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This Day In Rock History: November 19th


1971 - B.B. King marked his 25th anniversary in music by opening a European tour in London.

1982 - Led Zeppelin's album "Coda" was released.


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This Day In Rock History: November 19th


1946 Drummer Joe Correro Jr. (of Paul Revere and the Raiders) is born in Greenwood, Mississippi.

1960 Matt Sorum (drummer for Guns N' Roses) is born in Orange County, California.

1973 Bob Dylan releases his 13th studio album, Dylan.

1973 Emerson, Lake, & Palmer release their fourth studio album, Brain Salad Surgery, featuring the live showstopper "Karn Evil 9."

1979 Loverboy plays their first ever concert, opening for Kiss at The Coliseum in Vancouver.

1979 Frank Zappa's one and only rock opera, Joe's Garage, is released. The second half came out November 19th, the first half was released in the previous September. The opera mixes styles of blues, jazz, doo-wop, lounge, orchestral, rock, pop and reggae. While it draws controversy at the time for profane lyrics, it has since been hailed as a cultural milestone and landmark album. The work also looks forward to Zappa's later crusade against the PMRC with its themes of government censorship, and introduces a few memes into the Zappa lexicon, including "The Central Scrutinizer," "a little green rosetta," and of course, the term "roto-plooker."

2003 Rock bassist Greg Ridley (of Humble Pie, Spooky Tooth) dies of pneumonia in Alicante, Spain, at age 56.

2007 Kevin DuBrow (lead vocalist for Quiet Riot) dies of a presumed accidental cocaine overdose at age 52. He is found in his Las Vegas home six days later.

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1994: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers appeared on Saturday Night Live with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl filling in on drums. On the same day Petty entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart at its peak position of number eight with his second solo album Wildflowers which went on to sell three million copies in the U.S.


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This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1942, Born on this day, Norman Greenbaum, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and One Hit Wonder with the 1970 UK No.1 & US No.3 single 'Spirit In The Sky'.

1946, Born on this day, Duane Allman, guitar, The Allman Brothers Band (1973 US No.12 single 'Ramblin Man'). Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident on 29th October 1971 in Macon, Georgia, when he collided with the rear of a flatbed truck that had turned in front of him.

1947, Born on this day, Joe Walsh, guitarist, singer, songwriter, The James Gang, The Eagles, joined in 1976, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Hotel California', plus 5 US No.1 albums. 'Greatest Hits 1971-1975' is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m). Solo, (1978 UK No.14 single 'Life's Been Good').
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1967, Strawberry Alarm Clock were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Incense And Peppermints'.

1974, Drummer with The Who, Keith Moon collapsed during a concert after his drink was spiked with horse tranquilizer. 19 year-old Scott Halpin who was in the audience, volunteered to replace him on drums for the remaining three numbers.

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1967

19 year old Arlo Guthrie released an album called "Alice's Restaurant". When the eighteen minute long title song premiered at the Newport Folk Festival, it helped foster a new commitment among the '60s generation to social consciousness and activism. Arlo went on to star in the 1969 Hollywood film version of Alice's Restaurant, directed by Arthur Penn.

2015

Jeff Lynne's ELO played their first real date in the US in over thirty years at New York's tiny Irving Plaza. The show, which sold out in seconds, was deemed an overwhelming success.

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1976 George Harrison and Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel and solo) sing together on Saturday Night Live. The pair roll through Harrison's Here Comes The Sun and Simon's Homeward Bound.

2015 AC/DC are among those inducted into The Age Music Victoria Hall Of Fame in Australia.

2015 Tom Petty launches his own satellite radio station as SiriusXM - Tom Petty Radio. The focus is on all aspects of Petty's career (solo, with the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch).


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