This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 29th


1942 Sterling Morrison (guitarist for The Velvet Underground) is born Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. in East Meadow, New York.

1943 Jazz/rock musician Dick Halligan (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Troy, New York.

1945 Rock musician Chris Copping (of Procol Harum) is born in Middleton, Lancashire, England.

1958 Michael Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana.

2005 Hurricane Katrina pounds New Orleans. One of the victims is Barry Cowsill of The Cowsills, who dies by drowning at age 50. Fats Domino, 77, survives after he is rescued from his home in the Ninth Ward.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 29th


1970: The Man-Pop Festival was held in Winnipeg at Winnipeg Stadium which was headlined by Led Zeppelin and also featured Iron Butterfly, The Youngbloods, The Ides of March and Chilliwack.

1991: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers kicked off their world tour in support of Into the Great Wide Open at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater in Denver.

1991: Boston DJ Kurt St. Thomas gave Nirvana’s album Nevermind its world premiere & played the entire album from start to finish.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 29th


1986 - The former "American Bandstand" studio was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The studio is in Philadelphia, PA.

1995 - While shooting the music video for Meat Loaf's "I'd Lie for You," a pilot and cameraman were killed in a helicopter crash in the Sequoia National Forest about 150 miles north of Los Angeles, CA.

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 29th


A few albums that was released....


1987 ● Warren Zevon —— Sentimental Hygiene ► Pop-Rock

1989 ● Elton John —— Sleeping With The Past ► Pop-Rock

1989 ● The Rolling Stones —— Steel Wheels ► Blues-Rock

1995 ● Heart —— The Road Home ► Album Rock

2005 ● Iron Maiden —— Death On The Road ► Heavy Metal

2005 ● Eric Clapton —— Back Home ► Blues-Rock

2005 ● Journey —— Generations ► AOR Rock

2006 ● Motörhead —— Kiss Of Death ► Heavy Metal

2011 ● 38 Special —— Live From Texas ► Southern Rock

2011 ● Counting Crows —— August And Everything After: Live At Town Hall ► AA Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 30th


1968, American band the Byrds released their sixth album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The album has proved to be a landmark for the entire nascent 1970s Los Angeles country rock movement and was also influential on the outlaw country and new traditionalist movements, as well as the so-called alternative country genre of the 1990s and 2000s.

1969, Two weeks after the Woodstock festival, the second Isle Of Wight festival took place. Over 150,000 turned up over the two days to see Bob Dylan, The Band, Blodwyn Pig, Blonde On Blonde, Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band, Edgar Broughton Band, Joe Cocker, Aynsley Dunbar, Family, Fat Mattress, Julie Felix, Free, Gypsy, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, The Nice, Tom Paxton, Pentangle, The Pretty Things, Third Ear Band and The Who. Tickets 25 shillings, ($3.00). Celebrities who attended include Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, John & Yoko, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jane Fonder, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton.

1969, The three day Texas Pop Festival took place featuring Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Sam & Dave, Santana, Johnny Winter, Grand Funk Railroad, Delaney & Bonnie, Nazz, Spirit, B.B. King, Canned Heat and Chicago. Over 120,000 fans attended the festival.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 30th


1935 "Papa" John Phillips (of The Mamas & The Papas) is born in Parris Island, South Carolina. He would be raised in Alexandria, Virginia.

1950 Micky Moody (guitarist for Whitesnake) is born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.

1995 Sterling Morrison (guitarist for The Velvet Underground) dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Poughkeepsie, New York, the day after his 53rd birthday.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 30th


A few albums that was released....


1965 ● Bob Dylan —— Highway 61 Revisited ► Folk-Rock

1966 ● The Mamas & The Papas —— The Mamas & The Papas ► Pop-Folk

1971 ● The Beach Boys —— Surf’s Up ► Surfer

1988 ● Boz Scaggs —— Other Roads ► Pop-Soul

1990 ● REO Speedwagon —— The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken ► Arena Rock

1993 ● Dark Tranquility —— Skydancer ► Heavy Metal/Melodic Death Metal

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 31st


1974, Traffic made their last live performance at the annual UK Reading Festival. Other acts appearing included; Alex Harvey, 10cc, Focus, Steve Harley and Procol Harum. £5.50 for a weekend ticket.

1985, 'Brothers In Arms' by Dire Straits started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album charts. The album also topped the charts in 25 other countries and went on to sell over 20 million worldwide.

1987, The largest pre-order of albums in the history of CBS Records occurred as 2.25 million copies of Michael Jackson's ‘Bad’ album were shipped to record stores in the US. The LP followed the Jackson album, Thriller the biggest Jackson-seller of all time (over 35 million copies sold). ‘Bad’ went on to sell over 13 million copies.

1990, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder sang 'Amazing Grace' at a memorial service held for guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan who had been killed in a helicopter crash 4 days earlier.

2006, The Times ran a story on the demands of rock stars when on tour. Ozzy Osbourne insists on an eye, ear, nose and throat doctor at each venue. The Beach Boys require a licensed masseur, Meat Loaf a mask and one small tank of oxygen. David Bowie requests that the dressing room temperature is between 14c and 18c and Paul McCartney must have a large arrangement of white Casablanca lilies in his dressing room. Mick Jagger must have an onstage autocue with the lyrics to all the songs, it would also tell him the name of the city in which they were performing.

2014, Jimi Jamison, the lead singer for US rock band Survivor, who sang and co-wrote 'I'm Always Here' the theme tune for hit TV series Baywatch, died aged 63. The band are best known for their 1982 hit 'The Eye of the Tiger' which pre-dated Jamison joining the group.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 31st


1945 Van Morrison is born George Ivan Morrison in Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1945 Bob Welch (guitarist for Fleetwood Mac) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1948 Guitarist Rudolf Schenker (founder of Scorpions) is born in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 31st


1968: Vanilla Fudge peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their cover of “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” which was their only top ten single in the U.S

1968: Cream peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Sunshine of Your Love” which was their first top ten single in the U.S.

1991: The Scorpions peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Wind of Change” which was their only top ten single in the U.S.


source: paulshaffersdayinrock