This Day In Rock History

This Day In Music History: Sept 9th

A few albums that was released....


1963 ● Marvin Gaye —— Recorded Live On Stage ► Soul – Motown

1971 ● Aretha Franklin —— Aretha’s Greatest Hits ► Soul

1974 ● John Sebastian —— Tarzana Kid ► Folk-Rock

1982 ● Rush —— Signals ► Arena Rock

1991 ● Dire Straits —— On Every Street ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock

1997 ● Whitesnake —— Starkers In Tokyo ► Arena Rock

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This Day In Rock History: Sept 10th


1942 Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night is born in Buncrana, Donegal, Ireland.

1945 José Feliciano is born José Montserrate Feliciano García in Lares, Puerto Rico. Known for the Christmas classic "Feliz Navidad."

1946 Don Powell (drummer for Slade) is born in Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He would become interested in drums as a Boy Scout.

1949 Barriemore Barlow (drummer/percussionist for Jethro Tull) is born in Birmingham, England

1950 Joe Perry (lead guitarist for Aerosmith) is born Anthony Joseph Perry in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

1962 The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Halloween novelty single "Monster Mash," finding it in poor taste. However, in 1973 the radio giant lifts the ban, sending a re-release of the holiday favorite to #3.

1996 Neil Peart employs some jazz-influenced traditional drum grips on Rush's 16th studio album, Test for Echo. It's the last album the band releases before the death of Peart's daughter, followed ten months later by the passing of his wife, leads the band to take a six-year recording hiatus.

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This Day In Rock History: Sept 10th


1966 Buckcherry guitarist Stevie D., Fastball guitarist/vocalist Miles Zuniga and Bush drummer Robin Goodridge share a birthday.

1988 A good day for Rock singles. Guns N' Roses hold the #1 spot with "Sweet Child O' Mine," a song inspired by Erin Everly, briefly Axl Rose's wife and daughter of Don Everly (Everly Brothers). The #2 position has Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" while Van Halen's "When It's Love" is #5.

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This Day In Music History: Sept 10th

A few albums that was released....

1973 ● Eric Clapton —— Eric Clapton’s Rainbow Concert ► Blues-Rock

1974 ● Randy Newman —— Good Old Boys ► Folk-Rock

1974 ● Frank Zappa —— Roxy & Elsewhere ► Art Rock

1975 ● Kiss —— Alive! ► Hard Rock

1991 ● Jethro Tull —— Catfish Rising ► Prog Rock

1996 ● John Mellencamp —— Mr. Happy Go Lucky ► Roots Rock

2002 ● Peter Wolf —— Sleepless ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul

2012 ● Duran Duran —— The Biggest And The Best ► New Wave Synth-Pop

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This Day In Rock History: Sept 11th


1982, John "Cougar" Mellencamp became the only male artist to have two singles in the US Top Ten as well as the No.1 album. ‘Jack and Diane’ was No.4, while ‘Hurts So Good’ was at No.8. His album ‘American Fool’ was at No.1 for the first of nine weeks.

2001, Walking to work in New York (as an comic book illustrator) Gerard Way witnessed the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre. The day's events inspired him to start a band, which became My Chemical Romance with Way becoming their lead singer.

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This Day In Rock History: Sept 11th


1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell and The Band play to 80,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium.


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 11th


1943 Mickey Hart (one of the drummers for Grateful Dead) is born Michael Steven Hartman in Brooklyn but would be raised in Long Island, New York.

1945 Dennis Tufano (original lead singer for The Buckinghams) is born Dennis Stanley Joseph Tufano in Chicago, Illinois.

1953 Tommy Shaw of Styx is born in Montgomery, Alabama.

1973 Bruce Springsteen releases his second album, The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle.

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This Day In Rock History: Sept 11th



1971: Rare Earth peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “I Just Want to Celebrate” which was their third and final top ten single in the U.S.

1987: During the fourth annual MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, Peter Gabriel won nine awards for “Sledgehammer” including Video of the Year, Best Male Video and Best Concept Video. Gabriel also received the Video Vanguard Award.


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This Day In Music History: Sept 11th

A few albums that was released....


1986 ● Triumph —— The Sport Of Kings ► Arena Rock

1987 ● Jethro Tull —— Crest Of A Knave ► Prog Rock

1987 ● The Temptations —— Together Again ► Soul

1989 ● Melissa Etheridge —— Brave And Crazy ► Roots Rock

1989 ● Eurythmics —— We Too Are One ► New Wave Synth-Pop

1990 ● Warrant —— Cherry Pie ► Hard Rock

1991 ● Stephen Stills —— Stills Alone ► Folk-Rock

2001 ● Bob Dylan —— Love And Theft ► Folk-Rock

2001 ● Nickelback —— Silver Side Up ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge

2001 ● Boz Scaggs —— Dig It ► Pop-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: Sept 12th


1989, Aerosmith released 'Pump' their tenth studio album which featured the hit singles: 'Love In An Elevator', 'The Other Side' and 'Janie's Got a Gun'. Aerosmith found themselves in law school textbooks after a small rock band named Pump sued Aerosmith's management company for service mark infringement. Aerosmith won the case.

2003, US singer songwriter Johnny Cash died of respiratory failure aged 71. One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, known as "The Man in Black." He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." Had the 1969 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'A Boy Named Sue', plus 11 other US Top 40 singles. Cash also had his own US TV show in late 60s early 70s.

source: thisdayinmusic