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August 31, 1995, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Cleveland. The city is argued to be the birthplace of rock. It was here in the early 50s, at radio station WMMS, Alan Freed used the term rock and roll to discribe the music for the first time. (until then Rock and Roll was black slang for sexual intercourse)
It was in 1983 Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records founder) decided there should be an organization to recognize Rock & Roll music and musicians. After getting together some other big hitters and deep pockets they decide to open a museum. Although the location of the museum was not decided yet they started inducting people in 1986.
After choosing Cleveland as the location, I.M. Pei was hired to design the building at a cost of 85 million dollars. Admission into the museum is $20.00, to this day over 5.000.000 people have visited.
DLAK note: They almost built it in New Orleans.

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August 30, 1975, The same day they perform the song on American Bandstand 'Get Down Tonight' by KC and the Sunshine Band hits No.1 on the charts. It would be the first of their 5 number one hits. The racially integrated band racked up some of the era's biggest dance hits including "That's The Way (I Like It)", "Shake Shake Shake (Shake Your Booty)," "I'm Your Boogieman," "Keep It Comin' Love," and "Boogie Shoes".
Get Down Tonight by KC and the Sunshine Band
Baby, babe, let's get together.
Honey, hon, me and you.
And do the things, ah, do the things
That we like to do.
Do a little dance, make a little love,
Get down tonight. Get down tonight.
Do a little dance, make a little love,
Get down tonight. Get down tonight.
Baby, babe, I'll meet you,
Same place, same time.
Where we can get together
And ease up our mind.
Do a little dance, make a little love,
Get down tonight. Get down tonight.
Do a little dance, make a little love,
Get down tonight. Get down tonight.

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'ROME' quote of the week.

"I have simpler tastes, I like to kill my enemy, take their gold and enjoy their women."
-Titus-

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August 29, 1977, Three people are arrested in Memphis after trying to steal Elvis Presleys body. As a result of that incident, the body is moved to Graceland. It is later revealed that the Presley family staged the grave-robbing to persuade Memphis officials to move him from the public cemetery to Graceland. At the time Graceland was not zoned for burials. More than 700,000 people at $25 a head visit the gravesite each year. Before burying him the second time, Colonel Parker had Elvis's brain removed and flown to Switzerland. Using the money they make from people visiting the grave, they have cloned Elvis and are now raising an army of Elvis's with which they plan on taking over the world.

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August 28, 1986, To help raise money for a law targeting polluters, The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Neil Young perform in a show that's billed as, "Get Tough On Toxics" in Long Beach, California . During the encore the crowd is led in the chant "NO MORE TOXINS!" and to everyone's surprise the Eagles disappeared.

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August 27, 1889, Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet . Conn, (at the age of 17) enlisted in the Union Army in 1861. He served as a private until discharged. He reenlisted and was wounded and taken prisoner. After the war he started a grocery business. In 1877 he began to manufacture band instruments. He was elected mayor of Elkhart , Indiana in 1880 and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1889, the same year he invented the metal clarinet. He established the Elkhart Daily Truth in 1890 and was owner of the Washington (D.C.) Times.
DLAK note: Kind of makes you feel lazy, dont it?

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August 26, 1970, `War' by Edwin Starr goes to number one. It was written by Motown hitmakers Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and originally recorded by the Temptations. Starr's intense vocals transformed the song into an anthem for the anti (Vietnam) war movent. The song would earn Starr a Grammy for the Best Male R&B Vocal .
War by Edwin Starr
Oh no-there's got to be a better way Say it again There's got to be a better way-yeah
What is it good for? War has caused unrest Among the younger generation
Induction then destruction Who wants to die? War-huh What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing Say it again War-huh What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Yeah
War-I despise' Cos it means destruction Of innocent lives War means tears
To thousands of mothers how When their sons go off to fight And lose their lives
I said War-huh It's an enemy of all mankind No point of war' Cos you're a man Give it to me one time-now
Give it to me one time-now War has shattered Many young men's dreams We've got no place for it today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom But Lord, there's just got to be a better way It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker War Friend only to the undertaker War - Good God, now
What is it good for?

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August 25, 1958, "Fever" by Peggy Lee would reach #8 on the pop chart. Fever was originally written and performed by Little Willie John but Peggys version is one of the hottest, sexiest, horniest, coolest, most laid-back songs ever recorded.
Fever by Peggy Lee
Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night.
Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you know I'm gonna treat you right
You give me fever - when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever - in the the morning, fever all through the night.
Everybody's got the fever, that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago.
Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou givest fever, when we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth
Fever - I'm afire, fever yea I burn forsooth.
Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him, she said "Daddy-O don't you dare"
He gives me fever - with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever - I'm his Missus, Oh daddy won't you treat him right.
Now you've listened to my story, here's the point I have made:
Chicks were born to give you fever, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
They give you fever - when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever - till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn.
What a lovely way to burn.
What a lovely way to burn.
DLAK note: Yup.

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August 24, 1968, Keith Moon drives his Lincoln Continental into a swimming pool at a Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan. Moon is pulled from the sinking car by some bystanders. As he stands at the edge of the pool dripping wet, he looks at the sunken Lincoln and says "Well, that's show biz".

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August 23, 1998, Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice") of the Spice Girls announced that she was pregnant . She claims to have been abducted by aliens and implanted with Elvis Presley's child. However the tabloids reveal that she actually had been raped by a bigfoot.

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August 22, 1978, Sid Vicious made his last live stage appearance when he appeared with Rat Scabies, Glen Matlock and Nancy Spungen at London's Electric Ballroom. Sid was wasted and everyone in attendance thought it was one of the worst shows they had ever seen. In the audience: Elvis Costello, Blondie, Joan Jett , The Slits and Captain Sensibl A month and a half later Sid would stab his girlfriend to death. Three months after that Sid would be dead from a heroin overdose.
Sid's suicide note
You were my little baby girl,
I knew all your fears.
Such joy to hold you in my arms
and kiss away your tears.
But now you're gone, there's only pain
and nothing I can do.
And I don't want to live this life,
If I can't live for you.

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August 21, 1972, In Akron, Ohio A bomb scare is phoned in during a Jefferson Airplane concert. The show turns chaotic after police surround the building fans toss rocks at a squad car, police respond with tear gas. When Jack Cassidy (The bass player) objects from the stage he is arrested and taken to the basement. Grace Slick and Paul Katner go downstairs to get Cassidy released and end up in a scuffle with the cops, Grace Slick is maced in the face and Paul Katner has his head slammed to the floor.
DLAK note; lol.

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August 20, 1968, The University of Tennessee's Dr. David M. Lipscomb, reports a guinea pig subjected to 88 hours of rock music at 120 decibels suffered acute damage to the inner ears, brain damage and he started saying "Wow" and" Far out" a lot. A reporter for the New York Times was told by Steve Paul, owner of the New York rock club, The Scene, "Should a major increase in guinea pig attendance occur at the Scene, we'll certainly bear their comfort in mind".

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August 19, 1972, NBC broadcast the pilot episode of "The Midnight Special". John Denver was the show's first host. Wolfman Jack was the show’s announcer. The first episodes guests were Cass Elliot, Argent, Linda Ronstadt, The Everly Brothers, David Clayton-Thomas, War. Helen Reddy, The Isley Brothers and Harry Chapin.
The Midnight Special proved to be a ratings success. At the height of the Disco craze, the show was changed to look like a Disco with a platform dance floor. Wolfman Jack was placed behind an elevated D.J. booth. But as the disco craze waned, the disco set was gone and in early 1981, NBC replaced The Midnight Special with SCTV.

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August 18, 1999, Universal Records confirms that Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron has been diagnosed with a rare paralysis of his vocal chords. Doctors reportedly say he may never regain full use of his voice. Two years later a reporter uncovers the fact that Barron never had the disease and the whole thing was disinformation, he claims a conspiracy that will lead all the way to the top.

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August 17, 1977, Elvis Presley was scheduled to play a concert, unfortunately he had died the day before.

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August 16, 1938, Blues musician Robert Johnson died. His wife had died in 1931 during child birth after which Robert disappeared from public for several years. When he reemerged he was a gifted blues guitarist, people say he sold his soul to the Devil for his new and improved guitar playing others say he probably practiced.
Robert hit the open road playing for anyone that would pay him. On August 13, 1938, while playing a house party in Three Forks, Mississippi someone laced Roberts whisky with strychnine. Most people think it was the jealous husband of a women Johnson had an affair with. According to Johnny Shine (Johnsons traveling companion), "I heard that it was something to do with the Black Arts. Before he died, Robert was crawling along the ground on all fours; barking and snapping like a mad beast. That's what the poison done to him". Johnson was buried in a small cemetery on the edge of town.
Love In Vain by Robert Johnson
And I followed her to the station
with a suitcase in my hand
And I followed her to the station
with a suitcase in my hand
Well, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell
when all your love's in vain
All my love's in vain
When the train rolled up to the station
I looked her in the eye
When the train rolled up to the station
and I looked her in the eye
Well, I was lonesome, I felt so lonesome
and I could not help but cry
All my love's in vain
When the train, it left the station
with two lights on behind
When the train, it left the station
with two lights on behind
Well, the blue light was my blues
and the red light was my mind
All my love's in vain

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August 15, 1969, The most famous concert in rock history opened. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair would last for three days on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York. Over 400,000 hippies took acid, smoked pot, and had sex, oh yeah there were some bands that played as well, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat, Crosby, Still Nash & Young, CCR, The Band, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Winter, Ritchie Havens and the Jefferson Airplane to name a few.
The promoter expected at most 50.000 people but so many showed up for the concert (without tickets) the promoter (Michael Lang) was forced to call it a free festival and open the gates to all. The concert was called Woodstock because that is were it was supposed to be held but at the last minute the town of Woodstock cancelled the show for fear it would bring in a bad element. Not wanting to have to reprint everything they decided to not change the name.
During the concert there were three deaths, two births and many overdoses. A successful film of the concert and a soundtrack that would sell millions would recoup everyone's money and would help propel some of the bands into super stardom.
Some of DLAKs favorite Woodstock moments were Wavey Graveys stage announcements ("don't take the brown acid"), The fact that Jimi Hendrix played the last day after most of the crowd had left, The hippies got mad at a guy selling hamburgers because they thought he was charging to much (the fucking capitalist pig) and burned his hamburger stand down, Abbie Hoffman jumping on stage during the Who's set and Pete Townshend spearing him in the back with his guitar, knocking him back off the stage and our favorite Woodstock moment Just before the concert started while they were still building the stage Michael Lang brought a huge bag of cocaine to turn all the roadies on but when he set it down on the stage a tarp above it let loose with the rain water it was holding and washed the big bag of coke away as everyone one watched in horror.

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August 14, 1968, 'Fire' by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. It would be Browns only hit, the band would break up in 1970 and fade into rock and roll oblivion. Arthur would perform wearing psychedelic robes and he would set his (helmeted) head on fire for the encore, The rest of the group wore hooded "grim reaper" outfits. After the band split up Brown was sued for stealing the tune of "Fire", thus losing most of his royalties.
Fire by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
I am the god of hell fire and I bring you: Fire,
I'll take you to burn. Fire, I'll take you to learn.
I'll see you burn! You fought hard and you saved and learned,
but all of it's going to burn. And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you've really been so blind.
Now 's your time burn your mind. You're falling far too far behind.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, your gonna burn! Fire,
to destroy all you've done. Fire,
to end all you've become. I'll feel you burn!
You've been living like a little girl, in the middle of your little world.
And your mind, your tiny mind, you know you've really been so blind.
Now 's your time burn your mind, you're falling far too far behind

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This day in virtual obscurity.

Zombies
Everything still living I eat, raw.
Everything dead already is of no consequence.
Mindless, I live to kill and eat.
Thoughtless, there is no future no past no love.
Just an instinctual need to consume and continue.
I feel no pity, you are not hated you are merely food.
Its not personal you see, just business.
I fear nothing and will stop only when my brain is disconnected from my spine.
You hear the back door open,
for a split second you convince yourself that it is someone you know,
someone you trust.
You hear me shuffle closer, first my legs then my body come into view.
I see you hiding in the corner, your mind races with fear
but you have left yourself no way out.
I slowly shuffle towards you, outside the rain and wind mock your screams.
I bend and as I come close for my meal you smell my cursed breath
and it is then that you recognize me,
I am you,
and you are what you eat.

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August 13, 1980, Four masked invaders brake into Todd Rundgren's New York home. Todd his girlfriend and 3 other "House guests" are tied up and gagged. The burglars proceed to steal paintings, stereo equipment and other valuables. Reportedly, one of the thieves sang some of Todds songs ("I Saw the Light" and "Can We Still Be friends") while they carried stuff out to their get- away car.
Excerpt from "Can We Still Be Friends" by Todd Rundgren
Let’s admit we made a mistake
But can we still be friends
Heartbreak’s never easy to take
But can we still be friends
It’s a strange, sad affair
Sometimes seems like we just don’t care
Don’t waste time feeling hurt
We’ve been through hell together
Can we still get together sometime
You know life will still go on and on and on
We awoke from our dream
Things are not always what they seem
Memories linger on
It’s like a sweet, sad old song

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August 12, 1877, At the age of 30 Thomas Edison gave a sketch of a machine to his mechanic, (John Kreusi) the machine was based on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. Kreusi supposedly had the prototype done within 30 hours. Edison immediately tested the machine by speaking a nursery rhyme into the mouthpiece, "Mary had a little lamb." To his amazement, the machine played his words back to him, Thomas Alva Edison had invented the 'phonograph'. He would publicly unveil his new invention in November and filed for the patent in December. Edison came under fire when it was discovered that when played backwards his recording of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" contained the message "AC current is Satan"

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August 11, 1935, At the age of 14, Les Paul takes the stylus (needle) from his record player and jams it into the wood directly under the strings of his acoustic guitar. The sound comes out of the phonograph and gives birth to the electric guitar. His mom, hearing this from downstairs said "Turn it down!"

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August 10, 1959, The Platters were arrested in Cincinnati after being found with four 19 year old women, (3 of them white), in various stages of undress. The scandal resulted in radio stations across the US removing Platters records from their playlists. The men were arraigned on vice charges and later acquitted. Although they would never reach the top of the charts again the group managed to retain its clean-cut image. The Platters were the first black act of the rock era to reach number one on the pop chart. They would have 22 top 100 songs including 5 number one hits.

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August 9, 1986, Queen gave their last ever live performance when they appeared at Knebworth Park Hertfordshire. It sold out within 2 hours, and over 120,000 fans packed the park. The band flew into the park in a specially painted helicopter featuring the characters from the 'Kind of Magic' album cover. It was the final date on the 'Magic Tour', and the biggest audience so far. It caused one of the biggest traffic jams in history. Freddie Mercury teased the capacity crowd hinting that Queen might be breaking up, only to tell them that it was just a silly rumor, and that Queen would be together until "we fucking well die, I'm sure!".

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August 8, 1975, While hunting in Montana Hank Williams Jr. fell 442 feet down the side of the 'Ajax' mountain. His skull was split and his face was crushed. He literally held his brain in his head with his hand. He underwent extensive reconstructive cosmetic surgery, he had to relearn how to speak and sing. Surgeons rebuilt his shattered face and body over two years and he rebounded to become one of the most successful and respected country artists of all time.

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August 7, 1993, Cypress Hills 'Black Sunday' LP hit #1 in the U.S. The rap-rock, hip-hop (with a Latin flavor) quartet from the streets of South Central L.A. took their name from a street running through their neighborhood. The band became notorious for their endorsement of marijuana and was banned from Saturday Night Live after D.J. Muggs lit up a joint and the band trashed their instruments. The 'Black Sunday' LP would sell over 3 million copies with the song 'Insane in the Brain' becoming a crossover hit. Some of the other songs on the album were "I Wanna Get High" "When the Shit Goes Down" "Legalize It" and "Hits from the Bong"
excerpt from Insane In The Brain by Cypress Hill
" Like Louie Armstrong Played the trumpet I'll hit dat bong and break ya off something soon
I got to get my props Cops Come and try to snatch my crops These pigs wanna blow my house down
Head underground To the next town They get mad When they come to raid my pad
And I'm out in the nine deuce Cad' Yes I'm the pirate pilot Of this ship if I get Wit' the ultraviolet dream
Hide from the red light beam Now do you believe in the unseen Look, but don't make your eyes strain
A nigga like me is goin' insane, Insane in the membrane, Insane in the brain! Insane in the membrane,
Insane in the brain! Insane in the membrane, Plenty insane, Got no brain! Insane in the membrane,
Insane in the brain! Insane in the brain, It's because I'm loco, Insane in the brain, It's because I'm loco"
After learning of its success vocalist B-Real said “I never dreamed it would be number one.”
DLAK note: lol

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August 6, 1973, Three days after releasing one of the greatest albums ever made, (while being driven to a concert) Stevie Wonder was seriously injured when the car he was in crashed into a truck , a large timber fell from the truck onto Wonders car leaving him in a coma for four days. The accident also left him without any sense of smell. (Stevie was born blind) His next LP "Fulfillingness' First Finale" released in 1974, would (for the second straight year) win the Grammy for best album of the year.
Excerpt from "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" from the "Fulfillingness' First Finale" LP
" I... can't say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
But if so let all be pure at heart
Just to walk her righteous streets I pray
Let God's love shine within to save our evil souls
For those who don't believe will never see the light
"Where is my God" - He lives inside of me
And I say it's taken Him so long'
Cause we've got so far to come...
No people, "where is your God?
"Inside please let Him be
And I say it's taken Him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come... "

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August 5, 1967, The "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" LP is released. It is the only Pink Floyd album to feature singer, songwriter, guitarist and founder Syd Barret. The lyrics are about scarecrows, gnomes, mice and bicycles. The album is now thought of as one of the great psychedelic works of the 60s.
Piper reached #6 on the UK charts. The albums title comes from the seventh chapter of Kenneth Grahames The Wind And The Willows where Water Rat and Mole, while searching for a lost animal, have a religious experience. ("This is the place of my song-dream, the place the music played to me," whispered the Rat, as if in a trance. "Here, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him!") The Piper referred to is the Greek god Pan.
Astronomy Domine by Syd Barrett from the Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP.
Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda And Titania, Neptune, Titan. Stars can frighten.
Blinding signs flap, Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow. Stairway scare Dan Dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green The sounds surrounds the icy waters underground Lime and limpid green
The sounds surrounds the icy waters underground.

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August 4, 1966, In response to John Lennon's statement that the band was now more popular than Jesus Christ, a ban on the broadcast of Beatles records on U.S. radio stations goes into effect. The ban spells the end for the Beatles and they never sell another record. In response to the ban John said "Christ you know it aint easy" and Jesus Christ said "I've always liked the Stones more anyway".

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August 3, 1973, The 'Innervisions' LP by Stevie Wonder is released. The album would have two top ten hits. Living For The City went to # 8 and Higher Ground hit # 4. The albums nine songs tackle some of the biggest social issues of the time. Innervisions would win the Grammy for the best album of the year and in 2003 was named the 31st greatest album of all time.
excerpt from Living For The City by Stevie Wonder
Her brothers smart hes got more sense than many
His patience is long but soon he wont have any
To find a job is like a haystack needle
Cause where he lives they dont use colored people
Living just enough, just enough for the city
His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
Hes almost dead from breathing in air pollution
He tried to vote but to him theres no solution
Living just enough, just enough for the city
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
If we dont change the world will soon be over
Living just enough
stop giving just enough for the city!!!!

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August 2, 1998, A survey published in Mojo Magazine reports the favorite recording artist of all time- 5th place was Elton John In 4th was Queen, 3rd place went to Frank Sinatra, 2nd, Elvis Presley and in 1st place was a tie between The Beatles and DLAK.
DLAK note: Next time Mojo Magazine takes a survey they should include people under 50 years old.

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August 1, 1981, Empty V's (MTV) goes on the air, showing 24 hour a day music videos. The Buggles 'Video Killed the Radio Star' is the first video shown. In the early days MTV was the coolest thing we had ever seen . They would show 4 or 5 videos (Mostly classic rock) and then a couple commercials (usually a K-Tell product), now its all cartoons, reality shows, game shows and some of the worst TV programming ever thought of.
Excerpt from "MTV Get Off The Air" by The Dead Kennedys
"Hi
I’m your video dj
I always talk like I’m wigged out on quaaludes
I wear a satin baseball jacket everywhere I go
My job is to help destroy What’s left of your imagination
By feeding you endless doses Of sugar-coated mindless garbage
So don’t create Be sedate Be a vegetable at home And thwack on that dial
If we have our way even you will believe This is the future of rock and roll
How far will you go How low will you stoop To tranquilize our minds with
your sugar-coated swill You’ve turned rock and roll rebellion Into pat boone
sedation Making sure nothing’s left to the imagination M.T.V. get off the air..."

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