This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: April 5th



1971 Chicago became the first American Rock group to perform at Carnegie Hall. They played six sold out shows and recorded the concerts for the four-record album, "Chicago at Carnegie Hall", which became their third LP to make the top 5 in the US.


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This Day In Rock History: April 5th


2006 Rock and roll singer-songwriter Gene Pitney dies of a heart attack at age 66 while touring the UK.


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This Day In Rock History: April 5th


1981 Canned Heat singer Bob "The Bear" Hite died of a heart attack aged 36. (1970 UK No.2 & US No.26 single 'Let's Work Together'). Played at both the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

1994 Kurt Cobain the 27-year-old frontman and co-founder of Nirvana, committed suicide at his home in Seattle. His body wasn't discovered until three days later when an electrician entered the house to install an alarm. Cobain, who helped to define grunge music, formed Nirvana in 1987. The hugely influential trio recorded three albums, the most famous of which was 1993’s Nevermind, which included their anthemic Top 10 US and UK hit single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' Nevermind has gone on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

1998 British drummer Cozy Powell (Colin Flooks) was killed when his car smashed into crash barriers on the M4 motorway near Bristol, England. Powell had worked with the Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Brian May, Peter Green and the ELP spin-off Emerson, Lake, and Powell. Powell, known as one of the most driving drummers in rock, had also had hits as a solo artist, including Dance WithThe Devil and The Man In Black, and had fronted his own band, Cozy Powell's Hammer.

2007 Former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John died from an apparent brain haemorrhage at the age of 51. St. John was Kiss' third official guitarist, having replaced Vinnie Vincent in 1984 and appeared on the album 'Animalize'.


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This Day In Rock History: April 5th

A few albums that was released....


1972 ● David Crosby & Graham Nash —— Graham Nash/David Crosby ► Folk-Rock

1993 ● David Bowie —— Black Tie White Noise ► Glam Rock

2005 ● Kansas —— On The Other Side ► Prog/Arena Rock


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This Day In Rock History: April 6th


1974 The California Jam 1 festival took place in Ontario, California, featuring the Eagles, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Earth, Wind & Fire, ELP, Black Oak Arkansas and Seals & Croft. Over 200,000 fans attended.

2004 Guitarist and singer Niki Sullivan, died suddenly of a heart attack, at his home in Independence, Missouri aged 66. Sullivan was one of the three original members of Buddy Holly's backing group, The Crickets. He co-wrote a number of his hit songs and sang back-up vocals on 27 of the 32 songs Buddy recorded over his brief career.


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This Day In Music History: April 6th


2016 American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler, Merle Haggard died of complications from pneumonia at his home in Palo Cedro, California. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound. Haggard scored over 10 US Country No.1 albums during his career.


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This Day In Music History: April 6th


1942 Anita Pallenberg is born in Rome. A model, she has a short relationship with Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones and a long one with Keith Richards, with whom she has three children.

1944 Bass guitarist John Stax (of The Pretty Things) is born in Crayford, Kent, England.

1952 Original Accept singer (and later frontman of UDO), Udo Dirkschneider, is born in Wuppertal, Germany.

1953 Christopher Franke (of the electronic group Tangerine Dream) is born in Berlin, Germany.


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This Day In Music History: April 6th


Columbia Records releases "The Battle Of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton. The song was written in 1936 by Jimmy Driftwood (born James Corbitt Morris), an Arkansas high school principal and history teacher who loved singing and writing tunes. He often wrote songs to help students learn about historical events like this battle. Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 Folk songs, of which more than 300 were recorded by various musicians. Horton's rendition of "The Battle Of New Orleans" topped the Hot 100, the Hot Country Singles chart, the Cashbox Best Sellers list, as well as going to number one in Canada and Australia. It was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording and was elected to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.


source: classicbands

This Day In Rock History: April 6th


A few albums that was released....


1987 ● The Cult —— Electric ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Revival

1993 ● Bruce Hornsby —— Harbor Lights ► Pop-Rock

2010 ● Peter Wolf —— Midnight Souvenirs ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul


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This Day In Rock History: April 7th


1970 On this week’s Top 5 singles chart; No.5, “Bridge Over Trouble Water” by Simon and Garfunkel, No.4, “Spirit In The Sky,” Norman Greenbaum, No.3, “Instant Karma” by John Lennon, No.2, “ABC” The Jackson Five, and at No.1, “Let It Be,” The Beatles.

1979 Aerosmith, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, The Boomtown Rats and Ted Nugent all appeared at the California Music Festival


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