This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 8th


1965: Manfred Mann’s second British album, Mann Made, was released in the UK. Released a month later in the US as the group’s fourth American LP, it was the group’s final recording project with original members Mike Vickers and Paul Jones, as well as their last to be recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London before switching to Fontana Records.

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 Rock History: October 8th


2002 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their 11th studio album, The Last DJ.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 8th


1971, Led Zeppelin II was enjoying its 100th week on the UK album charts. It was the band’s first album to hit No.1 in the US, knocking The Beatles’ Abbey Road twice from the top spot, where it remained for seven weeks. When first released the album had advance orders of 400,000 copies in the USA, (the advertising campaign was built around the slogan “Led Zeppelin II Now Flying.”) In 1999, it was certified 12 times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for US sales in excess of 12 million copies.


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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

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

2002 ● Bon Jovi —— Bounce ► Arena Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 9th


1973 Elvis and Priscilla Presley are granted a divorce after six and half years of marriage. She is given property along with $725,000 and an additional $4,200 a month for the support of their five-year old daughter, Lisa Marie. The settlement also includes half the proceeds from the sale of an L.A. home and five percent of the total outstanding stock in two publishing companies. The couple emerge from a Santa Monica, California courthouse arm in arm, kiss and depart separately. Elvis was later quoted as saying, "Sad thing is... you can still love someone and be wrong for them." In 2015 Priscilla would look back at her marriage to Elvis and say, "He was the father of my child and I learned so much from that man. I'm not saying that everything was wonderful, marriages have problems, and especially in that Rock 'n' Roll environment, but we had an amazing bond."


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 9th


1985, Marking what would have been John Lennon’s 45th birthday, Yoko Ono formally opened the three and a half acre garden at the Strawberry Fields site in New York’s Central Park. The area was planted with trees, shrubs and flowers gathered from across the world and with a $1million (£625,000) donation from Yoko.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 9th


1940 John Winston Lennon is born in Liverpool, England. The "Winston" comes from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill - John would later add "Ono" to his middle name in honor of Yoko.

1944 John Entwistle (bass player for The Who) is born John Alec Entwistle in London, England.

1948 Jackson Browne is born Clyde Jackson Browne in Heidelberg, Germany, where his American serviceman father is stationed.


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[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

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 9th


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● The Easybeats —— The Best of The Easybeats Volume 2 ► Rock ‘N’ Roll

1972 ● Cream —— Heavy Cream ► Blues-Rock

1973 ● Three Dog Night —— Cyan ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1978 ● Judas Priest —— Killing Machine ► Heavy Metal

1990 ● Styx —— Edge Of The Century ► Prog/Art Rock

2015 ● The Zombies —— Still Got That Hunger ► Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 10th


1945 Jerry LaCroix (vocalist/saxophonist for Blood, Sweat & Tears, Edgar Winter's White Trash) is born in Alexandria, Louisiana.

1945 Alan Cartwright (bass player for Procol Harum) is born in London, England.

1954 David Lee Roth (guitarist, vocalist for Van Halen) is born in Bloomington, Indiana.

1964 The Shangri-Las release "Leader Of The Pack."



source: calendarsongfacts