This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 19th


1939 Ginger Baker (drummer for Cream) is born Peter Edward Baker in Lewisham, South London, England.

1943 Rock 'n roller Billy J. Kramer (of Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) is born William Howard Ashton in Bootle, Lancashire, England.

1945 Ian Gillian (lead singer for Deep Purple) is born in Chiswick, London, England.

1948 Elliot Lurie (lead guitarist, vocalist for Looking Glass) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1951 John Deacon (bassist for Queen) is born in Oadby, Leicester, England.

1969 Cleanup begins at Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York, where the Woodstock festival has finished up. Bulldozers are used to wrangle the trash into a pit, where it is burned.

1983 Having been sporadic since it was originally shut down in 1968, "pirate radio" station Radio Caroline makes its comeback on board the ship Ross Revenge in the North Sea's international waters. Six years to the day later, it would be shut down again.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 19th



1979, American Rockabilly singer Dorsey Burnette died from a heart attack at his home in Canoga Park, California. He wrote 'It's Late', a hit for Ricky Nelson and Shakin' Stevens. After his death, singer and friend Delaney Bramlett organized a benefit concert for Dorsey’s widow at the Forum in Inglewood, California, in which Kris Kristofferson, Hoyt Axton. Tanya Tucker, Glen Campbell, Duane Eddy, Delaney and Bonnie, Gary Busey and Roger Miller appeared. Dorsey Burnette's pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

1988, 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline and Elvis Presley's 'Hound Dog' were announced as the most played jukebox songs of the first hundred years. The jukebox had been around since 1906, but earlier models had been first seen in 1889.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 19th

A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Carpenters —— Close To You ► Soft Rock

1974 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends ► Prog Rock

1974 ● Harry Nilsson —— Pussy Cats ► Folk-Rock

1974 ● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— So Far ► Folk-Rock

1976 ● The Manhattan Transfer —— Coming Out ► Jazz-Pop

1977 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Livin’ On The Fault Line ► Pop-Rock

1996 ● The Beach Boys —— Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 ► Pop-Rock

2003 ● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Greendale ► Rock

2016 ● Jerry Garcia Band —— Garcia Live Volume Seven ► Roots Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 19th


1973 Andrea "Andy" Ferro, vocalist and one of the founding members of Lacuna Coil, begins his life in Arona, Italy.

1977 Regine Chassagne, a founding member of Arcade Fire, is born Montreal.

2004 John Mellencamp launches his "Speak Up, Rock Out" sweepstakes on Nickelodeon. Viewers write song lyrics about what freedom of speech means to them and to imagine what it would be like without it. Mellencamp picks the finalists and turns the lyrics into a song that he performs at the winner's school.

2008 Staind unfurl their sixth album "The Illusion Of Progress,” with lead single "Believe." "We went into the studio with the mind-set of making our heaviest record yet," explains frontman Aaron Lewis, "but the record that came out has flavors of Pink Floyd and straight-up Blues." The group marks the occasion with a performance at the New York's Times Square as part of the Hard Rock Cafe's Ambassadors of Rock Tour. The show benefits the VH1 Save the Music Foundation.

2008 LeRoi Moore, sax player and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, passes away in Hollywood. He dies as a result of injuries from an ATV accident on his farm in Charlottesville, VA, earlier in the summer. He was 46.

2009 Metallica's Kirk Hammett, Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Pantera/HellYeah drummer Vinnie Paul take part in an online poker tournament hosted by Anthrax's Scott Ian. All in?

2017 Frontman Ivan Moody rejoins Five Finger Death Punch for their show at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. He exited the group during their European tour for alcohol treatment. Five Finger Death Punch continued the trek with vocalist Tommy Vext.


source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 20th


1986, Rick Allen, drummer with Def Leppard made his first live appearance with the band after losing an arm in a car accident, when they appeared at the Monsters Of Rock Festival, Castle Donington, England.

1988, Iron Maiden, KISS, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses and Helloween all appeared at this year's 'Monsters Of Rock' Festival, Castle Donington, England. Two rock fans died while 'slam dancing' as Guns N' Roses played.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 20th


1920 America's first commercial radio station began operations in Detroit, Michigan. They were assigned the call letters 8MK by the United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation. In 1922 the call letters were changed to WWJ and today the station's listenership ranks as one of the highest in its market.

1969 Frank Zappa temporarily disbands The Mothers of Invention right after an eight day tour in Canada. Zappa says he's "tired of playing for people who clap for all the wrong reasons."


source; classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 20th



1941 Space rock musician Dave Brock (of Hawkwind) is born in Isleworth, Middlesex, England.

1942 Soul superstar Isaac Hayes is born in Covington, Tennessee.

1947 Trombonist James Pankow (of Chicago) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

1948 Robert Plant is born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. Best known at Led Zeppelin's lead singer, he wins the Album of the Year Grammy for Raising Sand, his 2007 collaboration with Alison Krauss.

1949 Bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott (of Thin Lizzy) is born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.

1970 Nu-metal pioneer Fred Durst (frontman for Limp Bizkit) is born in Gastonia, North Carolina.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 20th

A few albums that was released....


1983 ● Heart —— Passionworks ► Album Rock

1985 ● Asia —— Astra ► Prog Rock

1990 ● Queensrÿche —— Empire ► Heavy Metal

1990 ● Black Sabbath —— TYR ► Hard Rock

1991 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Notorious ► Hard Rock

1991 ● Spin Doctors —— Pocket Full of Kryptonite ► Alt Pop-Rock

2002 ● The Black Crowes —— Live ► Southern Rock

2002 ● Black Sabbath —— Past Lives ► Hard Rock

2013 ● Tedeschi Trucks Band —— Made Up Mind ► Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 21st


1961, Tamla Records released the Marvelettes first single, 'Please Mr. Postman'. The song went on to sell over a million copies and become the group's biggest hit, reaching the top of both the Billboard Pop and R&B charts. The song is notable as the first Motown song to reach the No.1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.

1972, Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane was arrested after a fight broke out on stage during a concert when the police had been called 'pigs'. Grace Slick was 'Mace' and another group member injured at the show in Akron.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 21st


1961, Patsy Cline recorded the classic Willie Nelson song, ‘Crazy’. Cline was still on crutches after going through a car windshield in a head-on collision two months earlier and had difficulty reaching the high notes of the song at first due to her broken ribs. 'Crazy' spent 21 weeks on the chart and eventually became one of her signature tunes.

2008, Drummer Buddy Harman died of congestive heart failure, aged 79. Worked with Elvis Presley (‘Little Sister’), Patsy Cline (‘Crazy’), Roy Orbison (‘Pretty Woman’), Johnny Cash (‘Ring Of Fire’), Tammy Wynette (‘Stand By Your Man’). Harman was the first house drummer for The Grand Ole Opry and can be heard on over 18,000 recordings.


source: thisdayinmusic