FOR RELEASE AT 8:00 AM JANUARY 28, 2011
MAJIC 105.7 MOONDOG CORONATION BALL
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
QUICKEN LOANS ARENA
CLEVELAND, OH --WMJI 105.7 FM will host the 2011Moondog Coronation BallSaturday, March 26, at 7 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena.
Moondog 2011will featureGrass Roots, Felix Cavaliere & The Rascals, The Spinners, Eric Burdon & The Animals and America.
The Grass Roots are a highly successful rock and roll group that consistently produced quality music in their heyday from 1966 to 1975. Although they never attained a number one hit on the charts, they were consistently in the top end of popular music in the turbulent rock music scene. Radio play was a big factor in their history. They managed to be one of the top picks of disc jockeys and enjoyed frequent requests from listeners. From 1967 to 1972, The Grass Roots set a record for being on the Billboard charts 307 straight weeks. They are one of only nine bands that have charted twenty nine or more Top 100 Billboard singles. They have sold over twenty million records.
1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees The Rascals were one of the biggest groups in the country from 1965 through 1969. Their hits including the Felix-sung "Good Lovin'," "Groovin'," "A Girl Like You," "A Beautiful Morning," and "People Got to Be Free," as they evolved from blue-eyed soul (a term coined to describe them) to pop psychedelia and jazz fusion. The Rascals' biggest hit, "People Got to Be Free," was an impassioned response to the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. It topped the charts for five weeks in 1968 and inspired a follow-up single, "A Ray of Hope," written for and about Teddy Kennedy.
When The Spinners signed to Atlantic in 1972, they were a respected singing group who had never had a top-ten pop hit—despite having been a recording act for over a decade. However, The Spinners would chart five top 100 singles from their first post-Motown album, Spinners (1972), and would go on to become one of the biggest soul groups of the 1970s. "I'll Be Around" was The Spinners' 1st million- selling hit single. Their follow-up singles include "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", "One of a Kind (Love Affair)", "They Just Can't Stop it the (Games People Play)" and "The Rubberband Man."
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1994 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle and later relocated to London. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced front manEric Burdon – as exemplified by their number one signature song "The House of the Rising Sun" as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life" – the band balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album material. They became known in the U.S. as part of the British Invasion.
2010 marked the 40th Anniversary of perennial classic-rock favorite, America. Founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (along with former band mate Dan Peek) met in high school in London in the late 1960s and quickly harmonized their way to the top of the charts on the strength of their signature song “A Horse with No Name”. America became a global household name and paved the way with an impressive string of hits following the success of their first #1 single. Their best-known tunes include “I Need You,”, “Ventura Highway,”“Don’t Cross The River,”“Tin Man,”“Lonely People,” and “Sister Golden Hair” were cornerstones of 1970’s Top 40 and FM rock radio. Forty years later, these friends are still making music together, touring the world and thrilling audiences with their timeless sound.
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