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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up in music #RIP #tompetty #RIP #janisjoplin #thebeachboys #schoolofrock #dollyparton #playboy #prince #therollingstones #bobdylan #paulmccartney #neilyoung #rogerswaters #thewho October 1, 1962 The Beach Boys release their first album, Surfin’ Safari, which includes their debut single, “Surfin’.” The album climbs to #32 in the US. October 2,…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up in music #RIP #jamesdean #nirvana #tompettyandtheheartbreakers #lastconcert #rockyhorrorpictureshow #meatloaf #metallica #RIP #cliffburton #garthbrooks #billboardcharts #merlehaggard #thebeachboys September 24, 1991 Nirvana’s breakthrough album Nevermind is released. September 25, 2017 At the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers play their last concert, as…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up in music #RIP #johnnyramone #theramones #nirvana #johnmellencamp #themonkees #kimfowley #ericclapton #johnlennon #ledzeppelin September 10, 1991 Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is released as a single, forever changing the musical meaning of the word “Alternative.” September 11, 1982 John Mellencamp becomes the first male solo artist…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up in music #RingoStarr #TheBeatles #SystemOfADown #Metallica #SanFranciscoSymphonyOrchestra #EltonJohn #PrincessDiana #KeithMoon #RIP #TheWho #ChuckBerry #Nirvana #MTV September 3,  1968 Ringo returns to The Beatles after quitting in frustration during the White Album sessions. He finds his drum kit covered in flowers. September 4, 2001 System Of…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up in music #RIP #stevierayvaughan #happybirthday to #shaniatwain #ericclapton #rockagainstracism #isleofwrightfestival #jimihendrix #joanbaez #themoodyblues #richiehavens #free #georgeharrison #tinaturner #rageagainstthemachine #Apple #stevewozniak #USfestival #fleetwoodmac #thepolice #gratefuldead August 27, 1990 35-year-old Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, following a concert at the…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up in music #RIP August 16, 1977 #TheKing #Elvis Presley #metallica #bachmanturneroverdrive #michaeljackson #thebeatles #paulmccartney #jimihendrix #woodstock #wolfmanjack #themidnightspecial August 12, 2008 Metallica release “The Day That Never Comes,” the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic. August 13, 1977 Bachman-Turner Overdrive announce that the…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up in music #RIP #carlolittle #therollingstones #thepolice #thebeatles #abbeyroad #RIP #jerrygarcia #thegratefuldead #RIP #eydiegorme #stevelawrence #keithmoon #thewho #RIP #lespaul #davidbowie August 6, 2005 Carlo Little (The Rolling Stones’ original drummer) dies of lung cancer at age 66 in Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, England. August 7, 2008…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage music trivia the week coming up #SARS #therollingstones #theguesswho #rush #theisleybrothers #theflaminglips #justintimberlake #theeagles #MTV #edsheeran #wings #paulmccartney #BillboardTop100 #therunaways #joanjett #RIP #MarvinHamlisch #carlolittle #rickjames July 30, 2003 When the disease SARS spreads to Toronto, it scares a lot of people away. To get visitors back, the city puts on a…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage Music Trivia the week coming up #littlerichard #RIP #amywinehouse #chubbychecker #ACDC #foofighters #Prince #brucespringsteen #clarenceclemons July 22, 1979 Little Richard, who has been preaching of his salvation throughout the United States, makes his famous statement, “If God can save an old homosexual like me, he can save anybody.” July 23, 2011…

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thebuzzr Independent Music Coverage music trivia the week coming up #gunsnroses #RIP #harrychapin #jimihendriz #themonkees #lollapalozza #nineinchnails #janesaddiction #pearljam #billboard #tommydorsey #franksinatra #RIP #longjohnbaldry #thedoors #elvispresley July 15, 2018 “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses becomes the first ’90s video to pass a billion views on YouTube. The next closest ’90s video is “Zombie” by…

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