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January 2009, This Day In Rock

What's In A Name?

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Playin the name game on this day in rock


When taking a look at today, I see names in each and every fact.  I know, I know, there are names in EVERY fact on this day in rock, but today is a special case.  Let me show you what I mean.

In 1965, Shirley Ellis had a #3 hit in the US with the song The Name Game.  Now, I tried to find to find a video for this song done by 3 of my favorite cartoon characters named:  Yakko, Wakko and Dot, BUT sadly was unable to and found I would have to settle for Tiny Toon Adventures instead.  Why?  Because I thought if you're going to have a song such as this featured in your column, you have to make it look as fun as possible....and cartoons are fun, well some of them are anyway.  I really do think that Animaniacs would have made for a better version of the song, BUT we have to settle for what we're given.



Name:  Wicked Lester...but not for long.  That name was changed to KISS and not long after changing that name, KISS in their original lineup would play their first appearance in Queens, New York at the Popcorn Club in 1973.

Name:  The International Artists Award.  This award, presented at the 1995 American Music Awards was presented on this day in rock to legendary band Led Zeppelin.  Only two other names had previously recieved the award,  Rod Stewart and Michael Jackson.

Name:  Baldemar Huerta, but you will know him as Freddy Fender.  In 2002, the 64 year old singer/songwriter, also a two time Grammy Award winner, after undergoing a kidney transplant a week earlier, was released from a San Antonio hospital on this day in rock.

Name:  Melisa aka Lis, you're daily deliverer of factorial information that happened on.....

Name:  THIS DAY IN ROCK

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