This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 7th


1968 Jose Feliciano performs a controversial version of The Star Spangled Banner before the fifth game of the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals. As a result of his slow, Bluesy delivery, many radio stations refused to play his songs, and his career suffered.

2015 70-year-old Gail Zappa, wife of Frank Zappa and executrix of the Zappa Family Trust, passed away after a long battle with cancer. Since his passing in 1993, Gail put out dozens of posthumous albums by Frank and carefully licensed his image where she deemed appropriate.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 7th


1945 Rock musician Kevin Godley (of 10cc) is born in Prestwich, Lancashire, England.

1949 David Hope (bass guitarist for Kansas) is born in Topeka, Kansas.

1950 David Taylor (bass guitarist for Edison Lighthouse) is born.

1951 John Mellencamp is born in Seymour, Indiana. He has Spina bifida, but survives thanks to an experimental surgery performed at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis.

1953 Tico Torres (drummer for Bon Jovi) is born Hector Juan Samuel Torres in New York.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 7th


A few albums that was released....


1981 ● Loverboy —— Get Lucky ► Arena Rock

1986 ● Slayer —— Reign In Blood ► Heavy Metal

2003 ● Gov’t Mule —— The Deepest End: Live In Concert ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock

2003 ● Mötley Crüe —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Mötley Crüe ► Heavy Metal

2003 ● Styx —— 21st Century Live ► Prog/Art Rock

2008 ● The Pretenders —— Break Up The Concrete ► Post-Punk


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Oct 8th


1966, Cream drummer Ginger Baker collapsed during a gig at Sussex University, England after playing a 20 minute drum solo. He later recovered in a local hospital.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 8th


1990 Procol Harum's drummer Barrie Wilson died after several months in a coma following a car accident. He was 43. Wilson joined the group just after they recorded "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", which featured session drummer Bill Eyden.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 8th


1945 Guitarist Ray Royer (of Procol Harum) is born in the UK.

1948 John Cummings is born in Long Island, New York. A founding member of the Ramones, he becomes "Johnny Ramone."

1965 C.J. Ramone (bassist and occasional vocalist for The Ramones) is born Christopher Joseph Ward in Queens, New York City.

1980 Prince releases his third album, Dirty Mind. The title hints at the lascivious songs within, including "Head" and "Sister." The biggest hit from the set is the modest "Uptown," which goes to #5 on the R&B chart.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 8th


1991: John Mellencamp released Whenever We Wanted, his eleventh studio album and first to be credited to his real name without his former “Cougar” stage name.

2002: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their eleventh studio album, The Last DJ. The album marked the return of bassist Ron Blair, albeit late in the recording process.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 8th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Hawkwind —— In Search Of Space ► Space Rock

1974 ● The Moody Blues —— This Is The Moody Blues [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock

1991 ● Eric Clapton —— 24 Nights ► Blues-Roc

2002 ● Slaughter —— Then and Now: Slaughter ► Hair Metal

2002 ● Bon Jovi —— Bounce ► Arena Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 9th


1984 - The popular children's show "Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends" begins its run on BBC-TV, featuring a narrator by the name of Ringo Starr.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 9th


1988 - Cliff Gallup, the lead guitarist for the Rockabilly group Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 58. He had played on Vincent's biggest hit, "Be-Bop-A-Lula" in 1956, but left the band later that year, not wanting to tour. At the time of his death he was working as the director of maintenance and transportation for the Chesapeake, Virginia, city school system. At the request of his family, obituaries in local newspapers made no mention of his time with Gene Vincent.


source: classicbands