Spungen dropped out of the University of Colorado and moved to New York City. 

Nancy Spurgeon & Sid Vicious

Music History Today: January 21, 2021

January 21, 1938: Lupine disc jockey Wolfman Jack was born Robert Weston Smith in Brooklyn, New York. 

Wolfman Jack was born Robert Weston Smith, in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1938.  As a young teenager, he would listen to the radio in his home’s basement, where he pretended to be the DJ.  

American Graffiti: Take Five

1. Elvis Presley songs are absent on the soundtrack. To mitigate the cost of licensing so many songs, Universal offered a flat rate to all of the labels involved. Everyone went along with it except for RCA. 

Music History Today: June 24, 2020

June 24, 1966:  Janis Joplin performed for the first time as lead singer for Big Brother & the Holding Company at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California.

Big Brother & The Holding Company – along with bands like The Grateful Dead,  Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service – is considered one of the original, first wave of great psychedelic bands that came out of San Francisco in the summer of 1965. 

Janis Joplin