Benny recalls the first records he bought were " Du Bist Musik " by Italian schlager singer Caterina Valente and Elvis Presley's " Jailhouse Rock ".

" Rock Around the Clock " was the first record ever to sell over one million copies in both Britain and Germany and, in 1957, Haley became the first major American rock singer to tour Europe.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 39th on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock Artists of All Time and the 23rd best singer of all time.

* 1971 – Kid Rock, American singer

In September 2005, Kid Rock filled in for Johnny Van Zant, the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd on the band's hit " Sweet Home Alabama " at the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert.

Kid Rock and Scott Stapp, singer of the band Creed, appear in a sex tape from 1999 in which the two have sex with four groupies in a mobile home.

* 1934 – Johnny Burnette, American singer ( The Rock and Roll Trio ) ( d. 1964 )

He frequently contributed to VH1 programs such as the I Love The ... series, and he released the song " Rock Show " featuring singer Stephan Jenkins.

** In Los Angeles, Rock and blues singer Janis Joplin dies in her hotel room, from an overdose of heroin.

* January 17 – Kid Rock, American rock singer

In 1978 singer Patti Smith used the word in " Rock N Roll Nigger ".

In July 2010 Hughes appeared as a guest vocalist ( together with Masterplan singer Jørn Lande ) fronting Heaven & Hell at the High Voltage Rock Festival in London as a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio.

In chronological order others include: " I've Been Everywhere " by Hank Snow ( 1962 ) ( album of the same title ) and Johnny Cash ( 1996 ) Unchained reworked from the original 1959 Geoff Mack Australian-place-names version made popular by the singer Lucky Starr ; " Down on the Corner " ( 1969 ) by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys covered by a dozen other groups ; " Kalamazoo " ( 1995 ) by Luna on Penthouse ; " Cold Rock a Party " ( 1997 ) by MC Lyte on Bad As I Wanna B ; " Kalamazoo " a song by the rock trio Primus on the 1997 Brown Album ; " Top of the World " by Rascalz ( 1999 ) on Global Warning ; " Kalamazoo ", a song by Ben Folds Five on the 2004 EP Super D ; " 65 Miles from Kalamazoo " ( 2008 ) by R. J. Miller ( a lament for a lost Gibson guitar and a metaphor about " an old girlfriend from Kalamazoo "); and " Kalamazoo " ( 2009 ) by Mike Craver on his album Shining Down.

Copper Canyon was also a destination in Motorcycle Mania 3, a feature that aired on the Discovery Channel, which featured Jesse James of West Coast Choppers riding with singer Kid Rock, on two custom-built motorcycles.

The name was a combination of Vince Everett, Elvis Presley's character in Jailhouse Rock, ( which Cocker misheard as Vance ) and country singer Eddy Arnold.

Announcements by various celebrities that they had contracted HIV ( including actor Rock Hudson, basketball star Magic Johnson, tennis player Arthur Ashe and singer Freddie Mercury ) were significant in making the general public aware of the dangers of the disease to people of all sexual orientations.

In June 1970, after Stonehill graduated from Leigh High School, in San Jose, California, he moved to Los Angeles where he stayed with pioneer Christian Rock singer, Larry Norman in an attempt to launch his professional music career.

Since Norman's first professional release in 1967 as a lead singer of the one-hit wonder band People !, more than 100 of his own albums have been released through such commercial record labels as Capitol, MGM, Verve, and his own independent labels: One Way Records, Solid Rock Records, Street Level Records, and Phydeaux Records.

British Celtic Rock singer Sammy Horner wrote and released a song " Larry's Son " soon after Wallace went public with her claims.

In 1990, singer Paul Anka made the speech inducting Darin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

* Jim Lindberg: singer of the South Bay Punk Rock Band Pennywise

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Gene Pitney also grew up in the town, from which he obtained his stage name: " The Rockville Rocket ". Charles Ethan Porter ( c. 1847-1923 ), an African American still life painter, moved to the Rockville neighborhood as a child.

* Elisabeth Maurus ( aka Lissie ), folk-rock singer and songwriter ; born in Rock Island

* Bobby Helms, writer and singer of Jingle Bell Rock

* Paul McCoy-Lead singer of the Christian Rock band 12 Stones.

Rock station DJs Steve Dahl and Garry Meier, along with Michael Veeck, son of Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck, staged the promotional event for disgruntled rock fans between the games of a White Sox doubleheader.

The actors who played Hercules in these films were Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Kirk Morris, Mickey Hargitay, Mark Forest, Alan Steel, Dan Vadis, Brad Harris, Reg Park, Peter Lupus ( billed as Rock Stevens ) and Michael Lane.

Some can be unrealistic and cartoon-like ( such as Doink the Clown ), while others carry more verisimilitude ( such as Chris Jericho, The Rock, John Cena Stone Cold Steve Austin, and CM Punk ).

" Second single " Steve McQueen " won the Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy.

* Sir Blunderbrain ( performed by Steve Whitmire )-A brave Fraggle who appeared in a legend told in the Fraggle Rock episode " The Terrible Tunnel.

" British poet and musician Steve Scott, who worked closely with Norman at Solid Rock, maintains:

Over five hundred people attended his funeral, many of the actors and comedians who had worked with him on Saturday Night Live and on film including Phil Hartman ( who would die five months later ), Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser, Joe Mantegna, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Buscemi, Mike Myers, Christopher Walken, John Goodman, Eugene Levy, George Wendt, Norm Macdonald, Holly Wortell, Rob Schneider, Chris Rock, Tim Meadows, and Tom Arnold.

The other two are covers – " Courageous Cat " theme from the original Courageous Cat Cartoon series, and a second attempt at " Don't Mess With Cupid ," a song written by Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd for Otis Redding and first recorded independently for what was later to become the Mercer Street / Blue Rock Sessions.

Johnson is regarded by many as one of the greatest talkers in professional wrestling history, Rock was voted third by the fans for his microphone ability behind Roddy Piper and Stone Cold Steve Austin who were second and first respectively.

Marty Stuart's " Hillbilly Rock " and Hank Williams, Jr .' s " All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight " were the most noteworthy examples of this trend, but they and other artists like Steve Earle and the Kentucky Headhunters charted many records with this approach.

The CD featured Kid Rock, Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, Gretchen Wilson, The White Stripes, Martina Mc Bride, Paramore, Steve Earl, Faith Hill.

Bill Cosby: seven winsGeorge Carlin and Richard Pryor: five eachPeter Schickele and Robin Williams: four eachChris Rock: threeLewis Black, Steve Martin, and " Weird Al " Yankovic: two each

In 2009 a new version of Vampires Rock was created, called Vampires Rock Christmas, and Willcox was back in her role as the Killer Queen, alongside the writer and one of the stars of the show, Steve Steinman.

* " Rock legend Steve Miller on his first new album in 17 years "-Entertainment Weekly 6 / 14 / 2010

Braff was nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical in 2005, 2006 and 2007, but lost to Jason Bateman of Arrested Development in 2005, to Steve Carell of The Office in 2006, and to Alec Baldwin of 30 Rock in 2007.

Steve is now the director of a music selection committee for the video game Rock Band ; he is in charge of selecting new music for the game.

The actors who played Hercules in these films were Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Kirk Morris, Mickey Hargitay, Mark Forest, Alan Steel, Dan Vadis, Brad Harris, Reg Park, Peter Lupus ( billed as Rock Stevens ) and Michael Lane.

Her team " the Alliance " consisting of her brother Shane, former WCW Champion Booker T., Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle and Steve Austin was defeated by " Team WWF " consisting of The Undertaker, Kane, Big Show, Chris Jericho & The Rock at the Survivor Series in a five-on-five, Winner Takes All elimination match.

John McEnroe, Champions Cup Boston 2007 In 2009, McEnroe appeared on 30 Rock again, in the episode Gavin Voloure, where Steve Martin ( playing the title character ) invites him to dinner because he is of the world of " Art critique and yelling.

At Rock Bottom: In Your House, Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match after Kane Tombstoned The Undertaker into the grave.

Also, in the year 2000, Stone Cold Steve Austin competed in a 6 man Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon for the WWF Championship, against Triple H, the Undertaker, Rikishi, Kurt Angle and The Rock.

In the end, Stone Cold Steve Austin gave The Rock a Stunner and was about to pin him when Triple H came in the way and got a stunner.

The event featured the first of many encounters at WrestleMania between Steve Austin and The Rock in the rivalry of the two most prominent and popular stars of The Attitude Era.