This Week In Classic Rock History

December 15-21: Historic events this week from The Who, Aerosmith, Elvis Costello and John Lennon

DECEMBER 15, 1967: THE WHO SELL OUT
Containing the hit \”I Can See for Miles\”, The Who Sell Out plays like a radio broadcast, with faux commercials between tracks.

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DECEMBER 15, 1974: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN INSPIRES AEROSMITH
Taking a break from recording Toys in the Attic, memebers of the band went to the movies.

They saw the Mel Brooks classic, Young Frankenstein.

A song they were working on was named \”Walk This Way\” after a gag in the movie.

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DECEMBER 17, 1977: SNL BANS ELVIS COSTELLO
Appearing on SNL, Costello was to play \”Less Than Zero\”.

14 seconds in, he screamed for his band to stop, and instead performed \”Radio, Radio\”, a song he was forbidden to play due to its criticism of the airwaves\’ commercialization.

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DECEMBER 20, 1980: LENNON\’S FIRST UK #1
\”(Just Like) Starting Over\” was Lennon\’s latest single when he died.

The song had fallen from #8 to #21 on the UK charts.

Eight days after Lennon\’s death, the song topped the charts, giving him his first UK #1 as a solo artist.

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