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Whole Lotta Shakin' radio show | Playlist | BOSS 20 | 2022 TOP 50 | Number #1's | Show history | 2010's | 2000's | 1990's | 1980's | 1970's | 1960's | 1950's | Heavy Friends | 1980's Rochester Garage-Rock scene
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Rockin' Rochester: The 1970's: 1970 "Life" b/w "For Me" The Crystal Revelation Fine FI-2709 (February
1970) ("Life" is available on "Project Blue #5 (Can't You Stop It Now!)" Destination
X LP 1999) "Come On, People" b/w "Free
Again "The Rustix -Rare Earth 5014 "It isn't easy"
b/w "My Someone" Blades Of Grass Fine FI-57027 (May 1970) The Rochester Lancers defeat Washington to win the North American Soccer League title.
September 14th:Led Zepplin plays
the War Memorial. October 9th: The
Small Faces (with Ron Wood & Rod Stewart) play 2 shows at "The Club". November 11th: The Small Faces again play "The Club". 1971 Thursday,
January 21st:Captain Beefheart plays two shows at RIT's Ingle Auditorium. "Come On, People" LP The Rustix -Rare Earth "My Peace Of Heaven" The Rustix -Rare Earth 5034 "We All End Up In Boxes" b/w "Down, Down" The Rustix -Rare Earth 5037 The Rochester Red Wings defeat Denver to win the Junior World
Series. September 11th:Led
Zepplin plays the War Memorial. Rochester's
Steve Gadd moves to NYC become one of the most respected session drummers in popular music. "A Lot of People Would Like To See Armand Schaubroeck...DEAD"
LP-Armand Schaubroeck Steals-Mirror 1972
January 5th: WHEC-AM (1460)(news
& MOR music) changes format to Top 40 and call letters to WAXC-AM. The "Greaseman"
is the evening DJ. 1973
March 5th: Alice
Cooper play the Auditorium Theatre. September
22nd: The Slade play SUNY Geneseo. October 16th: The New York Dolls play the War Memorial. Lydia Lunch (nee Koch) leaves Rochester for NYC. Punk rock is
in her future. The
Penny Arcade opens up at 4785 Lake Avenue. 1974 WDKX-FM (103.9)
signs on the air as Rochester's first full-time Soul and R&B format station. June 1st: The Slade play the War Memorial. June 17th: David Bowie plays the War Memorial on his "Diamond Dogs"
tour. "Stick Around" b/w "Cruisin'"
Black Sheep Chrysalis 2038 (Pre-Foriegner Lou Gramm) "Black Sheep" Black Sheep Capitol LP ST-11369 (Pre-Foriegner Lou Gramm)
"A Little Or A Lot" b/w "Broken Promises"
Black Sheep Capitol 4012 (Pre-Foriegner Lou Gramm) "I Came To
Visit But Decided To Stay" LP-Armand Schaubroeck
Steals-Mirror November 14th:
Frank Zappa plays the War Memorial. 1975
February: Rochester
drummer Joe English joins Paul McCartney & Wings and plays on the #1 LP's "Venus And Mars" "Speed Of Sound"
and "Wings Over America" as well as the #2 LP "Londontown". He also is on the #1 singles "Silly
Love Songs", "With A Little Luck" and the international mega-hit "Mull Of Kintyre". Joe stays through
November 1977. "Unkle Roger"
joins WCMF-FM (96.5) February 11th:
The Faces open their North American Tour at the War Memorial. April 28th: Aerosmith's 'Toys In The Attic' tour comes to the
War Memorial. "Encouraging Words" Black
Sheep Capitol LP ST-11447 (Pre-Foriegner Lou Gramm) October 5th: Kiss play at the Dome Arena. November 17th: Bob Dylan's 'Rolling
Thunder Revue' play two shows at the War Memorial (Mick Ronson & Roger McGuinn on guitar) 1976 February 11th: The Slade play the War Memorial. BTO headlines the show. March 20th: David Bowie plays the War Memorial as part
of his "Station To Station" tour. March 21st: Iggy Pop & David Bowie are involved in a drug bust in their room at
the Flagship Americana Hotel in Rochester. Monday July 26th: Elvis Presley plays the War Memorial. 1977 February:
"Scorgie's" opens up at 150 Andrews Street; it becomes the hub of Rochester's New Music scene.
Wednesday May 25th:
Elvis Presley plays the War Memorial. "Live At The Holiday Inn" LP-Armand Schaubroeck Steals-Mirror November 3rd: Captain Beefheart plays two shows at the
Red Creek Inn on Jefferson Road. December 6th:
The Kinks play the University of Rochester Pallestra. "Hey mister" b/w "Red swirls" Distorted Levels (Pre-Chesterfield
Prevost-The name of the group says it all) 1978
April 6th: The Sweet plays the Auditorium
Theatre. Starz opens the show. April 20th:
The Ramones play the Penny Arcade. May
3rd: The Real Kids play live on WCMF-FM. The performance is released on the 1993 Norton Records CD
"Grown Up Wrong". May 4th: The Real Kids play the Penny Arcade. Somes songs from this performance are also included on the "Grown Up Wrong"
CD. "Shakin' Shakin" LP-Armand Schaubroeck Steals-Mirror SPRING: WMJQ-FM (92.5)changes format
from light rock to Album Oriented Rock. "Rat F***er" LP-Armand Schaubroeck Steals-Mirror 1979 March
24th: Elvis Costello & the Attractions play the Auditorium Theatre. The Rubinoos open the show.
April 28th: McGuinn, Clark &
Hillmen play the Triangle Theatre. Hot Face opens the show. May30th:
Eric Clapton plays the War Memorial. Muddy Waters opens the show! July 7th: The Ramones play the Triangle Theatre. New Math opens the show. WAXC-AM (1460) changes format from Top 40 to Religious.
WSAY-AM (1370) changes format from progressive-free
form rock to Country. Thursday September
13th: Joe Jackson plays the Triangle Theatre. The Records open the show. "Die Trying" b/w "Angela" New Math -Reliable 45 (Founding
fathers of the New Music scene in Rochester) FAMOUS ALUMNI: Lou
Gramm (Gramattico) Black Sheep, Foriegner Wendy
O. Williams (Webster,NY native) and the Plasmatics who have been making a name for themselves in NYC, begin getting press
coverage in 1979. Radio: WBBF-AM (950) Top 40 WSAY-AM (1360) Progressive
rock, free form WAXC-AM (1460) Top 40 WRUR-FM (88.5) Variety; Punk & New Wave in the late '70's. WITR-FM (89.7) is @10 watts and can only be heard on campus and in the immediate
vicinity of RIT. WCMF-FM (96.5) Album rock, free form WVOR-FM (100.5) Contemporary, lots of oldies, and Dan Guilfoyle's "The
Glory That Was Grease" Sunday night radio show, playing the well known and the obscure from the 1950's &
1960's. |
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