I just like to say this gig sucks let’s
rock and roll
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 American tourist destinations for
music lovers number 10 the Beverly Hills
Hotel Chateau Marmont Continental Hyatt
House kicking off our list or a few
infamous spots in LA where the rich and
famous used to play stories of Led
Zeppelin zipping up and down Chateau
Marmont hallways on motorcycles are
legendary
while the Continental Hyatt House earned
the nickname riot house thanks to the
antics of bands like The Rolling Stones
and well you could check out of the
Beverly Hills Hotel
anytime you liked but you could never
leave number 9 Hotel Chelsea this
legendary rock landmark served as a home
and a muse for many artists especially
during the 1970s Bob Dylan Janis Joplin
Leonard Cohen and Iggy Pop are just a
few of the musicians who called the
Chelsea home while Sid Vicious his
girlfriend was infamously found dead
there in room 102 big apple is an
important site in rock history for this
and other attractions like the punk rock
club CBGB number 8 the Grand Ole Opry
since 1925 the Grand Ole Opry has
showcased the brightest stars and
biggest names in country music steeped
in history and tradition the Opry is
also one of the longest-running radio
shows ever idols like Patsy Cline Dolly
Parton Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood
have all dazzled on country’s most
famous stage because of this and its
many other notable music landmarks
Nashville will always be known as Music
City number seven whisky a go-go and
here’s the world famous whisky a go-go
on the strip a favorite dancing spot for
both the mods and movie stars and want
to get it on let’s drop in and see
what’s happening tonight thanks to
nightclubs and hole-in-the-wall venues
where young acts could make a name for
themselves Los Angeles has always been a
hotbed for up-and-coming talent after
opening on the Sunset Strip in 1964 the
whisky a go-go became one of the
country’s most significant landmarks and
not just because of the dancing bands
like The Doors played residency’s there
while everyone from Buffalo Springfield
to Nirvana graced the stage as well
number six Motown Records what do
Madonna Alice Cooper Eminem and the
White Stripes have in common they’re all
from Detroit this is the Motor City this
is what we do Rock City is proud to have
produced a diverse blend of artists from
every genre Under the Sun but perhaps
its most impressive accomplishment is
Motown Records and the influential
Motown sound of the 60s and 70s
it may be Motor City but Detroit will
always be the hometown of Motown number
five the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
cleveland claims to have held the first
ever rock and roll concert so it’s only
fitting this city is home to the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame the museum opened
in 1995 and year after year influential
acts from every genre are inducted
expand your rock education by browsing
the multitude of music memorabilia at
this must-see spot number four Buddy
Holly Ritchie Valens Big Bopper Memorial
Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens and the Big
Bopper were leaders in early rock and
roll thanks to their style and
unprecedented music a freak plane crash
one February night in 1959 took them but
their music and their legacies live on
fan’s travel to the iowa farm where they
crash to commemorate the day the music
died number three New Orleans Louisiana
you can’t deny the Big Easy’s importance
to music history as the birthplace of
jazz but nollans is much more than that
festivals like Mardi Gras are full of
fun and music while legendary clubs and
other out-of-the-way spot skater to
eclectic tastes influences from slave
spirituals and Cuban beats flavored
early New Orleans rhythm and blues rock
and roll would not be the same if jazz
had never come to Bourbon Street number
two the Dakota Strawberry Fields John
Lennon and Yoko Ono made their home in
Manhattan’s Dakota
apartment building from 1973 until
Lennon’s murder there in 1980 five years
after his death a memorial was set up
across the street in Central Park the
beautiful landscape of Strawberry Fields
draws Beatle fans year after year and
keeps Lennon’s message alive that we
should give peace a chance
Oh
number one Graceland taking the top spot
on our list is the home of the king each
year hundreds of thousands of fans
flocked to Graceland to see where Elvis
live and died Presley bought the place
at the height of his popularity in 1957
to get away from crowds of crazed fans
and while Elvis was known for his
extravagant and sometimes downright
tacky costumes his home was no different
he then proceeded to transform the
estate into an ostentatious 1970s
decorating disaster the jungle room is a
sea of green shag carpet
floor-to-ceiling complete with a faux
waterfall and custom leopard print
furniture there are so many Rock
landmarks in the good ol US of A we’re
sure we’ve missed a few tell us which
music attractions you would have added
rock and roll
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 American tourist destinations for
music lovers number 10 the Beverly Hills
Hotel Chateau Marmont Continental Hyatt
House kicking off our list or a few
infamous spots in LA where the rich and
famous used to play stories of Led
Zeppelin zipping up and down Chateau
Marmont hallways on motorcycles are
legendary
while the Continental Hyatt House earned
the nickname riot house thanks to the
antics of bands like The Rolling Stones
and well you could check out of the
Beverly Hills Hotel
anytime you liked but you could never
leave number 9 Hotel Chelsea this
legendary rock landmark served as a home
and a muse for many artists especially
during the 1970s Bob Dylan Janis Joplin
Leonard Cohen and Iggy Pop are just a
few of the musicians who called the
Chelsea home while Sid Vicious his
girlfriend was infamously found dead
there in room 102 big apple is an
important site in rock history for this
and other attractions like the punk rock
club CBGB number 8 the Grand Ole Opry
since 1925 the Grand Ole Opry has
showcased the brightest stars and
biggest names in country music steeped
in history and tradition the Opry is
also one of the longest-running radio
shows ever idols like Patsy Cline Dolly
Parton Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood
have all dazzled on country’s most
famous stage because of this and its
many other notable music landmarks
Nashville will always be known as Music
City number seven whisky a go-go and
here’s the world famous whisky a go-go
on the strip a favorite dancing spot for
both the mods and movie stars and want
to get it on let’s drop in and see
what’s happening tonight thanks to
nightclubs and hole-in-the-wall venues
where young acts could make a name for
themselves Los Angeles has always been a
hotbed for up-and-coming talent after
opening on the Sunset Strip in 1964 the
whisky a go-go became one of the
country’s most significant landmarks and
not just because of the dancing bands
like The Doors played residency’s there
while everyone from Buffalo Springfield
to Nirvana graced the stage as well
number six Motown Records what do
Madonna Alice Cooper Eminem and the
White Stripes have in common they’re all
from Detroit this is the Motor City this
is what we do Rock City is proud to have
produced a diverse blend of artists from
every genre Under the Sun but perhaps
its most impressive accomplishment is
Motown Records and the influential
Motown sound of the 60s and 70s
it may be Motor City but Detroit will
always be the hometown of Motown number
five the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
cleveland claims to have held the first
ever rock and roll concert so it’s only
fitting this city is home to the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame the museum opened
in 1995 and year after year influential
acts from every genre are inducted
expand your rock education by browsing
the multitude of music memorabilia at
this must-see spot number four Buddy
Holly Ritchie Valens Big Bopper Memorial
Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens and the Big
Bopper were leaders in early rock and
roll thanks to their style and
unprecedented music a freak plane crash
one February night in 1959 took them but
their music and their legacies live on
fan’s travel to the iowa farm where they
crash to commemorate the day the music
died number three New Orleans Louisiana
you can’t deny the Big Easy’s importance
to music history as the birthplace of
jazz but nollans is much more than that
festivals like Mardi Gras are full of
fun and music while legendary clubs and
other out-of-the-way spot skater to
eclectic tastes influences from slave
spirituals and Cuban beats flavored
early New Orleans rhythm and blues rock
and roll would not be the same if jazz
had never come to Bourbon Street number
two the Dakota Strawberry Fields John
Lennon and Yoko Ono made their home in
Manhattan’s Dakota
apartment building from 1973 until
Lennon’s murder there in 1980 five years
after his death a memorial was set up
across the street in Central Park the
beautiful landscape of Strawberry Fields
draws Beatle fans year after year and
keeps Lennon’s message alive that we
should give peace a chance
Oh
number one Graceland taking the top spot
on our list is the home of the king each
year hundreds of thousands of fans
flocked to Graceland to see where Elvis
live and died Presley bought the place
at the height of his popularity in 1957
to get away from crowds of crazed fans
and while Elvis was known for his
extravagant and sometimes downright
tacky costumes his home was no different
he then proceeded to transform the
estate into an ostentatious 1970s
decorating disaster the jungle room is a
sea of green shag carpet
floor-to-ceiling complete with a faux
waterfall and custom leopard print
furniture there are so many Rock
landmarks in the good ol US of A we’re
sure we’ve missed a few tell us which
music attractions you would have added
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