This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 4th


March 4, 2021 – Alan Cartwright, bassist of Procol Harum, dies of stomach cancer. He was 75. Cartwright retired after the release of the Procol’s Ninth album in 1975.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 4th


A few albums that was released....

1968 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— We’re Only In It For the Money ► Art Rock

1983 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Dazzle Ships ► New Wave Synth Pop

1983 ● Thin Lizzy —— Thunder And Lightning ► Hard Rock



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 5th


1952 Alan Clark (keyboardist for Dire Straits) is born in Great Lumley, England.

1958 Andy Gibb is born in Manchester, England, but is raised in Redcliffe, Australia. His older brothers, Barry, Robin, and Maurice, form the Bee Gees.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 5th


1970 Robert Kakaha, known as Bob Zilla, bassist for Damageplan and Hellyeah, is born in L.A.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 5th


1982 The naked body of 33-year-old John Belushi was found in a room at the Chateau Marmont Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. The cause of death was later ruled a drug-related accident. He and Dan Aykroyd had a hit record as The Blues Brothers in 1978 with a remake of the Sam And Dave classic, "Soul Man", while their album "Briefcase Full of Blues" reached #1 on the Billboard 200, going double Platinum.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 5th

1965: Them, fronted by Van Morrison, released “Here Comes the Night.” Written by songwriter and producer Bert Berns, the song had been recorded and released earlier with less success by Scottish singer Lulu in November of 1964. Them’s version went #2 in the UK and became their biggest hit in the US, where it reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100

1969: The Byrds released their seventh studio album, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde. The title alludes to the album’s juxtaposition of country rock and psychedelic rock. It was the band’s first album to features the line-up of guitarist Clarence White, drummer Gene Parsons, bassist John York, and guitarist Roger McGuinn, and it is the only Byrds album on which McGuinn sings lead vocals on every track.

1971: The posthumous Jimi Hendrix album The Cry of Love was released. It contained new material that Hendrix was working on for his planned fourth studio album, and the final track selection was made by recording engineer Eddie Kramer, drummer Mitch Mitchell, and manager Michael Jeffery.

1982: Genesis released “Man on the Corner,” the fourth and final single from their eleventh studio album, Abacab.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 5th


2023, Guitarist and songwriter Gary Rossington, the last surviving founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, died at the age of 71. Rossington had several close calls with death over the years, famously surviving the 1977 plane crash that killed the Florida rock band’s lead vocalist, Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines and several members of their road and flight crews.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 5th


A few albums that was released...


1976 ● Slade —— Nobody’s Fools ► Hard Rock

1979 ● Trooper —— Hot Shots ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Charlie Daniels Band —— Windows ► Southern Rock

1984 ● Yngwie Malmsteen —— Rising Force ► Heavy Metal

2002 ● Black Label Society —— 1919 Eternal ► Heavy Metal

2002 ● Humble Pie —— Live At The Whisky A Go-Go ’69 ► Hard Rock

2013 ● Poco —— All Fired Up ► Country-Rock

2013 ● Boz Scaggs —— Memphis ► R&B/Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 6th


1944 Mary Wilson (of The Supremes) is born in Greenville, Mississippi. After moving to Detroit, she meets fellow future Supreme Florence Ballard at an elementary school talent show.

1945 Hugh Grundy (drummer for The Zombies) is born in Winchester, England.

1946 David Gilmour (guitarist, vocalist for Pink Floyd) is born in Cambridge, England.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 6th


1970: David Bowie released “The Prettiest Star.” Written as part of his proposal to Angela Barnett, the song is in the style of the Greek hasapiko dance as a tribute to Barnett’s Cypriot ethnic origin. It also features Marc Bolan playing guitar.

1973: Asylum Records released Tom Waits’ debut album, Closing Time, which had been produced and arranged by former Lovin’ Spoonful member Jerry Yester. Waits had been signed to the Asylum label less than a month after being discovered at West Hollywood nightclub The Troubadour by Asylum co-creator David Geffen.

2006: David Gilmour released On an Island, his first solo album in twenty-two years and twelve years since Pink Floyd’s album The Division Bell in 1994.


source: wwcfradio