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WATCH: 4 Covers of Three Dog Nights’ 1970 Hit “Momma Told Me Not to Come” including Randy Newman, The Animals and … Tom Jones?

02/14/2018

Not sure there’s anything I enjoy as much anymore as finding LIVE performances of classic rock songs! In this case, I started off looking for Three Dog Night’s 1970 funk-inspired classic, “Momma Told Me Not to Come” off their It Ain’t Easy album. Along the way, I found out the song was originally written by singer/songwriter Randy “Short People” Newman, and originally recorded–but never released as a single–by Eric Burdon…

WATCH: 1983 Video of Mötley Crüe performing ‘Live Wire’ – US Festival at Glen Helen Park

02/13/2018

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We’ve had a great response lately to some of the “early” recordings we’ve found of some of your favorite bands from the 70’s and 80’s: KISS’s first live performance at The Popcorn Club in 1973, and then Van Halen in one of their first big shows in 1978. Now we have an early LIVE recording of “Live Wire”, the debut single by heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on their…

WATCH: Rick Derringer performs ‘Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo’ LIVE w. Johnny Winter – 1973

02/12/2018

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“Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” was written by Rick Derringer, but first recorded in 1970 by Johnny Winter’s band of which Derringer was a member. In 1973, Derringer recorded a solo version and it became his only Top 40 chart hit as a solo artist, peaking on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 23 before going on to become a staple of classic rock stations everywhere. Both Winter and Derringer…

WATCH: Van Halen Lost Footage From Early Concert – January 28, 1978 – Fresno, California

02/11/2018

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We’re still doing research, but this appears to be some of the earliest “watchable” video of Van Halen in concert, early in 1978, just before their debut album, Van Halen, dropped. Yes, there is other footage that claims to be older, but it’s mostly ghostly images that are hard to make out … and even harder to listen to. Kids these days don’t realize how hard it was to sneak…

LISTEN: Van Halen’s Debut Album from 1978 – Full Recording

02/11/2018

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Van Halen’s self-titled debut studio album was released on February 10, 1978, and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200. The album became widely owned as the band’s popularity grew, eventually going on to sell more than ten million copies in the United States. By August 7, 1996 and Van Halen was certified Diamond. One of only six rock bands to release two RIAA Diamond status albums, Van Halen…

WATCH: First Recorded Performance by KISS! 1973 – Popcorn Club, Queens NY

02/10/2018

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Check out this rare footage of KISS doing one of their first live performances at a place called The Popcorn Club in Queens back in January 1973! According to the band, they received $50 a night for three nights to play, and the “packed” house the first night included all of 10 people. But it was a start and, as you can see–well sorta see–from this grainy video that they…

WATCH: AC/DC – ‘Hells Bells’ Official Video – 1980

02/08/2018

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Is there a more iconic opening to a classic rock song than the bell tolling at the beginning of ‘Hells Bells’ by AC/DC? The song the first track off AC/DC’s first album without Bon Scott, Back in Black and the second single from that classic album which was released in the fall of 1980. In the video, the song starts off with a massive church bell slowly tolling four times, after…

WATCH: Whitesnake – ‘Here I Go Again’ – 1987

02/07/2018

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To us, Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” will always be connected to that great scene in the 2003 hit comedy ‘Old School’ where the newly married character, played by Will Ferrell, is working on his Trans Am in the driveway, stereo cranked to the max (Whitesnake, of course), just enjoying being a guy … until his new wife shows up, asks him to turn down the music, turn off the…

WATCH: Scorpions LIVE -‘Rock You Like a Hurricane’ – 1985 Oakland Coliseum Stadium

02/06/2018

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“Rock You Like a Hurricane” by the Scorpions was released as the lead single from their ninth studio album, Love at First Sting which came out in 1984. It was written by Klaus Meine and Herman Rarebell, composed by Rudolf Schenker and reached number 25 in the USA Billboard Hot 100, greatly contributing to the album’s success, and it’s rockin’ music video was put into heavy rotation by MTV at the…

WATCH: Bon Jovi – ‘I’ll Be There for You’ – LIVE 1988 in Tokyo

01/20/2018

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“I’ll Be There for You” was from Bon Jovi’s 1988 album New Jersey and was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. Eventually the song reached Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Mainstream rock charts. It became the band’s third single from the album when it was released as a single in 1989 and, because the Bon Jovi was at its peak popularity at this time,…

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