This Thursday the 15th Rock 'N' Roll Festival gets underway with our Guinness World Record attempt, opening ceremonies and street dance with "Ti-Blanc", and fireworks display.

Bruce Springsteen was once the opening act for Anne Murray.

"Four Walls" by Jim Reeves went to number 11 in 1957. "Four Walls" by Jim Lowe made it as far as number 15 the same year.

The number one hit "96 Tears" by Question Mark & The Mysterians was first called "69 Tears" and is actually a poem entitled "Too Many Teardrops".

In January 2005 "Jailhouse Rock" was re-released in the United Kingdom. It went to number one and is the oldest song to ever top the U.K. charts. It first reached number one 47 years earlier.

ABBA's compilation entitled "Gold" hit the top of the UK album chart in August 2008 for the fifth time since being released in 1992.

By 1968 more than 2.4 million cassette players had been sold and in that year alone the business was worth about $150 million.

"Black and White" by Three Dog Night was written in the mid 1950's about the U.S. Supreme Court decision banning segregation in public schools.

Chubby Checker worked in a poultry shop before he had a hit record.

The first six string guitar was developed in Spain in the 17th century.It was called a vihuela.
 
"Louie,Louie" cost $36 to record and sold more than 12 million copies.
 
"Mack The Knife" was written for the 1928 play, The Threepenny Opera.
 
Lesley Gore's first album consisted of songs devoted entirely to crying.  It was titled "I'll Cry If I Want To".
 
The biggest hit for Chicago was "If You Leave Me Now".  It was written by Peter Cetera about a relationship that was about to end.
 
"Monster Mash" reached the Billboard top 10 in 1962 and 1973, has earned 3 gold records and sold more than 4 million copies.
 
"Tommy" by The Who was on the U.S. charts for more than 2 years.  It was on the charts in the U.K. for only 9 weeks.
 
The soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever" has gone platinum 15 times over.
 
Jay and The Americans learned "Cara Mia" because it had the only 4 chords they knew.
 
Neil Diamond was inspired to write "Sweet Caroline" for President Kennedy's daughter.
 
Frankie Valli was arrested in 1965 in Columbus Ohio when his manager forgot to pay the hotel bill.
 
Farrokh Bulsara was better known as Freddie Mercury.
 
"Elvis' Christmas Album" is the best selling holiday release of all time.  It has sold more than nine million copies.
 
"Jingle Bell Rock" entered the Billboard chart in 1957 two days before Christmas.
 
Elvis' holiday albums have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone.
 
"Snowbird" sold more than a million copies, marking the first time an American gold record was awarded to a Canadian female solo artist.
 
Tippie & The Clovers performed "Bossa Nova Baby" about a year before Elvis sang it in the film "Fun In Acapulco".  No, I've never heard of them either.
 
The Rock 'N' Roll Festival was again voted Best Festival in a readers choice poll.
 
Chevy Chase was the drummer for the band, Bad Rock Group.  It later became Steely Dan (without Chase).
 
"Peggy Sue" was about the girlfriend of Buddy Holly's drummer.
 
ABBA did not speak English and pronounced lyrics phonetically.  They did alright for themselves, placing 16 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
 
"Rock Around the Clock" was the first rock 'n' roll song to top the Billboard charts.
 
The album entitled "The Beatles", commonly known as "The White Album" was originally going to be called "A Doll's House".
 
The Jordanaires sang backup on approximately 350 Elvis songs.  They also backed on more than 30,000 other recordings.
 
Dave Clark, drummer and founder of The Dave Clark Five turned down the initial appearance on the Ed Sullivan show because he had never heard of it.
 
A luthier is a craftsman who makes or repairs stringed instruments.
 
B.B.King named his guitar Lucille after nearly losing it in a fire started by two men fighting over a woman by that name.
 
"The Cover of the Rolling Stone" was written by Shel Silverstein, a best selling author of children's books as well as a contributor to Playboy.
 
The Raspberries debut album featured a scratch and sniff sticker.  Raspberry flavoured of course.
 
The shortest record to reach the Billboard Top 40 was "Some Kind A Earthquake" by Duane Eddy.  It is only one minute seventeen seconds long.
 
The epitaph on Sonny Bono's headstone reads "And The Beat Goes On".
 
Elvis never toured Britian because Col. Parker wasn't a U.S. citizen and didn't know if he would be allowed back in the States if he left.
 
Jimi Hendrix first show in the United Kingdom took place in Newcastle and lasted about three minutes.  He played so loud he blew all the fuses and the show was stopped.
 
"Witch Doctor" by David Seville (of The Chipmunks fame) was number one for a week on the R & B charts in May 1958
 
The longest time between number one albums is 37 years and it belongs to Johnny Cash.  "At San Quentin" was number one in 1969, "American V:A Hundred Highways" number one in 2006
 
"Black Magic Woman" by Santana was originally done by Fleetwood Mac and reached #37 on the Billboard chart in 1969.  Santana's version made it to #4 in 1970