On This Day in Rock: May 19
24 moments in rock history on May 19.
From the forum: This Day In Rock History
CrazyConnie on May 19, 2026 (6 posts)
This Day In Rock History: May 19th 1945 Pete Townshend of The Who is born in Chiswick, United Kingdom. 1947 Steve Currie (bass player for T. Rex) is born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. 1949 Dusty Hill (bassist, keyboardist, co-vocalist of ZZ Top) is born Joseph Michael Hill in Dallas, Texas. 1954 Phil Rudd...
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1969
Skip Spence released Oar
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- 1972 Elton John released Honky Château Forum threads Wikipedia
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1972
Caravan released Waterloo Lily
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- 1972 Slade released the single "Take Me Bak 'Ome" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1975
Elton John released Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
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- 1975 Eagles released the single "One of These Nights" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1976
Billy Joel released Turnstiles
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- 1978 The Rolling Stones released the single "Miss You" Forum threads Wikipedia
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1978
Bonnie Tyler released Natural Force
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1978
The Kinks released Misfits
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1986
Peter Gabriel released So
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- 1986 The Smiths released the single "Bigmouth Strikes Again" Forum threads Wikipedia
- 1989 Van Morrison released Avalon Sunset Forum threads Wikipedia
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1992
Kiss released Revenge
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- 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus released Some Gave All Forum threads Wikipedia
Born on this day
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1945
Pete Townshend of The Who was born
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Photo: Kubackeck, CC BY 2.0
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1949
Dusty Hill of ZZ Top was born
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Photo: Ralph Arvesen, CC BY 2.0
- 1949 Larry Wallis of Motörhead was born Forum threads Wikipedia
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1951
Joey Ramone of Ramones was born
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Photo: Yves Lorson, CC BY 2.0
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1954
Phil Rudd of AC/DC was born
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Photo: Tomas Castelazo, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1956
Martyn Ware of The Human League was born
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Photo: jon jordan from UK, CC BY 2.0
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1968
Rodrigo González of Die Ärzte was born
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Photo: Jörg Steinmetz / Hot Action Records, CC BY-SA 3.0
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1970
Stuart Cable of Stereophonics was born
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Photo: Citizen Erased, CC BY-SA 2.0
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2023
Andy Rourke of The Smiths died
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Photo: luciane gomes, CC BY 2.0
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