This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 8th


1942 Chuck Negron (of Three Dog Night) is born in Manhattan, New York.

1944 Boz Scaggs is born William Royce Scaggs in Canton, Ohio.

1953 Jeff "Worzel" Rich (drummer for Status Quo, The Climax Blues Band) is born in Hackney, London, England.

1954 Greg Ginn (guitarist for Black Flag) is born in Tucson, Arizona.

1962 Nick Rhodes (keyboardist for Duran Duran) is born Nicholas James Bates in Birmingham, England. He is instrumental in the band's success, introducing them to both the analogue synthesizer sound that becomes their signature and also driving them to focus on making creative music videos.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 8th


Some albums released.....


1961 ● Marvin Gaye —— The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye ► Soul – Motown

1963 ● The Ventures —— Ventures Play The Country Classics ► Rock n Roll Instrumental

1970 ● Bob Dylan —— Self Portrait ► Folk-Rock

1977 ● Trooper —— Knock ‘Em Dead Kid ► Hard Rock

1979 ● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Back To The Egg ► Pop-Rock

1982 ● Survivor —— Eye Of The Tiger ► Album Rock

1984 ● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— Hyaena ► Glam Rock

1993 ● Urge Overkill —— Saturation ► Alt Hard Rock

1993 ● Van Morrison —— Too Long In Exile ► Folk-Rock

1994 ● Faith No More —— Angel Dust ► Hard Rock

1999 ● Red Hot Chili Peppers —— Californication ► Alt. Funk-Rock

1999 ● Def Leppard —— Euphoria ► Hard Rock

1999 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Fetish ► Hard Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 9th


1958 Sheb Wooley hit the top of the Billboard chart with a novelty song called "The Purple People Eater". When he first sang the tune for MGM executives, Sheb said he was scraping "the bottom of the barrel", but the brass loved the song and wanted to release it. Three weeks after it hit store shelves it was the number one record in the US and would start a merchandising craze that included hats, T-shirts and even ice cream.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 9th


1915, Born on this day, guitarist Les Paul, inventor of the Gibson Les Paul guitar who also had a 1953 UK No.7 single with ‘Vaya Con Dios’ and the US No.7 single ‘Hummingbird’ with Mary Ford featuring his multi-layered recording techniques. He also pioneered ‘close miking’ and echo delay recording. He broke his right arm in a car accident and had it set at an angle so he could still play guitar. Paul died in hospital in White Plains, New York at the age of 94 suffering from severe pneumonia on 13th Aug 2009.

1941, Born on this day, Jon Lord, keyboardist with English rock band Deep Purple, who had the 1970 UK No.2 single 'Black Night', and the 1973 US No. 4 single 'Smoke On The Water'. He also played with Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. Lord died of cancer on 16th July 2012.

1978, The Rolling Stones released Some Girls, their first studio album recorded with Ronnie Wood as a full member. The album cover was designed by Peter Corriston and featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe threatened legal action.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 9th


1947 Mick Box (lead guitarist for Uriah Heep) is born in Walthamstow, East London, England.

1949 George Bunnell (bass and rhythm guitarist for The Strawberry Alarm Clock) is born.

1950 Trevor Bolder (bass guitarist for Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash) is born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1967 Dean Dinning (bass guitarist for Toad the Wet Sprocket) is born in Santa Barbara, California

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 9th


Some albums released....


1972 ● King Crimson —— Earthbound ► Prog Rock

1977 ● J. Geils Band —— Monkey Island ► Blues-Rock

1978 ● The Moody Blues —— Octave ► Prog Rock

1983 ● Frank Zappa —— London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 ► Classical Fusion

1986 ● Genesis —— Invisible Touch ► Prog Rock

1992 ● Deicide —— Legion ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal

1998 ● David Lee Roth —— DLR Band ► Hard Rock

1998 ● John Fogerty —— Premonition ► Folk-Rock

2008 ● Whitesnake —— 30th Anniversary Collection ► Arena Rock

2009 ● Black Sabbath —— Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 10th


1910 Chicago blues singer Howlin' Wolf is born Chester Arthur Burnett in White Station, Mississippi.

1964 Jimmy Chamberlin (drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins) is born in Joliet, Illinois.

1967 Outdoor rock: California's Magic Mountain Music Festival, considered the first rock music festival, features Jefferson Airplane, The Doors and The Byrds - the crowd of 15,000 will be dwarfed by the 200,000 at the Monterey Pop Festival the following weekend.

1975 The Eagles release One Of These Nights.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 10th


1978 Joe Walsh's comic depiction of Rock stardom, "Life's Been Good", is released. It would become his highest charting solo single, reaching #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1982 Micki Harris of The Shirelles died of a heart attack after a performance in Atlanta, Georgia. She was only 42.

2004 Ray Charles passed away at the age of 73. During his 45 year career, Ray appeared on the US Pop charts 77 times, with 33 of those songs making the Top 40. He became the first artist to have an album on Billboard's Hot 200 for six decades in a row.

source: classlcbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 10th


Some albums released....


1963 ● Patsy Cline —— The Patsy Cline Story ► Country-Pop

1982 ● Rainbow —— Straight Between The Eyes ► Hard Rock

1983 ● The Kinks —— State Of Confusion ► British Rock

1983 ● Stevie Nicks —— The Wild Heart ► Pop-Rock

1985 ● R.E.M. —— Fables Of The Reconstruction ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1986 ● Candlemass —— Epicus Doomicus Metallicus ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal

2003 ● Annie Lennox —— Bare ► Adult Alternative Pop-Rock

2003 ● Eddie Money —— The Essential Eddie Money ► Album Rock

2003 ● Steely Dan —— Everything Must Go ► Jazz-Rock

2013 ● Black Sabbath —— 13 ► Hard Rock

2016 ● Motörhead —— Clean Your Clock ► Heavy Metal

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th


1949, Born on this day, Frank Beard, American drummer with ZZ Top, who had the 1984 US No.8 & 1985 UK No.16 single 'Legs'. Beard is notable as being the only musician in the band without a long beard, an ironic fact considering his last name. The band has had global album sales in excess of 50 million as of 2014.

1952, Born on this day, Donnie Van Zant, American rock vocalist, guitarist best known as having been a member of 38 Special, from its formation in 1974 until 2013. He is the middle of three brothers: his older brother Ronnie was the original lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in a 1977 plane crash.

source: thisdayinmusic