LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 6, 2020…SAMMY HAGAR RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘STANDING HAMPTON’ ON THIS DATE IN 1982. IT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE TITLED ‘THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO ROCK’ UNTIL AN ENGLISH FAN TOLD HIM THE TERM ‘HAMPTON’ IS SLANG FOR THE WORD PENIS.THUS, ‘STANDING HAMPTON’ WAS THE NEW ALBUM TITLE ! THIS WAS SAMMY’S SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM AND HIS FIRST ALBUM FOR GEFFEN RECORDS. ‘STANDING HAMPTON’ WAS SAMMY’S FIRST EVER ALBUM TO GO PLATINUM, AND IT SPAWNED 5 HIT SINGLES. ONE OF MY FAVORITE HAGAR SONGS WAS ON THIS ALBUM, AND HERE’S SAMMY WITH A LIVE VERSION.
