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Lyricapsule: The Surfaris Drop ‘Wipe Out’; June 22, 1963

Immortalized by high-school marching bands following its release on this day in 1963, wave-chaser of a bass-drum and jangly guitar chase “Wipe Out” by Cali beach-bums, The Surfaris, was one of those rare cheeky cult […]

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Lyricapsule: Nirvana Drop ‘Bleach’; June 15, 1989

Most of Bleach, Nirvana‘s major label deflowering, dropped on this day in 1989, was crunchy grunge fodder dressed up that way because there was this movement called grunge, and Sub Pop put on the pressure […]

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Lyricapsule: Bob Dylan is Born; May 24, 1941

Photo: N/A Robert Allen Zimmerman, the name his parents gave him, was born in Duluth, MN on this day in 1941. At some point en route to his iconic status he changed his name to […]

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Lyricapsule: Bonnie & Clyde Gunned Down; May 23, 1934

Out on a rural Louisiana road on this day in 1934, two of the “public enemy” era’s most infamous celebrities, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, were gunned down by a quartet of Texas officers, ending […]

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Lyricapsule: Fats Domino, the Riot Inciter; May 22, 1955

Photo: N/A Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino Jr., the roly-poly post-war, ivory-tinkling rock legend, arrived at the Ritz ballroom in Bridgeport, Connecticut on this day back in 1955 to find that police shut the man’s scheduled […]

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Lyricapsule: Neil Young Records ‘Ohio’ With CSNY; May 21, 1970

Mary Ann Vecchio crying out and kneeling over a fatally wounded Jeffrey Miller on May 4, 1970 at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio; Photo: John Paul Filo Neil Young went into the studio on this […]

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Lyricapsule: Bill Haley Records ‘Rock Around the Clock’; April 12, 1954

Album art for the 2004 remastered pressing of ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley & His Comets; Photo: Geffen Per our human necessity to be definitive with the way the past has unfolded, this day […]

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Lyricapsule: Jimi Hendrix Records ‘Foxy Lady’; December 13, 1966

The cover of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Foxy Lady’ ’45 b/w ‘Manic Depression’; Photo: Polydor  Further immortalized with a Wayne’s World nerdcore pelvic thrust 30 years later, Hendrix‘s purported only happy song he’s ever recorded, “Foxy Lady,” was cut […]

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Lyricapsule: The Righteous Brothers’ ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ Hits Charts; December 12, 1964

Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield (left) and Phil Spector (right) at Gold Star Studios in 1965; Photo: Getty 5,000 more pairs of boots were sent to Vietnam while MLK was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for […]

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Lyricapsule: Lead Belly Dies; December 6, 1949

Huddie William ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter; Photo: Michael Ochs Archive via The Telegraph One of blues’ finest chain-links to the African griots that birthed rhythm into traditional gospel and field songs, Huddie William “Lead Belly” Ledbetter passed […]

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