This Day In Rock History

This Day In Music History: July 20th


1968: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida the second album by Iron Butterfly entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart. The album would go on to peak at number four & sell four million copies in the U.S.

1979: Electric Light Orchestra released “Don’t Bring Me Down” as a single & dedicated it to NASA’s Skylab, which re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere nine days earlier. It went on to become their biggest hit in the U.S., peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

Birthdays:
John Lodge-bassist for The Moody Blues born in 1945
Jay Jay French-guitarist for Twisted Sister born in 1952
Paul Cook-drummer for The Sex Pistols born in 1956


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This Day In Music History: July 20th


Some albums released....


1964 ● The Beatles —— Something New ► Pop-Rock

1972 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Long John Silver ► Psychedelic Rock

1973 ● Mott The Hoople —— Mott ► Hard Rock

1976 ● Parliament —— The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein ► Funk

1979 ● REO Speedwagon —— Nine Lives ► Arena Rock

1981 ● The Ramones —— Pleasant Dreams ► Punk-Rock

1993 ● Bachman-Turner Overdrive —— The Anthology ► Album Rock

1993 ● The Rascals —— The Very Best Of The Rascals ► Blue-Eyed Soul

2004 ● Van Halen —— The Best Of Both Worlds ► Hard Rock

2010 ● Big Head Todd & The Monsters —— Rocksteady ► AA Pop-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1973, Canned Heat, Nazareth, Edgar Broughton Band, Groundhogs, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Medicine Head, all appeared at Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England. Hell's Angels arrived in force and proceeded to drink the site dry. Initially they paid for the booze, but when the money ran out a deputation was sent into the audience to collect donations of 10p per person. About 20 minutes into his set Chuck Berry was showing one of the Angels how to do his duck-walk properly. He did one from one end of the stage to the other and disappeared into the wings. The band played on, the Angels bopped, and Chuck legged it to his car and drove off at high speed, never to return.

1987, Guns N’ Roses released their debut album on Geffen Records: Appetite For Destruction featured the singles 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Sweet Child o' Mine', and 'Paradise City'. The album now has worldwide sales in excess of 28 million, 18 million of which are in the US, making it the best-selling debut album of all time there.

1990, Roger Waters' The Wall took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier. Over 350,000 people attended and the event was broadcast live throughout the world, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor and others took part.

2005, UK singer Long John Baldry died of a chest infection. He was one of the founding fathers of British Rock 'n' Roll in the 1960s performing with Blues Incorporated and Cyril Davies' R&B All Stars. He later fronted the Hoochie Coochie Men, with Rod Stewart and then Steam Packet with Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll. Also a member of Bluesology with Elton John. He also narrated on Winnie The Pooh recordings for Disney and was the voice for Robotnik on the Sonic The Hedgehog computer game.

2007, Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father Don Arden died in a Los Angeles nursing home at the age of 81. Dubbed the Al Capone of Pop for his uncompromising business practices, he steered Small Faces, Black Sabbath and ELO to stardom.

source: thisdayinmusic

This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1976 - KISS released the album "The Originals."

1980 - Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) was injured in a car accident. He died two days later.

source: onthisday

This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1946 Barry Whitwam (drummer for Herman's Hermits) is born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England

1948 Cat Stevens is born Steven Demetre Georgiou in Marylebone, London, England.

1955 Howie Epstein (bassist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.



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This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1971: Black Sabbath released their third album Master of Reality which went on to sell two million copies in the U.S. & reach number eight on the Billboard 200 Album Chart becoming their first and only top ten album in the U.S.


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This Day In Music History: July 21st


Some albums released....


1972 ● T. Rex —— The Slider ► Glam Rock

1972 ● Rod Stewart —— Never A Dull Moment ► Blues-Rock

1974 ● Rory Gallagher —— Irish Tour ’74 ► Blues-Rock

1980 ● Chicago —— Chicago XIV ► Jazz-Rock

1981 ● Bryan Adams —— You Want It, You Got It ► Pop-Rock

1984 ● Stryper —— The Yellow And Black Attack ► Heavy Metal/Christian

1986 ● Neil Young —— Landing On Water ► Folk-Rock

1987 ● Dio —— Dream Evil ► Heavy Metal

1992 ● Sonic Youth —— Dirty ► Indie Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

This Day In Rock History: July 22nd


1944, Born on this day, Rick Davies, vocalist and keyboardist with Supertramp, who had the 1979 UK No.7 and US No.6 single with 'The Logical Song' and the 1979 US No.1 and UK No.3 album Breakfast In America. Davies is the only member of Supertramp to have been with the group for their entire history, and has composed many of their most well-known songs, including 'Goodbye Stranger', and 'Bloody Well Right'.

1947, Born on this day, Don Henley, singer, songwriter, and drummer with The Eagles, who had the 1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Hotel California', plus 5 US No.1 albums. The Eagles 'Greatest Hits 1971-1975' is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m. Henley had the 1985 solo US No.5 & UK No.12 single 'The Boys of Summer'.

source: thisdayinmusic

This Day In Rock History: July 22nd

1963 - The Beach Boys released the single "Surfer Girl."

1967 - Vanilla Fudge made its concert debut in New York.

2003 - KISS released the album "Symphony: Alive IV."

source: onthisday

This Day In Rock History: July 22nd


1967 Pat Badger (bassist for Extreme) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1973 Daniel Jones (instrumentalist of Savage Garden) is born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, but will be raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

2008 Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor foots the bill for the band's seventh studio album, The Slip, which is released digitally on their website for free with the tag, "This one's on me." Fans wanting a physical copy, however, will have to shell out their money for a limited-edition two months later. (NIN also did this four months earlier with the free digital release of Ghosts I–IV, an album made up of almost entirely instrumental, unnamed tracks).

source: calendarsongfacts