This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: October 23rd


1978 - CBS Records raised the price of vinyl records by one dollar to $8.98.

2001 - Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player called the iPod.


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This Day In Music History: October 23rd


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Genesis —— Trespass ► Pop-Rock

2007 ● Heart —— Dreamboat Annie Live ► Album Rock


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This Day In Rock History: October 24th


1936 Bill Wyman, future bass player for The Rolling Stones, is born William George Perks in South London, England.

1946 Jerry Edmonton (drummer for Steppenwolf) is born Gerald McCrohan in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

1948 Dale "Buffin" Griffin (drummer for Mott The Hoople) is born Terence Dale Griffin in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.


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This Day In Rock History: October 24th


1962 James Brown's appearance at the Apollo Theatre in New York was recorded for an album called "Live At the Apollo". The self-financed LP cost Brown $5,700, but would go on to sell over a million copies and earn a reputation for being one of the finest concert albums ever made. It was ranked at #24 in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Live At The Apollo" was the first album recorded just the way it was performed, with no separation in the tracks. This technique made it nearly impossible for the record company to issue single releases, forcing record buyers to purchase the entire LP.

2018 Tony Joe White, who reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1969 with "Polk Salad Annie", died of natural causes at the age of 75. He was also a successful songwriter, penning Brook Benton's #4 hit, "Rainy Night In Georgia".


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This Day In Rock History: October 24th


2016 American singer Bobby Vee died age 73. Vee had 38 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. Vee's recording of 'Take Good Care of My Baby' in the summer of 1961 went to No.1 in the US and No.3 in the UK. Vee's career began in the midst of tragedy. On February 3, 1959, "The Day the Music Died," when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, were killed in an airplane. Vee then 15 years old, and a hastily assembled band of Fargo schoolboys calling themselves the Shadows volunteered for and were given the unenviable job of filling in for Holly and his band at their next gig. Their performance was a success, setting in motion a chain of events that led to Vee's career as a popular singer.

2017 American pianist and singer-songwriter Fats Domino died aged 89 at his home in Harvey, Louisiana after a long-term illness. Domino attracted national attention with his first recording, ‘The Fat Man’, made in late 1949 for Imperial Records, an early rock-and-roll record. ‘The Fat Man’ sold one million copies by 1953 and it is widely considered the first rock-and-roll record to achieve this feat. Domino had 35 records in the US Billboard Top 40. Domino’s 1956 version of ‘Blueberry Hill’ was selected for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry of historic sound recordings worthy of preservation.


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This Day In Rock History: October 24th


2006, Forbes.com revealed that Kurt Cobain had overtaken Elvis Presley as the highest earning dead celebrity. Cobain’s work earned $50 million in the 12 months to October 2006, compared with Presley’s $42m. Former Beatle John Lennon earned $35m.


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This Day In Rock History: October 24th


1977: Electric Light Orchestra released their seventh studio album, Out of the Blue. Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the double album is among the group’s most commercially successful records.

1980: In Britain, John Lennon released “(Just Like) Starting Over,” his first single in five years and the first single released from his album with wife Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy. Its US release followed three days later. After Lennon’s death, the single went to #1 on both sides of the Atlantic and was Lennon’s first solo #1 in the UK.

1987: John Cougar Mellencamp released “Cherry Bomb,” the second single from his ninth studio album, The Lonesome Jubilee.


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This Day In Music History: October 24th


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● Rory Gallagher —— Calling Card ► Blues-Rock

1980 ● Cheap Trick —— All Shook Up ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

1986 ● Stryper —— To Hell With The Devil ► Heavy Metal/Christian

1995 ● Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band —— It’s A Mystery ► Heartland Rock

1995 ● Anthrax —— Stomp 442 ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal


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This Day In Rock History: October 25th


1991, Legendary Rock concert promoter Bill Graham was killed when the Bell 206B JetRanger III helicopter he was riding in struck the top of a Pacific Gas and Electric transmission tower near Sears Point, northwest of Vallejo and exploded. The crash, which left the helicopter’s wreckage dangling near the top of the towering structure, killed Graham, his girlfriend Melissa Gold and pilot Steve Kahn. Graham had founded the Fillmore theaters in San Francisco and New York and had played key roles in supporting such bands as the Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, The Band, Bob Dylan, The J. Geils Band, The Allman Brothers Band and The Rolling Stones.


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This Day In Rock History: October 25th


2014 Jack Bruce of Cream died of liver disease at age 71.


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