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Guess What? Surprisingly, Rod Stewart originally recorded “That’s What Friends Are For” which was later covered by Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Dionne Warwick. Typically, Rod Stweart is an artist that covers songs that...
Guess What? In 1951, WJW radio was home to Cleveland DJ, Alan Freed. His hit dance show featured R&B music which he coined the phrase “Rock and Roll.” Freed called himself “the Moondog” and...
Guess What? Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” started off as a response to Sean Lennon to summarize the fact that baby boomers lived through a lot of turmoil too! The Piano Man...
Guess What? Pearl Jam scored a top ten hit with their cover of “Last Kiss”. The song was originally created by Wayne Cochran in 1961 but never charted. Then J. Frank Wilson and the...
Guess what? Both The Beatles and the Beach Boys both covered Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music”. Chuck Berry’s version reached #8 in the US, The Beatles included it on their debut album but...
Guess what? If I had to guess what song Paul McCartney & Steven Tyler sang, I would have thought maybe “Come Together”. However, I checked and that’s a John Lennon song which Paul doesn’t...
Guess What? Jimi Hendrix was the final act at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969. He closed out with his rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner”.
Guess What? The 1980s pop sensation Adam Adam was born in 1954 in Marylebone, London as Stuart Goddard. In 1977, he renamed himself Adam Ant. He said he chose the name because “I really...
Guess What? The King adjusted the music and the lyrics from the Civil War ballad “Aura Lee” into his 1956 hit “Love Me Tender”. The music was originally written in 1861 by George R....
Guess What? Chicago was the Chicago Transit Authority on their first album. It spawned the hits, “Questions 67 and 68 / I’m a Man”, “Beginnings”, and “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”....
