This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 31st


1944 Guitarist Mick Ralphs of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company is born in Herefordshire, England.

1955 Angus Young is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He later moves to Australia and forms AC/DC with his brother Malcolm.

1958 Pat McGlynn (rhythm guitarist for Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 31st


1958 - Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was released.

1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience began its first British tour. The show featured the first time that Hendrix set a guitar on fire. In 2008, the scorched instrument sold for more than $450,000 at auction.

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 31st


1976 Led Zeppelin released Presence, their seventh studio album, on their own Swan Song Records in the UK. Presence has now been certified 3 times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for US sales in excess of 3 million copies.

1992 Def Leppard released their fifth studio album Adrenalize, the first by the band following the 1991 death of guitarist Steve Clark. Former Dio and Whitesnake guitarist Vivian Campbell, was brought in as the newest member in April 1992. He appears in all promotional videos for the album's singles (except 'Let's Get Rocked'), despite not playing on the album.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 31st


2015 Boz Scaggs releases his eighteenth studio album, "A Fool To Care". The collection is a mix of Rock and Blues tunes done in the classic Scaggs style. It would reach #54 on the Billboard 200 chart.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 31st


A few albums that was released..


1970 ● Three Dog Night —— It Ain’t Easy ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1978 ● Paul McCartney & Wings —— London Town ► Pop-Rock

1980 ● Scorpions —— Animal Magnetism ► Heavy Metal/Rock

1998 ● Duran Duran —— Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran ► New Wave Synth-Pop

2015 ● Van Halen —— Tokyo Dome Live In Concert ► Hard Rock

2017 ● Bob Dylan —— Triplicate ► Folk-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll