This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: May 12th

Born On This Day


1958 Eric Singer, drummer, Kiss. He debuted with the band on the 1992 album Revenge.

1956 American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director Greg Phillinganes. He has toured with Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Karen Carpenter, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks and Toto, and served as musical director for Michael Jackson contributing to every one of Jackson's solo albums.


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This Day In Rock History: May 12th


1967 - Pink Floyd staged the first-ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall in England.

2008 - Singer-songwriter Neil Young had a spider named after him - the "myrmekiaphila neilyoungi." College biologist Jason Bond discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in Alabama and decided to name it after his favorite musician.


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This Day In Rock History: May 12th


1975, Jefferson Starship gave a free concert in New York’s Central Park in front of 60,000 fans. The band and concert sponsor, WNEW-FM, were forced to pay $14,000 for cleaning up and damage done to the park after the event.

2024, American alto saxophonist David Sanborn died of complications from prostate cancer at the age of 78. He was a member of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and worked with many artists including Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Sting, Linda Ronstadt, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, Elton John and the Rolling Stones. He released more than 20 albums and won six Grammy awards.


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This Day In Rock History: May 12th


1968 Brian Jones makes his final live appearance with The Rolling Stones when they appear at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Nearly a month later he would be told that the group was going to go on without him, and four weeks after that he would be found at the bottom of his swimming pool at his Cotchford Farm.


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This Day In Rock History: May 12th


1958: Link Wray’s guitar instrumental “Rumble” entered the American top 40. Even though it has no lyrics whatsoever, the song’s release during a national panic over the perceived rise of gang violence caused it to be banned by many US radio stations who feared its title would promote teen violence. The title “Rumble” came from a suggestion by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, who told Wray that he thought the song sounded like a street fight. Despite the boycott, the song still managed to rise to #16 and sell over a million copies. Wray achieved the raw, distorted sound by punching holes in his amplifier cones. One of the first songs to employ the power chord, “Rumble” has since been a critical influence for generations of guitarists.


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What Happened May 12 In Music Entertainment and News History

 

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This Day In Rock History: May 12th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Are You Experienced? [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock

1971 ● Weather Report —— Weather Report ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1972 ● The Rolling Stones —— Exile On Main Street ► Rock n Roll

1992 ● The Black Crowes —— The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion ► Southern Rock

2008 ● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere Back In Time: The Best of: 1980-1989 ► Heavy Metal


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This Day In Rock History: May 13th


1941 Rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens is born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, California.

1945 Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz (harmonica player for The J. Geils Band) is born in New London, Connecticut.

1947 Pete "Overend" Watts (bass guitarist for Mott the Hoople) is born in Yardley, Birmingham, England.

1950 Stevie Wonder is born Stevland Morris in Saginaw, Michigan.


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This Day In Rock History: May 13th


1966 - The Kinks recorded "Sunny Afternoon."

1970 - The Beatles film "Let it Be" premiered in New York.


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This Day In Rock History: May 13th


1967: “Let’s Live for Today” by The Grass Roots was released. Written by David “Shel” Shapiro and Italian lyricist Mogol, the song, then titled “Piangi Con Me” (“Cry with Me”), was first recorded in Italian by English band the Rokes in 1966. Following its success on the Italian chart, the single was readied for release in the UK and the song was translated into English with the title “Passing Thru Grey.” UK publisher Dick James Music was displeased with the translated version and had staff writer Michael Julien compose English lyrics. Rather than translate the song’s Italian lyrics, he wrote new lyrics that transformed the song into “Let’s Live for Today.” Before the Rokes were able to record their version, British band the Living Daylights made their own recording of the song, but neither group’s version had any success on the UK chart. The Grass Roots’ version popularized the song in the US, where it became their first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #8, and eventually sold over two million copies. It also became the title track of the band’s second studio album.

1985: The fifth studio album by Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms, was released by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the US. The album reached #1 on charts around the world, became the band’s first #1 LP in the US, and has since become one of the world’s best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.


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