Did You Know...?? Part l

1. Deep Purple were the first ever rock band to play together with a symphonic orchestra.

2. Sheryl Crow started her singing career on Michael Jacksons Bad tour, and she was a back up singer for George Harrison, Joe Cocker, and Rod Stewart.

3. As of 2005, Queen albums have spent a total of 1,422 weeks or 27 years on the UK album charts; more time than the Beatles, and THE KING.

4. In 1987 Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock "n" Roll Hall of Fame, followed by the Supremes in 1988.

5. Billy Joel played piano on Shargri-Las "Leader of the Pack" in 1964.

6. Pink Floyd were the first band to use a quadraphonic sound system at their concerts. Using 4 different channels of audio, it was an early version of surround sound.

7. The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument.(who would have thought!)

8. The first video to premier on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles on August 1st, 1981. The most aired video in MTV's history is Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer".

9. Elvis Presley once entered an Elvis look-a-like contest in a US burger bar and only came in THIRD!!

10. Frank Sinatra once called Rock and Roll "The most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear."(How dare he!)

Check next Friday for Part II.......