This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: September 13th


2019 Eddie Money, whose eleven Billboard Top 40 hits included "Take Me Home Tonight" (#4 in 1986) and "Walk On Water" (#9 in 1988) passed away at the age of 70 after a battle with cancer.


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This Day In Rock History: September 13th


2015 Gary Richrath, lead guitarist and songwriter for REO Speedwagon died at the age of 65. Richrath recorded 12 albums with the band before leaving in 1989 and released his own solo album in 1992.


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This Day In Rock History: September 13th


1997: Elton John released “Candle in the Wind 1997,” a re-written and re-recorded version of his 1973 song “Candle in the Wind,” as a tribute to the recently deceased Diana, Princess of Wales. Written by songwriting partner Bernie Taupin and produced by Sir George Martin, global proceeds from the song going towards Diana’s charities. In many countries, the single was pressed as a double A-side with “Something About the Way You Look Tonight” and has since become the second best selling physical single in history.



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This Day In Music History: September 13th


A few albums that was released....


1974 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Heros Are Hard To Find ► Pop-Rock

1988 ● Jeff Healey Band —— See The Light ► Blues-Rock

2011 ● Alice Cooper —— Welcome 2 My Nightmare ► Hard Rock


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 14th


1993 - Sixteen years after releasing his landmark album Bat Out Of Hell, Meat Loaf issues the sequel, Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell, again with songs written by Jim Steinman. The first single, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," tops the charts in many territories, including the US.


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 14th


2008 Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson was one of the pilots who flew specially chartered flights after 85,000 tourists were stranded in the US, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe after Britain's third-largest tour operator went into administration. The singer, who had worked for the airline Astraeus for nine years, took up flying during a low point in his solo career after he quit the band in 1993.


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 14th


1949, Born on this day, American musicia Steve Gaines, guitarist with Lynyrd Skynyrd who had the 1974 US No. 8 single 'Sweet Home Alabama' and the 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'. Gaines was killed in a plane crash on 20th October 1977. The plane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashed outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi. Gaines died from blunt-force trauma to the head; he was 28 years old. The crash also killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve's sister Cassie Gaines from the band.

1955, Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not going well and during a break, Richard and his producer; Bumps Blackwell went to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch. Richard started playing the piano in the bar like crazy, singing a loud and lewd version of ‘Tutti Frutti.’ With only fifteen minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase, ‘a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.’

2005, The newly refurbished Grateful Dead's original tour bus went on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois. The 1965 Gillig bus, which Jerry Garcia and the rest of the Dead dubbed ‘Sugar Magnolia’ was used by the band on their frequent tours across the US between 1967 and 1985. The ceiling was lined with hundreds of vintage rock posters featuring The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin and others who had visited the bus.


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 14th


1946 Pete Agnew (bassist for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

1950 Rock guitarist Paul Kossoff (of Free) is born in Hampstead, London, England.

1955 Keyboardist/saxophonist Steve Berlin (of Los Lobos) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 14th


1978: The Grateful Dead became the first Western rock and roll act to headline in Cairo, Egypt when they played the first of three nights at the Gizah Sound and Light Theater at the foot of the Great Pyramids in Egypt. Concert proceeds went to Egypt’s Department of Antiquities and a charity chosen by the country’s First Lady, Jehan Sadat. Costs were expected to be offset by the production of a triple-live album recorded during the final two days, but technical problems caused the project to be shelved. Selected tracks were later released in 2008 as the 30th anniversary album Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978.

1979: Jethro Tull released Stormwatch, their twelfth studio album and last to feature the group’s “classic” 1970s lineup. Drummer Barriemore Barlow and keyboardists John Evan and Dee Palmer all left the band in the months after the Stormwatch tour concluded in April 1980, while bassist John Glascock died during the tour.

1987: Yes released “Love Will Find a Way,” the first single from their twelfth studio album, Big Generator. Guitarist and vocalist Trevor Rabin had originally written the song with singer Stevie Nicks in mind, but drummer Alan White convinced him to let Yes record it instead.


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This Day In Music History: Sept 14th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● The Byrds —— (Untitled) ► Country-Rock

1993 ● Counting Crows —— August And Everything After ► AA Pop-Rock

1993 ● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Millennium ► Soul-Funk

2004 ● Alice Cooper —— School’s Out And Other Hits ► Hard Rock

2004 ● Gov’t Mule —— Deja Voodoo ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock


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