Category Archives: KQ Rock History

FEB 23-MAR 1: Historic events this week from Toto, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, U2, Pink Floyd and more FEBRUARY 23, 1983: TOTO WINS BIG AT GRAMMYSToto’s fourth album, Toto IV, was a big one for the...

FEB 9-15: Historic events this week from The Beatles, Van Halen, Black Sabbath and Bon Jovi FEBRUARY 9, 1964: THE BEATLES APPEAR ON ED SULLIVANThe Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show for the firs...

FEB 2-8: Historic events this week from Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Bob Dylan and Robert Plant FEBRUARY 4, 1977: FLEETWOOD MAC’S RUMOURSWith over 40 million sold, Rumours is the #5 best-selling studi...

JAN 25-FEB 1: Historic events this week from John Lennon, David Bowie, Roy Orbison, Alice Cooper and more JANUARY 27, 1970: INSTANT KARMA! COMPLETED IN A DAY“Instant Karma!”, John Lennon&#...

JAN 19-25: Historic events this week from Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Ozzy Osbourne, Neil Young, Van Halen and more JANUARY 19, 1980: THE WALL‘S 15-WEEK RUN AT #1Pink Floyd followed up t...

JAN 12-18: Historic events this week from Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Ozzy Osbourne, Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton JANUARY 12, 1969: LED ZEPPELIN’S DEBUT ALBUMLed Zeppelin’s debut album t...

JAN 5-11: Historic events this week from Peter Frampton, David Bowie, Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen and more JANUARY 6, 1976: FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!Peter Frampton’s, Frampton Comes Alive! is one o...

DEC 29-JAN 4: Historic events this week from Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison and more DECEMBER 29, 1982: NEIL YOUNG RELEASES TRANSThe vocoder vocal effect had fans scratc...

DEC 22-28: Historic events this week from Poison, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, John Lennon and more DECEMBER 22, 2002: JOE STRUMMER DIESThe Clash leader died of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.He was 5...

DEC 15-21: Historic events this week from The Who, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan and more DECEMBER 15, 1967: THE WHO SELL OUTContaining the hit “I Can See for Miles”, T...