This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 29th


1973 - Grand Funk Railroad went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "We're An American Band," the group's first of two chart toppers.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 29th


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● Rush —— All The World’s A Stage ► Arena Rock

1986 ● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere In Time ► Heavy Metal

1992 ● Alice In Chains —— Dirt ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal

1998 ● Judas Priest —— 98 Live Meltdown ► Heavy Metal

2009 ● Alice In Chains —— Black Gives Way To Blue ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal

2009 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— God & Guns ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 30th


1940 Dewey Martin (drummer for Buffalo Springfield) is born Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada.

1947 Marc Bolan (frontman for T. Rex) is born Mark Feld in Stoke Newington, London, England.

1982 Bruce Springsteen releases Nebraska, an album made up of tunes Bruce recorded on a 4-track tape machine in his home studio.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 30th


1967, BBC Radio 1 was launched in the UK. Former Radio Caroline DJ Tony Blackburn was the first presenter on air. The Move’s “Flowers In The Rain” was the first record played.

1974, Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Oyster Cult concert after a fight broke out between two sound engineers. The Skynyrd roadie claimed that the sound had been deliberately turned off during the band’s set.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 30th


1955 - James Dean was killed in a car accident at age 24. Dean dies around the same time rock and roll comes alive (the No. 1 song the day he dies: Pat Boone's cover of "Ain't That A Shame").


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 30th


1971 Yes kicks off their first tour with new keyboardist Rick Wakeman in Leicester, England.

1971 Isaac Hayes releases his biggest hit single, "Theme From Shaft". The song would rise to #2 on the Billboard Soul Singles chart, #6 on the Easy Listening chart, and #1 on the Hot 100. The following year, "Theme from Shaft" would win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

2002 The Rolling Stones release a career-spanning, greatest hits collection called "Forty Licks". It would reach #2 in both the US and the UK, with worldwide sales of over seven million copies.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 30th


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Rare Earth —— Get Ready ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1978 ● Gary Moore —— Back On The Streets ► Roots Rock (Irish)

1985 ● Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble —— Soul To Soul ► Blues-Rock

1997 ● Patti Smith —— Peace And Noise ► Heartland Rock

2003 ● Toto —— The Essential Toto ► Pop-Rock/Arena Rock

2013 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Unvarnished ► Hard Rock

2013 ● Rush —— The Studio Albums 1989-2007 ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st



1930 Singer/actor Richard Harris, who has an unlikely hit with "MacArthur Park," is born in Limerick, Ireland.

1945 Soul singer Donny Hathaway is born in Chicago, Illinois, but is be raised by his grandmother in St. Louis, Missouri.

1947 Martin Turner (bassist/lead vocalist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Torquay, Devon, England.

1947 Mariska Veres (lead singer for Shocking Blue) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

1948 Brownsville Station frontman Michael "Cub" Koda is born in Detroit, Michigan. He writes the group's 1973 hit "Smokin' in the Boy's Room," which is later covered by Motley Crue.

2004 Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) dies of a heart attack in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, at age 58.

2011 After 28 years and two children together, Gene Simmons (62) and Shannon Tweed (54) finally get married. Their wedding song is "At Last," sung by their daughter Sophie.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1970, Jimi Hendrix was buried at The Greenwood Cemetery at the Dunlop Baptist Church, Seattle. Mourners and attendees included Jimi’s father Al and stepmother June, brother Leon, sister Janie, grandmother Nora, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Eddie Kramer, Miles Davis, Johnny Winter and his manager Steve Paul, Michael Jeffreys (Jimi’s manager – who many believe was behind Jimi’s death). One notable absence was Jimi’s close friend Eric Burdon, who stated “Jimi hated Seattle” and felt it was inappropriate for him to be buried there.

2004, Canadian bassist Bruce Palmer died of a heart attack. He was a member of The Mynah Birds and The Buffalo Springfield. Also worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and Neil Young.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1965 Bob Dylan appears at Carnegie Hall in New York and introduces his new touring band made up of guitarist Robbie Robertson, organist Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manual and drummer Levon Helm. They will become known simply as The Band.

2018 Peggy Sue Gerron, the woman who inspired Buddy Holly's 1957 #3 hit, "Peggy Sue", passed away at the age of 78. Holly had originally wrote the tune as "Cindy Lou", but his drummer, Jerry Allison persuaded him to change the title to that of his girlfriend. Gerron and Allison were eventually married, but divorced in 1964.


source: classicbands