This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 19th


2007 Denny Doherty, the angelic voice that carried the '60s Folk-Pop group The Mamas And Papas through such memorable hits as "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday", died after suffering an aneurysm in his abdomen. He was 66.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 19th


2019 - Scottish drummer Ted McKenna died at age 68 of a hemorrhage during a routine operation for a hernia. He worked with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher and The Michael Schenker Group and toured with Ian Gillan for a short period in 1990.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 19th



1967 - Lesley Gore appeared on ABC-TV's "Batman" as Catwoman's sidekick, Pussycat.

1981 - Styx released the album "Paradise Theater."


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 19th


1988, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe manager Doc McGhee pleaded guilty to importing more than 40,000lb of marijuana into the US from Colombia via a shrimp boat. McGhee received a five-year suspended prison sentence, a fine of $15,000, and was ordered to set up an anti-drugs foundation.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 19th


1970: John Sebastian, co-founder and primary singer and songwriter for The Lovin’ Spoonful, released his self-titled debut solo album. It became his most successful solo LP, reaching #20 on the Billboard chart. Both Reprise and MGM Records claimed ownership of the recording and simultaneously released the album with different covers but identical content, but a lawsuit brought by Reprise ultimately forced MGM to withdraw their album from the market. The album features support from several artists including David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash months before they became a performing trio.

1973: “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)” by The Moody Blues was released. It was the second single from the group’s eighth studio album, Seventh Sojourn, and reached #36 in the UK and #12 in the US.

1973: Mott the Hoople released their cover of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane” as the third single from their fifth studio album, All the Young Dudes.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 19th


A few albums that was released....


1988 ● Megadeth —— So Far, So Good…So What! ► Heavy Metal

1995 ● Extreme —— Waiting For The Punchline ► Pop-Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 20th


1945 Eric Stewart (guitarist for The Mindbenders, 10cc) is born in Droylsden, Lancashire, England.

1947 George Grantham (drummer for Poco) is born in Cordell, Oklahoma.

1948 Mel Pritchard (drummer for Barclay James Harvest) is born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

1952 Judas Priest bass player Ian Hill is born in West Bromwich, England.

1952 Paul Stanley of Kiss is born Stanley Harvey Eisen in Queens, New York.

1999 Bill Albaugh (drummer for the psychedelic pop group The Lemon Pipers) dies at age 53.

2015 2015 Edgar Froese (drummer for Tangerine Dream) dies of a pulmonary embolism at age 70 in Austria.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 20th


2018 Jim Rodford, bassist and founding member of the band Argent, died at his home in St. Albans, England at the age of 76. During his career he was also a member of The Kinks for eighteen years starting in 1979 and a further eighteen years with The Zombies beginning in the late '90s.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 20th


1982 During an Ozzy Osbourne concert in Des Moines, Iowa, a member of the audience threw a bat onto the stage. Stunned by the light, the bat lay motionless, and thinking it was a rubber fake, the singer picked it up and attempted to bite its head off. As he did this, the bat started to flap its wings and Ozzy soon realized it wasn't fake but in fact a living thing. After the show Ozzy was immediately rushed to the nearest hospital for rabies shots.

1983 Def Leppard released their third studio album 'Pyromania' which featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album has now sold over 10 million copies in the US.

2022 American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Meat Loaf died age 74. His record breaking 1978 album Bat Out Of Hell spent 457 weeks on the UK album chart. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy of albums (consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose) has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies and television shows.



source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 20th


2026, Rob Hirst an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales died after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil, playing drums, percussion and singing backing vocals or sometimes lead vocals from the 1970s until the band took a hiatus in 2002.


source: internetfm