This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 2nd


1942 Lou Reed is born Lewis Allan Reed in Brooklyn, New York.

1948 Irish rocker Rory Gallagher is born William Rory Gallagher in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland.

1950 Karen Carpenter (of the Carpenters) is born in New Haven, Connecticut.

1956 Mark Evans (bassist for AC/DC) is born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he meets his future bandmates at the city's Station Hotel in 1975.

1962 Jon Bon Jovi is born John Francis Bongiovi in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 2nd


2007 Jimi Hendrix was crowned the 'wildest guitar hero' of all-time in a poll of music fans for Classic Rock magazine. Hendrix beat Keith Richards into second place, with Stevie Ray Vaughan in third. Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page made it to number four, followed by Dimebag Darrell, who played for several heavy metal bands including Pantera and Damageplan.

2008 Canadian guitarist, singer, Jeff Healey, died of cancer. Healey lost his sight to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes when he was 8 months old, resulting in his eyes being surgically removed. After living cancer-free for 38 years, he developed sarcoma in his legs. Despite surgery for this, the sarcoma spread to his lungs and ultimately was the cause of his death. Healey released over 12 albums, presented a long running radio show and worked with many artists incuding; Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, ZZ Top & Eric Clapton.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 2nd


1999 Dusty Springfield died of breast cancer at the age of 59, after a five year battle. She would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame less than two weeks after she passed away, having placed 18 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 from 1964 to 1970.

2003 Hank Ballard, the writer and original performer of "The Twist", died at his Los Angeles home after suffering from throat cancer. His exact age is uncertain as most biographies say he was 66, but friends say he was actually 75. He originally released "The Twist" on the B-side of his 1959 tune "Teardrops On Your Letter", but after Chubby Checker took the song to number one, Ballard re-released his version and had a Top 30 hit with it as well in 1960. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 2nd


A few albums that was released....

1973 ● Todd Rundgren —— A Wizard, A True Star ► Pop-Rock

1973 ● The Doobie Brothers —— The Captain And Me ► Pop-Rock

2004 ● Cheap Trick —— The Essential Cheap Trick ► Hard Rock/Power Pop


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 3rd


1986 Metallica release their third album, Master Of Puppets, featuring an anthemic title track that becomes their most-played live song.
The album has no singles, no music videos, and every song is at least 5-minutes long. But Metallica's fans are not looking for anything conventional or radio-friendly - they're after metal, which the band provides in a variety of styles, including the downtempo 8:12 instrumental "Orion," which was built around Cliff Burton's bass section.
It is Burton's last album with the band, as he is killed in a tour bus accident six months later. "Orion" is played at his funeral.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 3rd


1966 Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. Among the first wave of American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined rock, folk, and country music into a sound all its own. Its million-selling song 'For What It's Worth' became a political anthem for the turbulent late 1960s.

2012 American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound aged 64. The guitarist who led the bands Montrose and Gamma had been ill suffering from prostate cancer. Montrose had also worked with Edgar Winter, Van Morrison, Dan Hartman, Sammy Hagar and many other artists.

2017 American guitarist Jim Fuller from The Surfaris died aged 69. The Surfaris had the 1963 US No.2 & UK No.3 single 'Wipe Out' and Fuller was known as the "Godfather" of surf music, a Californian instrumental music. With his Fender guitar he contributed to the popularity of Leo Fender's instruments.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 3rd


A few albums that was released....

1977 ● Bad Company —— Burnin’ Sky ► Hard Rock

1978 ● Patti Smith —— Easter ► New Wave Punk-Rock

2008 ● The Black Crowes —— Warpaint ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 4th



1972: T. Rex peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” which was their only top ten single in the U.S.


source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 4th



1948 Chris Squire (bassist for Yes) is born in Kingsbury, London, England.

1963 Jason Newsted is born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He plays bass for Flotsam and Jetsam, Metallica and Voivod.

1979 Mike Patto (of Patto, Spooky Tooth) dies of lymphatic leukemia at age 36.

1986 Richard Manuel (pianist, singer of The Band) commits suicide at age 42, following a gig in Winter Park, Florida.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 4th


A few albums that was released....

1968 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— We’re Only In It For the Money ► Art Rock

1979 ● The Police —— Live At Zellerbach ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1983 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Dazzle Ships ► New Wave Synth Pop

1983 ● Thin Lizzy —— Thunder And Lightning ► Hard Rock

2003 ● Evanescence —— Fallen ► Hard Rock/Alt Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll