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Hello my little rockers and welcome to another exciting edition of This Day In Rock.  I would ask that on this journey that you would keep all arms and legs inside the transport and extinguish all cigarettes until the vehicle comes to a complete stop.  There are many things to see of this rock safari as you are soon to discover, so let's start our trip for this February 10th.

To your left, in the year 1959, we will find an American Bandstand performance by Link Wray with his instrumental hit Rumble.  Although many radio stations refused to play this song with what was considered a controversial title, the song still sold over a million copies and even went to #16 on the Billboard Pop Chart.



If you were with us for yesterday's column then you will remember the fact about The Beatles playing the Ed Sullivan Show.  If you will take a look to our right, you will see February 10th, 1964 American newspapers reporting, "millions of teenage boys are spending extra time in front of the mirror trying to make their hair look like Paul McCartney's", after having seen the show the prior night.

As we round the corner and make our way to 1972, you will see two events on either side of our vehicle.  To the left, glam rockers T-Rex headed to the US to headline a tour in support of their song, Bang A Gong. And if you will look to the right, you will see that David Bowie opened his Ziggy Stardust tour at the Tolworth Toby Jug in London.  Just a brief personal note about today's tour conductor, yours truly, Ziggy Stardust is my favorite Bowie tune.



As we come upon 1984, you will see a song that held the #1 spot starting this day in rock on the UK singles chart for the 3rd week..  Frankie Goes To Hollywood with their single Relax.



As we advance on 1998, we find that Axl Rose got into it with a baggage handler at Arizona Airport and was arrested for disorderly conduct.  As he was released on bail, you will find the cage empty.  We apologize for the inconvenience. 

And finally we arrive at 2004 where Linkin Park had to cancel a show at Inglewood, California due to lead singer Chester Bennington coming down with bronchitis and acute laryngitis.  If you are singer then you know this is a big deal...even if you aren't a singer, if you have ever suffered from either then you know it is a big deal.  Megga painful....

And this brings us to the end of our Rock Safari boys and girls.  I hope that you enjoyed our trip, and again, please keep all arms and legs in the vehicle until it comes to a complete stop, and exit in an orderly fashion.  As our tour changes daily, please be sure to come back tomorrow for another exciting Rock Safari on This Day In Rock.