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“Let There be Rock” was released on AC/DC’s album of the same name in 1979.
During an interview, Angus Young recalled the following about the recording session for the song:
“I remember the amp literally exploded during the recording session. My brother watched it with crazed eyes, and he told me ‘Come on! Keep on [...]

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Released in 1979 on my favorite AC/DC album, “Highway to Hell”, “Girls Got Rhythm” was also released as a single in the same year. A live version of this song can be found on the album Let There Be Rock: The Movie, part of the Bonfire box set. It is also featured in the Movie [...]

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TNT is the song that started it all for AC/DC. It was originally released in Australia on their second album which was also entitled TNT. Later both their native Australia albums were to be combined and released worldwide on the album High Voltage.
TNT also has the distinction of being the first single that [...]

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The title track to AC/DC’s bestselling album “Back in Black” with over 40 million sales worldwide. It was also the first album to feature Brian Johnson as lead singer, released 5 months after Bon Scott’s untimely demise.
The song (and album) is a tribute to Bon Scott and with lyrics like, “Forget the hearse, cause I [...]

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The three chord classic song “Highway to Hell” was the first AC/DC song to chart in the United States. Found on the sixth album (also entitled Highway to Hell) released by AC/DC, it went on to sell over seven million copies.
Sadly it was the last album that featured Bon Scott as lead singer who [...]

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