This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: Sept 15th


2004, Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) died in Los Angeles after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. Founding member of The Ramones, major influence on many punk and 90’s bands. Scored the 1977 hit single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'.

2008, Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright died aged 65 from cancer. Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason. David Gilmour who joined the band at the start of 1968 said: "He was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him." In 2005, the full band reunited - for the first time in 24 years - for the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park. Wright had also contributed vocals and keyboards to Gilmour's 2006 solo album On An Island.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 15th


1961 A group from Hawthorne, California called The Pendletones, attend their first real recording session at Hite Morgan's studio in Los Angeles. The band lays down "Surfin'", a song that would kick start their career as The Beach Boys.

1962 The Four Seasons had their first number 1 hit when "Sherry" reached the top of both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Best Sellers list. The song was originally titled "Terry", but after considering other names, including "Jackie", after Jackie Kennedy, the group changed the lyrics to "Sherry" after Cheri Spector, the daughter of one of Bob Crewe's best friends. Over their career the Seasons would add three more chart toppers, "Rag Doll", "Walk Like a Man" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" to their list of eleven Top 10 hits.

1965 The Ford Motor Company becomes the first auto maker to offer an 8-track tape player as an option for their entire line of vehicles. Tapes were initially only available at auto parts stores, as home 8-track equipment was still a year away.

1974 Uriah Heep bassist Gary Thain is nearly electrocuted onstage during a show in Dallas. He survives, but says that the other band members didn't show enough concern over the accident and leaves the group soon after.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 15th


1941 Signe Anderson, the original lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, is born in Seattle, Washington. She is raised in Portland, Oregon.

1945 Lee Dorman (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born Douglas Lee Dorman in St. Louis, Missouri.

1983 Huey Lewis and the News release the album Sports, which sells over 7 million copies. The album features the singles "I Want a New Drug," "The Heart of Rock 'n Roll" and "If This Is It."


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 15th


A few albums that was released....


1960 ● Johnny Cash —— Sings Hank Williams ► Classic Country

1965 ● Otis Redding —— Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul ► Memphis Soul

1967 ● The Kinks —— Something Else By The Kinks ► British Rock

1971 ● The Band —— Cahoots ► Folk-Rock

1972 ● John Denver —— Rocky Mountain High ► Folk-Pop

1972 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Phoenix ► Hard Rock

1973 ● Poco —— Crazy Eyes ► Country-Rock

1975 ● David Crosby & Graham Nash —— Wind On The Water ► Folk-Rock

1978 ● Frank Zappa —— Studio Tan ► Art Rock

1984 ● Motörhead —— No Remorse ► Heavy Metal

1987 ● The Ramones —— Halfway To Sanity ► Punk-Rock

1998 ● Death —— Sound Of Perseverance ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal

1998 ● Marilyn Manson —— Mechanical Animals ► Heavy Metal/Alt Metal

2006 ● Elton John —— The Captain & The Kid ► Pop-Rock

2009 ● Ace Frehley —— Anomaly ► Pop-Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 16th



1925, Born on this day, B.B. King, US blues guitarist. He gained the nickname "Beale Street Blues Boy", which was later shortened to "Blues Boy" and finally to B.B. King. He was a major influence on Eric Clapton and Rolling Stone magazine placed him behind only Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. King died in his sleep on May 14, 2015 from a series of small strokes caused by type 2 diabetes.

1972, Wishbone Ash, Family, Steppenwolf, John Kay Band, Slade, Uriah Heep, Roy Wood and Wizzard, Wild Angels, Glencoe, Sunshine and Cold Comfort Farm all appeared at this years Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England.

1977, 29-year-old former T Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London. Miss Jones broke her jaw in the accident. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. A local man who witnessed the crash said, 'When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long dark curly hair was stretched out in the road - there was a hell of a mess.'

2006, Bob Dylan was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Modern Times.’ Entering the U.S. charts at No.1, making it Dylan's first album to reach that position since 1976's Desire, 30 years prior. At 65, Dylan became the oldest living musician to top the Billboard albums chart. (85 year-old Tony Bennett broke this record in 2011 with his Duets album). The record also reached number one in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 16th


1941 Joe Butler (drummer/vocalist for The Lovin' Spoonful) is born in Long Island, New York.

1942 Bernard Calvert (bass guitarist/keyboardist for The Hollies) is born in Brierfield, Lancashire, England.

1943 Pop rocker Joe Butler (of The Lovin' Spoonful) is born in Long Island, New York.

1948 Ron Blair (original bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is born in San Diego, California.

1948 Rock drummer Kenney Jones (of The Small Faces and The Who) is born in Whitechapel, East London, England.

1970 Jimi Hendrix jams with Eric Burdon and War at the London club Ronnie Scott's two days before his death. It's the last time he would play music.

2009 Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul and Mary) dies of leukemia in Danbury, Connecticut, at age 72.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 16th


1964 Guitarist/vocalist David “The Snake” Sabo (Skid Row) begins his life in Perth Amboy, NJ.

1972 Peter Frampton (formerly of Humble Pie) makes his solo debut in New York, opening for the J. Geils Band.

2008 Buckcherry issue their fourth album, "Black Butterfly." The set is named after a song that didn’t make it on to the album. "In the big picture of the record that piece just didn't seem to fit," explains guitarist Keith Nelson. "We loved it and certainly it will see the light of day at some point." Also, Buckcherry launch their U.S. tour in Moline, IL. Shinedown and Saving Abel are along for the jaunt.


source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 16th

A few albums that was released....



1969 ● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Sugar ‘N’ Spice ► Soul – Motown

1969 ● Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell —— Easy ► Soul – Motown

1979 ● Rory Gallagher —— Top Priority ► Blues-Rock

1983 ● Gary Numan —— Warriors ► New Wave Synth Pop

1984 ● Deep Purple —— Perfect Strangers ► Hard Rock

1985 ● Kiss —— Asylum ► Hard Rock

2003 ● David Bowie —— Reality ► Glam Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 17th


1931, The first long-playing record, a 33 1/3 rpm recording, was demonstrated at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York by RCA-Victor. The venture was doomed to fail however due to the high price of the record players, which started around $95 (about $1140 in today's dollars) and wasn't revived until 1948.

1964, During a US tour The Beatles appeared at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. The Beatles were paid $150,000 for the show, which was more than any other act had ever been paid for a live show. Tickets cost $4.50.

1978, The video for Queen's single 'Bicycle Race' was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon, UK. It featured 65 naked female professional models racing around the stadium's track on bicycles, which had been hired for the day. The rental company was reported to have requested payment for all the saddles when they found out how their bikes had been used.

2011, The estate of Jimi Hendrix gave the go-ahead for another round of archival releases nearly 41 years to the day after the singer's death. The four new products included an expanded version of his landmark Winterland concerts in 1968, a revamp of a 1972 live compilation, an upgraded DVD of his final U.K. festival gig, and a DVD reissue of some old talk-show appearances.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 17th


1923, Born on this day in Mount Olive, Alabama, was Hank Williams (born Hiram King Williams). The American singer-songwriter and musician is regarded as one of the most important country music artists of all time. Williams recorded 35 singles (five released posthumously) that would place in the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that ranked No.1. During his last years Williams's consumption of alcohol, morphine and painkillers severely compromised his professional life. Williams died aged 29 on January 1, 1953.


source: thisdayinmusic