This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 23rd


A few albums that was released....



1968 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Mr. Wonderful ► Blues-Rock

1980 ● Tygers Of Pang Yang —— Wild Cat ► Heavy Metal

1983 ● Ratt —— Ratt [EP] ► Glam Metal

1984 ● Frank Zappa —— Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger ► Art Rock/Contemporary Orchestral

1988 ● Jane’s Addiction —— Nothing’s Shocking ► Alt. Rock

1988 ● Bad Company —— Dangerous Age ► Hard Rock

2005 ● Yes —— The Word Is Live ► Prog Rock

2011 ● The Human League —— Credo ► New Wave Synth-Pop


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 24th


1969 Arlo Guthrie's movie, Alice's Restaurant opens in New York and Los Angeles. While Guthrie wrote the lyrics and music for the song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", he did not write the screenplay for the film, which was instead co-written by Venable Herndon and Arthur Penn.

1969 John Lennon writes "Cold Turkey", a song about kicking his heroin addiction. He rehearsed the song all afternoon and recorded it that evening with the help of Ringo Starr and Klaus Voorman. When it was released, critics hated it and the BBC refused to play it, yet somehow it still made the UK Top 20 and the US Top 30.

1995 Microsoft's Windows 95 was released using a commercial featuring The Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up" (a reference to the Start button). Microsoft paid Mick Jagger and Keith Richards twelve million pounds for the use of the song, which Microsoft detractors were quick to point out, contains the lyrics "You make a grown man cry."


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 24th


1938 David Freiberg (vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1943 John Cipollina (lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service) is born in Berkeley, California.

1945 Ken Hensley (multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for Uriah Heep) is born in Hertfordshire, England.

1947 Jim Fox (drummer for the James Gang) is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

1951 Danny Joe Brown (lead singer of Molly Hatchet) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

1951 Michael Derosier (former drummer for Heart) is born in Canada.

1989 The Who perform a special 20th anniversary charity concert of their rock opera Tommy at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, featuring guests Elton John (as the Pinball Wizard), Patti LaBelle (as the Acid Queen), Steve Winwood (as the Hawker), Phil Collins (as Uncle Ernie), and Billy Idol (as Cousin Kevin).

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 24th


A few albums that was released....

1970 ● Aretha Franklin —— Spirit In The Dark ► Soul

1982 ● R.E.M. —— Chronic Town [EP] ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1983 ● Rainbow —— Bent Out Of Shape ► Hard Rock

1987 ● John Cougar Mellencamp —— The Lonesome Jubilee ► Roots Rock

1993 ● Annihilator —— Set The World On Fire ► Thrash Metal

2004 ● The Rolling Stones —— Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones ► Blues-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 25th


1975, Bruce Springsteen released his third studio album Born to Run. The album peaked at No.3 on the Billboard chart eventually selling six million copies in the United States and has since been considered by critics to be one of the greatest albums in popular music. Two singles were released from the album: 'Born to Run' and 'Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out'; the first helped Springsteen to reach mainstream popularity.

1979, The Knack started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Sharona', the group's only US chart topper, a No.6 hit in the UK. Lead singer Doug Fieger said he was inspired to write the tune by Sharrona Alperin, a 17 year old senior at Los Angeles' Fairfax High, who later became his girlfriend. Fieger and Alperin eventually got married to other people, but they remained friends. After battling cancer for several years, Fieger died at his home in the Los Angeles on February 14, 2010. He was 57 years old.

2009, Bob Dylan revealed during his weekly radio show broadcast on 6 Music, that he was speaking to a number of car companies about becoming the voice of their satellite navigation systems. The 68 year-old said he thought it be would be good for drivers to hear him saying things such as: "Take a left at the next street. No, a right. You know what, just go straight".

2014, Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' was voted the greatest guitar riff of all time by listeners of BBC Radio 2 in the UK. The rock classic came out top from a list of 100 riffs drawn up by a panel of Radio 2 and 6 Music DJs, critics and record producers. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns 'N' Roses was second in the poll, with Back In Black (AC/DC) and 'Smoke On The Water' (Deep Purple) the next most popular.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 25th


1949 Gene Simmons (of Kiss) is born Chaim Weitz in Haifa, Israel, to **** concentration camp survivor Flora Klein and her carpenter husband, Feri.

1951 Rob Halford (frontman for Judas Priest) is born in Sutton Coldfield, England.

1952 Geoff Downes (keyboard player/songwriter for Asia and Yes) is born Stockport, Cheshire, England.

1962 Vivian Campbell, who would replace the late Steve Clark as guitarist for Def Leppard, is born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 25th



1973 - Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers) broke a leg in a car crash in Macon, GA.

1976 - Boston released its self-titled debut album.

1986 - Paul Simon's "Graceland" was released.

1988 - Metallica released the album "And Justice For All."


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 25th


A few albums that was released....


1966 ● The Supremes —— The Supremes A Go-Go ► Soul – Motown

1972 ● The Kinks —— Everybody’s In Show Biz ► British Rock

1982 ● Alice Cooper —— Zipper Catches Skin ► Heavy Metal

1997 ● Gamma Ray —— Somewhere Out In Space ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal

1998 ● Guns N’ Roses —— Use Your Illusion ► Hard Rock

1998 ● Heart —— Greatest Hits ► Album Rock

1998 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd ► Southern Rock

2009 ● Cheap Trick —— Sgt. Pepper Live ► Hard Rock/Power Pop


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th


1967, Small Faces, Move, The Gass, Tomorrow, Denny Laine, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon and Marmalade all appeared on the first day of the 3-day non-stop happening 'Festival of the Flower Children' at Woburn Abbey, England. Plus DJ's John Peel and Tommy Vance, day tickets cost £1.

1970, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, (his last ever UK appearance), Donovan, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Arrival, Cactus, Family, Taste, Mungo Jerry, ELP, The Doors, The Who, Spirit, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Procol Harum, Sly and the Family Stone and Free all appeared over three days at the third Isle Of Wight Festival. Weekend tickets, £3.

1977, Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Golden Earing, Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, Hawkwind, Racing Cars, John Miles, Graham Parker, The Enid, No Dice and Frankie Miller's Full House all appeared at the 17th three day Reading Festival, England. A three day ticket cost £7.95.

2000, Allen Woody former bass player with The Allman Brothers Band and co-founder of Gov't Mule was found dead in New York aged 44.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 26th


1978 A crowd of 80,000 people attended the first Canada Jam Festival held at Mosport Park, just north of Bowmanville Ontario. The show featured sets by The Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason, The Commodores, Kansas and The Atlanta Rhythm Section.

2003 Rolling Stone Magazine named Jimi Hendrix as the greatest guitarist in Rock history. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ry Cooder also made the top 10.


source: classicbands