This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 28th


1991 - The Metallica single "The Unforgiven" was released.

1997 - KISS released the album "Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions."


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 28th


2008 A statue honoring AC/DC’s Bon Scott was unveiled at the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour in Western Australia. Although born in Scotland, Scott grew up in Fremantle after his family emigrated to Australia in 1952. Bon started out his newfound Australian life in Melbourne, his family lived in the suburb of Sunshine for four years before moving to Fremantle. Scott died on February 20, 1980. He is buried in Fremantle cemetery.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 28th


2014: The Allman Brothers Band played their final show at New York’s Beacon Theatre, ending their 45-year career. After more than four hours of music, Gregg Allman addressed the crowd, recalled his first jam session with the band, and said, “Never did I have any idea it could come to this.”


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 28th


A few albums that was released....


1966 ● The Kinks —— Face To Face ► British Rock

1997 ● Eddie Money —— Shakin’ With The Money Man ► Album Rock

2003 ● The Moody Blues —— December ► Prog Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 29th


1971 Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on a Macon, Georgia street while trying to swerve to avoid a tractor-trailer and was thrown from the motorcycle. The motorcycle bounced into the air, landed on Allman and skidded another 90 feet with Allman pinned underneath. He was three weeks shy of his 25th birthday.

2018 Singer, songwriter and musician James Edwin Farrar died due to heart failure, at the age of 67. He was the original lead singer of the Raw Energy band and the second lead singer of the American Southern Rock band Molly Hatchet from 1980 to 1982, and in more recent years, Gator Country.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 29th


1944 Denny Laine is born Brian Hines on a boat off the Jersey coast. He becomes a founding member of both The Moody Blues and Wings.

1944 Rob Van Leeuwen (guitarist for Shocking Blue) is born in The Hague, Netherlands

1946 Rock guitarist Peter Green (of Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) is born in Bethnal Green, London, England.

1955 Kevin DuBrow (lead singer of Quiet Riot) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1973 John Lennon releases "Mind Games" and the LP of the same name in the US.

1978 Rush's Hemispheres hits stores. The album is ambitious even by Rush standards, and the work put into recording it nearly gives the band members nervous breakdowns.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 29th


1955: Sam Phillips launched WHER, the first all-girl radio station in the world, in Memphis, TN. Each of the young women who auditioned for the station assumed there would only be one position for a female announcer like many other stations at that time. It wasn’t until a few days before the first broadcast that they learned of the “All Girl Radio” format and that almost every position at the station was held by a woman, including sales staff, management, record librarians, copy writers. Phillips had used a portion of the $35,000 he made from the sale of Elvis Presley’s recording contract to RCA Records to finance the station and additional funding came from Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson, who also provided the station’s first home, in the third Holiday Inn ever built.

1990: The Traveling Wilburys released their second and final studio album, Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3. According to Jeff Lynne, the album’s title was suggested by George Harrison, who said “Let’s confuse the buggers.”


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 29th


1984 Deep Purple release their eleventh studio album, "Perfect Strangers", their first LP in nine years. The effort contains the single "Knocking at Your Back Door". (US #61, UK #65).

2000 William Martin, drummer with Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 56.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 29th


1966 - Question Mark and the Mysterians went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "96 Tears." Although he closely guarded his true identity at the time, Rudy Martinez is the real name of the man known as Question Mark.

1983 - The Dark Side Of The Moon album by Pink Floyd won the distinction of remaining on the album chart for the longest period in history when it reached a record total of 491 weeks on Billboard. The Dark Side of the Moon produced two singles: "Money" and "Us and Them" and ended up remaining on the chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With estimated sales of over 45 million, it is Pink Floyd's best-selling album and one of the best-selling worldwide.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 29th


A few albums that was released....


1981 ● Rush —— Exit…Stage Left ► Arena Rock

1982 ● Pat Benatar —— Get Nervous ► Hard Rock

1987 ● Joe Walsh —— Got Any Gum? ► Blues-Rock

1996 ● Huey Lewis & The News —— Time Flies… ► Pop-Rock

1996 ● The Who —— Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 ► British Rock

2002 ● Nirvana —— Nirvana ► Alt. Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll