This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


1944 Ric Ocasek of The Cars is born in Baltimore, Maryland. His date of birth is often reported at March 23, 1949 because that's what he often claimed, but records show he was actually born five years earlier.

1950 Phil Lanzon (keyboardist for Uriah Heep) is born in England.

1983 ZZ Top release their album Eliminator, which features Billy Gibbons' custom hot rod on the cover. Thanks to videos for "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" featuring the car and various babes, they become unlikely MTV stars, earning a new generation of fans.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


2023 Keith Reid, a founding member and main lyricist for Procol Harum, passed away at the age of 76. Reid, who wrote the words to the band's biggest hit, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", had been battling cancer for the last few years of his life.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 23rd


A few albums that was released...


1973 ● King Crimson —— Lark’s Tongues In Aspic ► Prog Rock

1979 ● Van Halen —— Van Halen II ► Hard Rock

1993 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— Ahead Of Their Time ► Art Rock

1998 ● Iron Maiden —— Virtual XI ► Heavy Metal

2003 ● Eddie Money —— Let’s Rock ‘N Roll The Place ► Album Rock

2004 ● Eric Clapton —— Me And Mr. Johnson ► Blues-Rock

2004 ● Guns N’ Roses —— Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Triumph —— A Night Of Triumph ► Arena Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 24th


1947 Mike Kellie (drummer for Spooky Tooth) is born in Birmingham, England.

1951 Dougie Thomson (bassist for Supertramp) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 24th



1965 The Rolling Stones' bass player Bill Wyman is knocked unconscious by an electrical shock from a microphone stand in Odense, Denmark.

1997 57 year old Harold Melvin, leader of the Philadelphia Soul group Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes, died of heart related problems. The group is remembered for their 1972, US #3 hit, "If You Don't Know Me By Now".


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 24th


1973: Alice Cooper’s sixth studio album Billion Dollar Babies entered the U.K. Album Chart at number one

1991: The Black Crowes were fired as the support act for ZZ Top for repeatedly criticizing the tour’s sponsor.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 24th


1986 Van Halen released their seventh studio album 5150 (pronounced fifty-one-fifty) which became their first album to top the US chart. The first of four albums to be recorded with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth was named after Eddie Van Halen's home studio, 5150, in turn named after a California law enforcement term for a mentally disturbed person.

2001 A stretch of road on Highway 19 in Macon, Georgia, was named Duane Allman Boulevard, near where The Allman Brothers Band guitarist died aged 24 in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971.



Born on this day:

1949 Canadian musician Steve Lang best known for his role as a bassist in the rock band April Wine from 1976 to 1984. Their 1976 album The Whole World's Goin' Crazy reached No.1 in Canada and was the first in Canadian history to have platinum advanced sales orders. He died on 4 February, 2017 aged 67.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 24th


1973 - Lou Reed was bitten on the buttocks by a zealous fan at a concert in Buffalo, N.Y. This is not a joke. The display of affection happened as Reed got ready to play the classic Velvet Underground tune "Waitin' For The Man." The crazed fan — screaming, "Leather!" — evaded security as he attacked Reed. The fan was ejected, and Reed commented afterward that the U.S. "seems to breed real animals."

2010 - Rock photographer Jim Marshall dies at age 74. Marshall was the official photographer for the Beatles' final concert in San Francisco's Candlestick Park, and he was head-photographer at Woodstock. He photographed Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, and Johnny Cash at San Quentin.

2020 - Bill Rieflin died at age 59. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s mainly for his work as a drummer with groups particularly in the industrial rock and industrial metal scenes such as Ministry, Swans, Chris Connelly, and Nine Inch Nails. He worked regularly with R.E.M. following the retirement of Bill Berry in 1997. He was a member of King Crimson from 2013 until his death.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 24th


A few albums that was released....


1966 ● The Easybeats —— It’s 2 Easy ► Rock ‘N’ Roll

1969 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— Mothermania ► Prog Rock

1972 ● Slade —— Slade Alive! ► Hard Rock

1974 ● Weather Report —— Mysterious Traveller ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1975 ● Chicago —— Chicago VIII ► Jazz-Rock

1975 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Nuthin’ Fancy ► Southern Rock

1979 ● Motörhead —— Overkill ► Heavy Metal

1986 ● The Rolling Stones —— Dirty Work ► Blues-Rock

1997 ● Supertramp —— Some Things Never Change ► Prog/Art Rock

1998 ● Blue Öyster Cult —— Heaven Forbid ► Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 25th


1947 Elton John is born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, Middlesex, England. His stage name, taken at age 20, comes from two members of the band Bluesology: Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.

1966 Blues rocker Jeff Healey is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



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