This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: October 21st


1974 - Queen's single "Killer Queen" was released.

1977 - "Bat Out Of Hell" was released by Meat Loaf.

2003 - The album "Streetcore" was released by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Joe Strummer had died of a heartattack on December 22, 2002.

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This Day In Rock History: October 21st


1940 Manfred Mann is born Manfred Sepse Lubowitz in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa.

1942 Rock and blues guitarist Elvin Bishop is born in Glendale, California, but grows up on a farm in Elliott, Iowa.

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This Day In Rock History: October 22nd


1969, Led Zeppelin II was released on Atlantic Records in the UK. The Jimmy Page produced album which was recorded over six months between four European and three American tours, peaked at No.1 in both the UK and US, going on to sell over 12 million copies in the US alone, (and spending 138 weeks on the UK chart). The album is now recognized by writers and music critics as one of the greatest and most influential rock albums ever recorded.

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This Day In Rock History: October 22nd


1945 Guitarist Leslie West (of Mountain) is born Leslie Weinstein in New York City.

1946 Eddie Brigati (singer/tambourine player for The Young Rascals) is born in Garfield, New Jersey

1964 The Who (who are calling themselves the High Numbers at that time) audition for EMI Records, who choose not to sign them to a record deal.

1976 Bob Seger releases his ninth studio album, Night Moves. It's his first with the Silver Bullet Band, a group of Detroit-area musicians that help launch Seger into the mainstream.

1990 The band Mookie Blaylock, which would soon be known as Pearl Jam, make their stage debut at The Off Ramp in Seattle. In the audience are members of Soundgarden and Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson.


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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 Rock History: October 23rd


1964, All four members of US band Buddy and the Kings were killed when they hired a Cesna Skyhawk to take them to a gig in Harris County. Piloted by the bands drummer Bill Daniles, the plane crashed nose first killing all on board. Singer with the group Harold Box had replaced Buddy Holly in The Crickets after his death in a plane crash. He sang lead vocals on 'Peggy Sue Got Married.' The Great Gig In The Sky

1995, Def Leppard gave themselves a place in the Guinness book Of World Records, by playing three gigs in three continents in 24 hours. Tangier, London and Vancouver.

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This Day In Rock History: October 23rd


1947 Rock bassist Greg Ridley (of Humble Pie) is born Alfred Gregory Ridley in Aspatria, Cumberland, England.

1964 Robert Trujillo (bassist for Metallica and Suicidal Tendencies) is born in Santa Monica, California.

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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


1930 J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) is born Jiles Perry Richardson in Sabine Pass, Texas

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.

1966 Donovan releases "Mellow Yellow."

1971 Don McLean's American Pie album is released.

2005 After reuniting to play four shows in London at Royal Albert Hall in May, Cream play the first of three sell-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City.


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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.


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