This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 14th


1967 Over 25,000 people attend The Human Be-In-A Gathering Of The Tribes at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The event was a forerunner of major, outdoor rock concerts and featured Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother And The Holding Company.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 14th


1963, Charlie Watts made his live debut with The Rolling Stones at The Flamingo Jazz Club, Soho, London. Before joining the Stones, Watts played regularly with Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated. The famous entourage has included Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Art Wood, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies and Dick Heckstall-Smith.

1992, Jerry Nolan drummer with The New York Dolls died from a fatal stroke. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 New York Dolls and 1974 Too Much Too Soon.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 14th


A few albums that was released....

1977 ● David Bowie —— Low ► Glam Rock

1992 ● Lou Reed —— Magic And Loss ► Hard Rock

2014 ● Bruce Springsteen —— High Hopes ► Heartland Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


1972 Don McLean's 'American Pie' started a four week run at No.1 in the US singles chart. The song is a recounting of "The Day the Music Died" (a term taken from the song) the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.), and the aftermath. The song was listed as the No.5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century.

1994 American singer songwriter Harry Nilsson died in his sleep of heart failure after spending the previous day in the recording studio. He recorded 'Everybody's Talkin' from the film Midnight Cowboy and wrote hits for Three Dog Night and The Monkees. Had the UK & US No.1 single with his version of the Badfinger Evans & Ham song 'Without You.' When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference in 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps, John was asked to name his favorite American artist. He replied, "Nilsson". Paul was then asked to name his favorite American group. He replied, "Nilsson"

2018 Irish musician and singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan from The Cranberries died unexpectedly while she was in London, England, for a recording session. The Cranberries had the 1994 hit singles ‘Linger’, 'Dreams' and 'Zombie' and the bands 1993 album Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We spent a total of 86 weeks on the UK chart.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


1941 Captain Beefheart is born Don Vliet in Glendale, California.

1948 Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist, guitarist, and driving force) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

1952 Cellist Melvyn Gale (of Electric Light Orchestra) is born in London, England.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


1965 - The Who had their first hit when they released "I Can't Explain" in the UK. "I Can't Explain", with Jimmy Page on guitar, was the A-side of the group's first single released under the name The Who. Their previous single, "Zoot Suit" / "I'm the Face," was released under the name The High Numbers. In a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, Pete Townshend, the writer of the song, referred to "I Can't Explain" as "a song, written by some 18-year-old kid, about the fact that he can't tell his girlfriend he loves her because he's taken too many Dexedrine tablets."

2020 - American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Chris Darrow died of complications from a stroke at age 75. He was considered to be a pioneer of country rock music in the late-1960s and performed and recorded with numerous groups, including Kaleidoscope and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Darrow played bass on Leonard Cohen's debut Songs of Leonard Cohen.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


2011 Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian marries Meat Loaf's daughter, Pearl Aday.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


1961: Vocal girl group the Primettes signed with Motown Records and changed their name to the Supremes. They ultimately became the most commercially successful of Motown’s acts as well as one of the most successful vocal groups in America.

1968: The Byrds released their fifth studio album, The Notorious Byrd Brothers. The pinnacle of the band’s psychedelic experimentation and genre-blending, the LP hinted at the country rock direction that the band later pursued on their next album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Producer Gary Usher made extensive use of studio effects, and it was the first time the band employed the use of pedal steel guitar as well as the Moog modular synthesizer—one of the first albums to do so.

1971: John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat released the collaborative double album, Hooker ‘n Heat. It was Canned Heat’s last album to feature harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter Alan Wilson, and it was Hooker’s first album to chart, reaching #78 in the Billboard charts.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


1972, Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” made its debut on the US singles chart. The group’s third single peaked at number 15 and spent eight weeks on the chart. The song’s title is a reference to a nameless, black Labrador retriever that wandered around the Headley Grange studios during recording.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Jan 15th


A few albums that was released.


1970 ● MC5 —— Back in the USA ► Garage Rock

1991 ● David Lee Roth —— A Little Ain’t Enough ► Hard Rock

1996 ● Accept —— Predator ► Heavy Metal


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