Rewind & Rock with Sharon Stewart: Casual Soundchecks, Car-Crash Ballads, and Chart Anomalies
Alternative rock titans Pearl Jam land their absolute highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit on this day in 1999—not with a blistering, fuzz-drenched grunge anthem, but with a simple, tragic 1960s car-crash cover. We look back at how a casual, stripped-down stadium soundcheck originally meant solely for fan club members accidentally conquered global radio waves while funding vital humanitarian relief efforts across the globe.Sharon Stewart takes you back.Listen now.Stream Mega Rock anytime on the MegaRockPA app or at MegaRockPA.comPodcast Footer:Thanks for tuning in to Mega Rock On Demand!…
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