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23 Nov, 1981

For Those About To Rock

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AC/DC releases their single For Those About To Rock from their album with the same title, For Those About To Rock. Young got the idea for the song title when Scott gave him a book about ancient Rome named, For Those About To Die We Salute You.

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (Live At River Plate, December 2009)

23 Jun, 1977

Whole Lotta Rosie

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The band releases the single, Whole Lotta Rosie, from their album with the same name, Let There Be Rock. The song is (supposedly) a true-life tale of the time that Bon Scott had a one-night stand with an overweight Tasmanian woman.

AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie (Live At River Plate, December 2009)

1 Dec, 1975

The Jack

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The band releases the single, The Jack, from their album, T.N.T. The song is about a venereal disease. “The Jack” is the Australian slang for gonorrhea. Scott:

We were living with this houseful of ladies who were all very friendly and everyone in the band had got the jack. So we wrote this song and the first time we did it on stage they were all in the front row with no idea what was goin’ to happen. When it came to repeatin’ ‘She’s got the jack’ I pointed at them one after another.

AC/DC - The Jack (Live At River Plate, December 2009)