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Speaker 1: This month in music history.

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Speaker 2: I'm Buzznight, the host of Taken a Walk Music History

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Speaker 2: on Foot, and we're taking a walk in the shadow

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Speaker 2: of Fenway Park, the scene of so many great concerts

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Speaker 2: every year. Some of my favorites there have been Springsteen

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Speaker 2: and the Rolling Stones.

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Speaker 1: What are your favorites? Well?

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Speaker 2: On January first, nineteen eighty five, v H one launched

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Speaker 2: January first, nineteen eighty five. That was introduced with a

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Speaker 2: video performance of the Star Spangled Banner by Marvin.

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Speaker 1: Gay, who had died the previous year.

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Speaker 2: January second, nineteen seventy one, the number one album was

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Speaker 2: Of All Things Must.

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Speaker 1: Pass by George Harrison. It stayed there for seven weeks.

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Speaker 2: On that one, My Sweet Lord, What Is Life?

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Speaker 1: And the unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: Version of the Bob Dylan song if Not for You

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Speaker 2: Love That one January third, nineteen forty six, John Paul

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Speaker 2: Jones that they for led Zeppelin, was born in Kent, England.

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Speaker 2: Also on January third, nineteen forty five, Stephen Stills of

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Speaker 2: Let's go to January fourth, nineteen eighty the Romantics released

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Speaker 2: their self titled debut album containing their signature song to

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Speaker 2: this day, What I Like About You was not a hit,

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Speaker 2: peaked at number forty nine, but a great song nonetheless.

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Speaker 2: Also January fourth, nineteen sixty, Michael Stipe, the frontman for

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Speaker 2: nineteen seventy nine, Elvis Costello releases the album Armed Forces.

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Speaker 2: On that one you Remember, Accidents will Happen? Great one,

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Speaker 2: What's so Funny about Peace? Love and Understanding? Love that

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Speaker 2: one so much. January fifth, nineteen seventy three, Bruce Springsteen

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Speaker 2: and that album contains Blinded by the Light and Spirit

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Speaker 2: in the Night. Also in January of seventy three, another

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Speaker 2: historic one was released with a Boston connection and a

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Speaker 1: Certainly, one of the most familiar songs is on that

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Speaker 1: One dream On That wasn't a hit.

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Speaker 2: seventy five and just goes to show You Where a

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Speaker 2: re release, it reached number six on the charts. January fifth,

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Speaker 2: nineteen fifty Chris Stein, co founder and guitarist for the

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Speaker 2: January sixth, nineteen seventy six, another historic one released.

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Speaker 1: Peter Frampton releases Frampton Comes Alive.

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Speaker 2: It spent ten non consecutive weeks at number one, and

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Speaker 2: it was the best selling album.

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Speaker 1: Of nineteen seventy six.

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Speaker 2: And also January sixth, nineteen sixty eight, the number one

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Speaker 2: album was a magical mystery tour by the Beatles that

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Speaker 2: stayed there for eight weeks. Of course, I Am the Walrus,

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Speaker 2: the Fool on the Hill, or on that one. January seventh,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty, a sad day of music history. Neil Pert,

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Speaker 2: Looking at January seventh, nineteen seventy one, Black Sabbath releases

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Speaker 1: Also on that one, War Pigs iron Man I Am

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Speaker 2: January seventh, nineteen forty six. Jon Winner, founder of Rolling

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Speaker 2: to January eighth, nineteen sixty six. Another number one album

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Speaker 2: Drive my Car, Norwegian Wood Nowhere Man Michelle, you won't

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Speaker 2: see me all on that one. January eighth, nineteen forty six.

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Speaker 2: in Los Angeles and then also January eighth, nineteen thirty five.

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Speaker 2: of history on January ninth, nineteen forty four. Jimmy Page,

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Speaker 2: and we go to January tenth, nineteen seventy eight. Fortunate

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Speaker 2: to January tenth, nineteen forty five. Another great birthday. Rod

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Speaker 2: Stewart was born in London On that day, January eleventh,

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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety two, The number one album was never Mind

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Speaker 2: like teen Spirit in bloom cumajjre in Lithium. Let's go

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Speaker 2: to January twelfth, nineteen sixty five, Rob Zombie. He was

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Speaker 1: Right up the road where we are.

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Speaker 2: January thirteenth, nineteen sixty eight, Johnny Cash recorded the Fulsome

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Speaker 2: also joined on that show by the Statler Brothers and

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Speaker 2: the Great Carl Perkins. We go to January fourteenth, nineteen eighty.

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Speaker 2: Rush releases the album Permanent Waves, which included Spiritor Radio

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Speaker 2: Free Will. January fourteenth, nineteen sixty seven, an event called

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Speaker 2: The Human Being took place in San Francisco. It included

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Speaker 2: speeches from Timothy Leary and Alan Ginsburg, Jerry Rubin, performances

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Speaker 2: about fifty thousand people, a lot of fun. January fifteenth,

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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety four, that's the day we lost the great

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Speaker 2: We talked to Ed Begley Junior, the actor, an activist

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Speaker 2: who was a good friend Harry Nielsen's. He definitely spent

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Speaker 2: some late nights with Harry for sure. January fifteenth, nineteen

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Speaker 2: Pretty funny thinking about that now, isn't it. January sixteenth,

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Speaker 2: mentioned previously. Number one song was Got My Mind Set

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Speaker 2: Electric Light Orchestra, who played bass and keyboard on that one.

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Speaker 2: We go to January seventeenth, nineteen fifty five. That's the

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Speaker 2: birthday for singer songwriter Steve Earle, He was born in

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Speaker 2: Fort Monroe, Virginia. One of his most known songs, Copperhead

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Speaker 2: Road is such a great one. January eighteenth, nineteen seventy eight,

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Speaker 2: Warren Zevon released the album Excitable Boy that included Werewolves

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Speaker 2: January nineteenth, nineteen eighty five number one album was Born

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Speaker 2: in the USA by Bruce Springsteen. Had stayed there for

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Speaker 2: three weeks that included Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark,

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Speaker 2: the Lonely and Suddenly Last Summer. January nineteenth, nineteen forty six.

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Speaker 2: the Rock Hall in twenty twenty two. She initially you

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Speaker 2: bring it on well. January twentieth mark's National disc Jockey Day.

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Speaker 2: Now the day honor is the death of Alan Freed,

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Speaker 2: who coined the term rock and roll. He died on

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Speaker 2: that day in nineteen sixty five. But we like talking

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Speaker 2: We love DJs, we love radio folks. So Happy National

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Speaker 2: disc Jockey Day we go to. January twentieth, nineteen sixty four.

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Speaker 2: Another Beatles moment, The Beatles released the album Meet the Beatles,

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Speaker 2: But I Want to hold your Hand. I saw her

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Speaker 2: two thousand and five, the number one album American Idiot

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Speaker 2: A Green Day stayed there for two weeks. Title track

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Speaker 2: Broken Dreams and you Can't Forget Wake Me when September Ends.

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Speaker 2: From Green Day Great Music. January twenty second, nineteen seventy two,

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Speaker 2: the number one album was American Pie by Don McClain,

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Speaker 2: song on that one Vincent. January twenty third, nineteen seventy six,

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Speaker 2: David Bowie released the album Stationed to Station, which included

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Speaker 2: Golden Years and TVC one five. January twenty third, nineteen

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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety four is when Alison Chains released the album

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Speaker 2: We'll never forget the Great Eddie. January twenty seventh, nineteen

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Speaker 2: by Billy Joelbert stayed for only a week, had big

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Speaker 2: to have Mark Rivera Billy Joel's great sideman, one of

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Speaker 2: nineteen eighty Another Boston moment is We're in the shadow

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Speaker 2: of the Fenway Jake Giles Band released their album Love Stinks,

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Speaker 2: song Nighttime Peter Wolf and the Jake Giles Band. January thirtieth,

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Speaker 2: nineteen eighty eight, the number one song was Need You

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Speaker 2: Tonight by the band in Excess and that was the

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Speaker 2: to the top ten and then lastly January thirtieth, nineteen

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Speaker 2: many Beatle moments. That's when the Beatles' last public performance

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Speaker 2: on the Apple Records roof took place. It consisted of

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Speaker 2: nine takes of five Beatles songs, including Get Back Don't

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Speaker 2: Taking a Walk podcast Music History on Foot to this

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Speaker 2: episode of music history for the month of January.

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