For “Rockin’ the Wall,” my documentary; my chapter in “Seven Events that Made America,” and my book with Vanilla Fudge’s Mark Stein (”You Keep Me Hangin’ On”) I interviewed upwards of 100 rockers from the 60s/70s.
All but two cited the Beatles as their inspiration, and almost all of those cited specifically “I Want to Hold Your Hand” as the song that got them into music.
It was “Apache”,the jorgen inghman(sp) version, that got me into it.😄🎸 Now 60+/- years later I’m still playin’ (such as it is) with and to folks.
45 years after hearing Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir, I still have not seen it featured in the movies.
I’ve seen “been a long time since I rock & rolled” in a FReeping CADILLAC commercial. I’ve seen Immigrant’s Song used all over the place, like right here on FR as the Viking Kitties mascot song. And Stairway to Heaven is everywhere.
But the first song I figured would be adopted by the outside world has been ignored.