On This Day in Rock: January 12
21 moments in rock history on January 12.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on January 12, 2026 (5 posts)
This Day In Rock History: January 12th 1941 Blues musician Long John Baldry is born in England. 1951 Big Star guitarist Chris Bell is born in Memphis, Tennessee. source: calendarsongfacts
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1959
Johnny Cash released Greatest!
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1969
Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin
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1971
Uriah Heep released Salisbury
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- 1976 Elton John released the single "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1976 Elton John released the single "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1981 Blondie released the single "Rapture" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1987
Deep Purple released The House of Blue Light
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- 1991 Kino released Chyorny albom Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1998 Oasis released the single "All Around the World" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1999
The Black Crowes released By Your Side
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Born on this day
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1946
George Duke of The Mothers of Invention was born
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Photo: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0
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1950
Lenny Castro of Toto was born
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Photo: Dmileson, CC BY-SA 4.0
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1951
Chris Bell of Big Star was born
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Photo: User:Groovindays, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1956
Nikolai Noskov of Gorky Park was born
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Photo: Schekinov Alexey Victorovich, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1959
Per Gessle of Roxette was born
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Photo: Colinvdbel, CC BY 3.0
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1959
Blixa Bargeld was born
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Photo: Benutzer:Smalltown Boy (Diskussion), Public domain
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1965
Rob Zombie was born
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Photo: chickswithguns, CC BY-SA 2.0
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1970
Zack de la Rocha was born
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Photo: thetripwirenyc, CC BY 2.0
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1975
Jason Freese of Green Day was born
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Photo: Alex Bellink, CC BY 2.0
Remembering
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1983
Rebop Kwaku Baah of Can died
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Photo: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0
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2003
Maurice Gibb of Bee Gees died
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Photo: AVRO, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
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