This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 20th


1969 David Bowie marries American-born model Angela Barnett. Bowie would later say, "I married her because she was one of the few women that I was capable of living with for more than a week." Although it has often been rumored that she was the subject of The Rolling Stones' song, "Angie", both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have denied it.

1977 T-Rex played their farewell gig when they appeared at The Locarno in Portsmouth, England. As pioneers of Glam Rock, the band placed eleven singles in the British Top Ten between 1970 and 1973.

2020 Kenny Rogers, the Country/Pop superstar who placed 28 songs on the Billboard Top 40 chart between 1968 and 2000, died of natural causes at the age of 81. During the course of his career, Rogers achieved 30 number one singles on the Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary charts. He also won three Grammys, six CMA awards, and eight ACM awards, along with inclusion in the Country Music Hall of Fame


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 20th


2015 American drummer A. J. Pero died from an apparent heart attack. He was a member of Twisted Sister and Adrenaline Mob. Adrenaline Mob's band members attempted but failed to wake Pero on their tour bus traveling from Baltimore to Poughkeepsie.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 20th


A few albums that was released....

1987 ● Peter Wolf —— Come As You Are ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul

2000 ● Eddie Money —— Complete Eddie Money Live ► Album Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st


1943 Viv Stanshall of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band is born in Oxford, England.

1946 Ray Dorset (frontman for Mungo Jerry) is born in Ashford, Middlesex, England.

1949 Eddie Money is born Joseph Mahoney in Brooklyn, New York.

1950 Roger Hodgson (of Supertramp) is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

1951 Conrad Lozano (bass player for Los Lobos) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1988 Lynyrd Skynyrd releases Southern by the Grace of God, their second live album. It features music recorded in 1987 in what was supposed to be a one-time touring tribute to band members who died in a 1977 plane wreck that seemingly ended the band. Four years later, an updated Lynyrd Skynyrd lineup records new material and begins touring again regularly.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st


1994: Yes released their fourteenth studio album, Talk.

2000: Patti Smith released her eighth studio album, Gung Ho.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st


1991 Leo Fender, the inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars died from Parkinson's disease. He started mass producing solid body electric guitars in the late 40s and when he sold his guitar company in 1965, sales were in excess of $40 million a year.

2004 Ozzy Osbourne was named the nation's favourite ambassador to welcome aliens to planet earth. The 55-year-old singer came top of a poll as the face people want to represent them to alien life. The poll of internet users was carried out following the discovery of signs of water on Mars. Ozzy won 26 per cent of the vote. A spokesman for Yahoo! News said: 'As the world waits desperately for signs of alien life, we decided to ask our users who they thought was best suited for this most auspicious of roles. Ozzy is a great choice but I'm not sure what the Martians would make of his individual approach to the English language.'


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st


1983, Pink Floyd released The Final Cut, their last album recorded with Roger Waters.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st


2009: 22 years to the day after Joshua Tree made it to the top of the U.K. charts, U2's twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. It sold almost half a million copies in its debut week in the U.S. and went to No. 1 in 30 countries.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st


1982: On this day 44 years ago, rock band Foreigner headlined a music festival billed as the "Rock Super Bowl". Pictured below are lead singer Lou Gramm (left) and guitarist Mick Jones. Opening acts included UFO, Pat Travers and Bryan Adams. Pat Travers was a last minute replacement for Ozzy Osbourne who cancelled after his guitarist Randy Rhoads was killed in a plane crash two days before the show. Tickets went for $15.





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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 21st


A few albums that was released...


1975 ● Tangerine Dream —— Rubycon ► Art Rock/Electronic

1977 ● Slade —— Whatever Happened To Slade ► Hard Rock

1977 ● AC/DC —— Let There Be Rock [Australia] ► Hard Rock

1988 ● Tina Turner —— Tina Live In Europe ► Pop-Rock

1989 ● Bonnie Raitt —— Nick Of Time ► Blues-Rock

2000 ● Led Zeppelin —— Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume Two ► Hard Rock


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