This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: February 27th


1954 Neal Schon is born on an Air Force base in Oklahoma. The guitarist does time in Santana before founding the groups Journey and Bad English.

1959 Johnny Van Zant is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He performs and records with the Johnny Van Zant Band and as a solo artist, but is best known for succeeding his deceased brother Ronnie Van Zant as frontman for Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987.

1981 The Who release "You Better You Bet," their first single since the death of their drummer, Keith Moon, in 1978. Their new stickman is Kenney Jones, formerly of the Faces.


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This Day In Rock History: February 27th


1971 Five months after her death, Janis Joplin started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with her second and final solo studio album Pearl. Joplin sang on all tracks except 'Buried Alive in the Blues', which remained a Full Tilt Boogie instrumental because she died before adding her vocals.


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This Day In Music History: February 27th


A few albums that was released....

1975 ● Blue Öyster Cult —— On Your Feet Or On Your Knees ► Metal

1975 ● Yes —— Yesterdays ► Prog Rock

1996 ● The Band —— High On The Hog ► Folk-Rock

1996 ● Triumph —— King Biscuit Flower Hour (In Concert) ► Arena Rock

2001 ● Cheap Trick —— Silver ► Hard Rock/Power Pop


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This Day In Rock History: February 28th


1942 Rolling Stones founding member Brian Jones is born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He is the group's leader early on, but dies in 1969 at age 27.

1957 Cindy Wilson is born in Athens, Georgia, where along with her brother Ricky and three other friends, she forms The B-52s.

2008 Mike Smith (lead vocalist, keyboardist for The Dave Clark Five) dies of pneumonia at age 64.


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This Day In Rock History: February 28th

1985 David Byron, singer with Uriah Heep died from an epileptic fit and liver disease aged 38. Byron was the original singer of the English band between 1969 and 1976 and gained a reputation with his operatic vocals and harmonies as one of the best rock vocalists and frontmen in the world.


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This Day In Music History: February 28th


A few albums that was released....


1983 ● U2 —— War ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1990 ● Little River Band —— Get Lucky ► Soft Rock

2000 ● AC/DC —— Stiff Upper Lip ► Hard Rock


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This Day In Rock History: March 1st


1944 Roger Daltrey of The Who is born in London.

1944 Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann is born in Surrey, England.

1966 Gene Clark announces that he is leaving The Byrds, citing fear of flying as the reason. He is not replaced, since the group has three other vocalists: David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman.


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This Day In Rock History: March 1st



1973 Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album The Dark Side of The Moon in the US. It remained in the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide.

1994 Nirvana played their final ever concert when they appeared at The Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany. The 3,000 capacity venue was a small Airport Hanger. The power went off during the show so they played an impromptu acoustic set including a version of The Cars 'My Best Friend's Girl.'


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This Day In Music History: March 1st


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● The Rascals —— Search And Nearness ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1974 ● Camel —— Mirage ► Prog Rock

1974 ● Rush —— Rush ► Hard Rock

1977 ● Max Webster —— High Class In Borrowed Shoes ► Hard Rock

1978 ● The Hollies —— A Crazy Steal ► Pop-Rock


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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.

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.


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