This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: April 23rd


1936, Born on this day, Roy Orbison singer, songwriter, who had a 1964 UK & US No.1 single with ‘Pretty Woman’ plus over 20 US & 30 UK Top 40 singles. With the Traveling Wilburys he had a 1988 UK No.21 single with ‘Handle With Care’. Orbison died on December 6th 1988.

1960, Born on this day, Steve Clark, guitarist with Def Leppard, who had a 1987 UK No.6 single with ‘Animal’, a 1987 worldwide No.1 album with Hysteria and a 1988 US No.1 single with ‘Love Bites’. Clark died on January 8th 1991, aged 30 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption combined with prescription drugs.

1988, Roy Orbison celebrated his 52nd birthday at a Bruce Springsteen concert, during which the audience sang happy birthday to him.

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This Day In Rock History: April 23rd


1971 - The Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers" was released. It was the band's first release on the band's newly-formed label, Rolling Stones Records.

1988 - Prince released the song "Alphabet St."

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This Day In Rock History: April 23rd

1973
Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" is released. Herbie Flowers plays the hypnotic bass line.

1976
The Ramones release their self-titled debut. The set, which peaks at #111, features the single "Blitzkrieg Bop."

2006
The first annual Cabo Wabo Are We Having Any Fun Yet? Cruise sets sail from L.A. to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Highlights of the eight-day package include a private concert by Sammy Hagar and his band the Waboritas at the Red Rocker's Cabo WaboCantina in Mexico and a souvenir-filled gift bag featuring an autographed Hager CD.

2011
Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth (collectively known as "Big Four") play their first U.S. concert together in Indio, CA.

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This Day In Rock History: April 24th


1945, Born on this day, Doug Clifford, drums, Creedence Clearwater Revival, (1969 UK No.1 and US No.2 single 'Bad Moon Rising' plus 11 other US Top 40 singles, 1970 US & UK No.1 album 'Cosmo's Factory').

1954, Born on this day, Jack Blades, bassist with Night Ranger and Damn Yankees, 1990 album 'Damn Yankies.'

1961, Bob Dylan appeared on Harry Belafonte's album 'The Midnight Special' playing harmonica on the title track. Dylan was paid a $50 session fee for this his first ever recording.

1976, Paul and Linda McCartney spent the evening with John Lennon at his New York Dakota apartment and watched Saturday Night Live on TV. Producer of the show Lorne Michaels made an offer on air asking The Beatles to turn up and play three songs live. Lennon and McCartney thought about taking a cab to the studio, but decided they were too tired. This was the last time Lennon and McCartney were together.

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This Day In Rock History: April 24th


1957
16 year old Ricky Nelson releases his first record, "Teenager's Romance", with his cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" on the flip side. The disc sold nearly 60,000 copies within three days and eventually went over a million.

1961
Del Shannon's "Runaway" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, enabling him to finally quit his job as a carpet salesman. The song also reached the top of the chart in the UK and has since been ranked at #466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

1990
The road crew for Roger Waters discovered an unexploded World War II bomb while constructing the set for The Wall concert in Potsdamer Platz, Germany.

2012
Ozzy Osbourne became a grandfather when his son Jack's fiancee, Lisa Stelly, gave birth to the couple's first child.

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This Day In Rock History: April 24th



1948 Rock bassist Steve York (Manfred Mann) is born in London, England.

1957 Boris Williams (drummer for The Cure) is born in Versailles, France.

1958 Dion & The Belmonts release "I Wonder Why."

1959 The Drifters release "There Goes My Baby."

1963 Billy Gould (bassist for Hole) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1967 Patty Schemel (drummer for Hole) is born in Seattle, Washington.

1968 The newly formed Apple Records - a label founded by The Beatles - takes a pass on signing the relatively unknown David Bowie.

1970 Ringo Starr releases Sentimental Journey.

1971 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's LP 4 Way Street hits #1.

1974 David Bowie releases Diamond Dogs. The cover is a painting of Bowie as a half-dog, half-man creature created by the Dutch artist Guy Peellaert.

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This Day In Rock History: April 25th


1974, Pamela Courson the long-term companion of the late Jim Morrison died of a drugs overdose. It was Courson who found The Doors singer dead on July 3, 1971 in the bathtub of their apartment in Paris, France.

1988, Bon Jovi's manager Doc McGee was convicted on drug offences arising from the 1982 seizure of 40,000lb of marijuana smuggled into north Carolina from Colombia. McGee was sentenced to a five year suspended prison term and a $15,000 fine.

1990, The Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix played at the Woodstock festival was auctioned off for a record $295,000. His two-hour set at the 1969 festival became the longest of his career.

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This Day In Rock History: April 25th


1974 - Steely Dan's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was released.


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This Day In Rock History: April 25th


1980: Black Sabbath released their ninth studio album Heaven and Hell which was their first album with Ronnie James Dio singing for them, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne the previous year. The album went on to reach number twenty-eight on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and sell one million copies in the U.S.


Birthdays:
Albert King born in 1923
Stu Cook-bassist for Credence Clearwater Revival born in 1945
Steve Ferrone-drummer for Average White Band and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers born in 1950
Eric Avery-bassist for Jane’s Addiction born in 1965

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This Day In Rock History: April 26th


1943
'70s rock singer Gary Wright is born in Cresskill, New Jersey.

1960
Roger Taylor (drummer for Duran Duran) is born in Nechells, Birmingham, England. He remains with the band until their performance at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia in 1985 - but rejoins a decade later.

1961
Chris Mars (drummer for The Replacements) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1975
B.J. Thomas' "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" goes to #1 in America.

2005
Bruce Springsteen releases Devils & Dust.

source: musichistory