This Day In Rock History

This Day In Music History: October 10th


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● Deep Purple —— Come Taste The Band ► Hard Rock

1977 ● The Easybeats —— The Shame Just Drained ► Rock ‘N’ Roll

1980 ● Thin Lizzy —— Chinatown ► Hard Rock

1988 ● U2 —— Rattle And Hum ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1989 ● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Truth In A Structured Form ► Hard Rock

1995 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Time ► Pop-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: October 11th


1975 "Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time with George Carlin as the guest host. Janis Ian performed "At Seventeen" and "In the Winter." Billy Preston played "Nothing from Nothing" and "Fancy Lady."


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This Day In Rock History: October 11th


1946 Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) is born Daryl Franklin Hohl in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

1946 Gary Mallaber (percussionist/backup singer for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Buffalo, New York.


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This Day In Rock History: October 11th


1965 Gerry Marsden of Gerry And The Pacemakers marries the secretary of his fan club, Pauline Behan. When Jerry first asked her for a date, she was George Harrison's girlfriend, but George was away in Hamburg and so she accepted. After one particular falling out, Gerry wrote "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" for Pauline, which touched her so much, she quickly patched things up. The two stayed together until Gerry's death on January 3rd, 2021 at the age of 78.

1969 Grand Funk Railroad's debut LP, "On Time" enters the Billboard Hot 200 album chart at #65. Although music critics bashed them, Grand Funk will become one of the best selling acts in Rock history.



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This Day In Rock History: October 11th


1990 - Nirvana had it's first show with David Grohl on drums.


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This Day In Music History: October 11th


A few albums that was released....


1957 ● Johnny Cash —— Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar ► Country-Rock

1972 ● Santana —— Caravanserai ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1976 ● Hot Tuna —— Hoppkorv ► Folk-Rock

2011 ● Judas Priest —— The Chosen Few ► Heavy Metal


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This Day In Rock History: October 12th


2011 Joel 'Taz' DiGregorio, keyboard player in the Charlie Daniels Band, is killed in a car accident before the band's gig at the Cumming Country Fair in Tennessee. DiGregorio, who was 67 at the time of his death, co-wrote many songs with the group, including "The Devil Went Down To Georgia."


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This Day In Rock History: October 12th



1927 Guitarist Joe Olivier (of Bill Haley And His Comets) is born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.

1948 Rick Parfitt (vocalist/guitarist for Status Quo) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.

1979 Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson has his right eye torn open by a thorn, situated on a rose an adoring fan threw on stage at the band's Madison Square Garden concert.

1979 Fleetwood Mac release Tusk, their first album since the wildly successful Rumours in 1977. A double album with less commercial appeal, Mick Fleetwood credits it with keeping the band together, as the band members were free to experiment.

1987 INXS release their breakthrough album Kick, with the hits "Need You Tonight," "Devil Inside" and "New Sensation."

1991 The Day on the Green Festival takes place at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. Headlined by Metallica, the lineup also includes Queensrÿche, Faith No More and Soundgarden.

2009 Blue Cheer singer/bassist Dickie Peterson dies from liver cancer at the age of 63, in Erkelenz, Germany.


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This Day In Rock History: October 12th


1971, Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock), died from a perforated ulcer, aged 36. He had the 1956 US number seven and UK number 16 single “Be Bop A Lula.” Vincent appeared in the film, The Girl Can’t Help It with Jayne Mansfield. In 1960, while on tour in the UK, Vincent and songwriter Sharon Sheeley were seriously injured the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran.


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This Day In Rock History: October 12th


1997 John Denver was killed when the handmade, experimental airplane he was flying ran out of gas and crashed off the coast of Monterey Bay, California. The 53 year old star had scored 15 songs on Billboard's Top 40 Pop chart, ten of which reached number one on either Billboard's Adult Contemporary or Country chart. The Great Gig In The Sky.


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