This Day In Rock History

This Day In Rock History: March 1st


1968: Elton John released his debut single “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” on Philips Records. The song didn’t chart.


Birthdays:
Roger Daltrey-singer for The Who born in 1944
Rob Affuso-drummer for Skid Row born in 1963

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Bloody TV adds take away the history of all great songs

1991 - Free
21 years after it's first release 'All Right Now', by Free made No.2 in the UK singles chart after being re-issued to coincide with its use in a Wrigleys Chewing gum TV ad.

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This Day In Music History: March 1st


A few albums that was released....



1971 ● The Rascals —— Search And Nearness ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1974 ● Camel —— Mirage ► Prog Rock

1974 ● Rush —— Rush ► Hard Rock

1977 ● Max Webster —— High Class In Borrowed Shoes ► Hard Rock

1978 ● The Hollies —— A Crazy Steal ► Pop-Rock

1988 ● Toto —— The Seventh One ► Pop-Rock

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CrazyConnie said:

This Day In Music History: March 1st


A few albums that was released....


1974 ● Camel —— Mirage ► Prog Rock

1974 ● Rush —— Rush ► Hard Rock

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Two brilliant albums of their genre, though I might put Rush in the Prog Rock genre

This Day In Rock History: March 2nd


2007 Jimi Hendrix was crowned the 'wildest guitar hero' of all-time in a poll of music fans for Classic Rock magazine. Hendrix beat Keith Richards into second place, with Stevie Ray Vaughan in third. Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page made it to number four, followed by Dimebag Darrell, who played for several heavy metal bands including Pantera and Damageplan.

2008 Canadian guitarist, singer, Jeff Healey, died of cancer. Healey lost his sight to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes when he was 8 months old, resulting in his eyes being surgically removed. After living cancer-free for 38 years, he developed sarcoma in his legs. Despite surgery for this, the sarcoma spread to his lungs and ultimately was the cause of his death. Healey released over 12 albums, presented a long running radio show and worked with many artists incuding; Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, ZZ Top & Eric Clapton.

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This Day In Rock History: March 2nd



1999 Dusty Springfield died of breast cancer at the age of 59, after a five year battle. She would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame less than two weeks after she passed away, having placed 18 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 from 1964 to 1970.

2003 Hank Ballard, the writer and original performer of "The Twist", died at his Los Angeles home after suffering from throat cancer. His exact age is uncertain as most biographies say he was 66, but friends say he was actually 75. He originally released "The Twist" on the B-side of his 1959 tune "Teardrops On Your Letter", but after Chubby Checker took the song to number one, Ballard re-released his version and had a Top 30 hit with it as well in 1960. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

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This Day In Rock History: March 2nd


1948 Irish rocker Rory Gallagher is born William Rory Gallagher in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland.

1956 Mark Evans (bassist for AC/DC) is born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he meets his future bandmates at the city's Station Hotel in 1975.

1962 Jon Bon Jovi is born John Francis Bongiovi in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

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This Day In Music History: March 2nd


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● Todd Rundgren —— A Wizard, A True Star ► Pop-Rock

1973 ● The Doobie Brothers —— The Captain And Me ► Pop-Rock

2004 ● Cheap Trick —— The Essential Cheap Trick ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

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This Day In Rock History: March 3rd


1966 Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. Among the first wave of American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined rock, folk, and country music into a sound all its own. Its million-selling song 'For What It's Worth' became a political anthem for the turbulent late 1960s.

2012 American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound aged 64. The guitarist who led the bands Montrose and Gamma had been ill suffering from prostate cancer. Montrose had also worked with Edgar Winter, Van Morrison, Dan Hartman, Sammy Hagar and many other artists.

2017 American guitarist Jim Fuller from The Surfaris died aged 69. The Surfaris had the 1963 US No.2 & UK No.3 single 'Wipe Out' and Fuller was known as the "Godfather" of surf music, a Californian instrumental music. With his Fender guitar he contributed to the popularity of Leo Fender's instruments.

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This Day In Rock History: March 3rd


1986: Metallica released their third album Master of Puppets which has gone on to be regarded as one of the most influential heavy metal albums. It was also the band’s final album with bassist Cliff Burton, who would die six months later.

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