This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 19th


1958 Lita Ford is born in London. She joins the all-female rock group The Runaways as a teenager and has a hit with "Kiss Me Deadly" in 1988.

2003 A week after his death at the age of 71, country legend Johnny Cash is bestowed with artist, song and album of the year awards at the Americana Music Awards ceremony in Nashville. Cash wins Song of the Year for his cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" and Album of the Year for American IV: The Man Comes Around, the fourth in a series produced by Rick Rubin.

2008 Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM are seriously injured when the plane they are riding in hurtles off the end of a runway in South Carolina and hits a highway embankment.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 19th


1981: Simon and Garfunkel reunited for their first concert in eleven years at New York’s Central Park which was attended by over 750,000 people.

2003: Cream bassist Jack Bruce underwent a liver transplant after being diagnosed with liver cancer earlier in the summer. He went on to make a full recovery.

source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 19th

A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Neil Young —— After The Gold Rush ► Folk-Rock

1981 ● Triumph —— Allied Forces ► Arena Rock

1988 ● Anthrax —— State Of Euphoria ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal

1988 ● Bon Jovi —— New Jersey ► Hard Rock

1989 ● David Bowie —— Sound + Vision ► Glam Rock

1990 ● Obituary —— Cause Of Death ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal

1995 ● Pink Floyd —— London ’66-’67 [EP] ► Prog Rock

2000 ● Glenn Frey —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Glenn Frey ► Pop-Rock

2005 ● Jethro Tull —— Auqualung Live [UK] ► Folk-Rock

2006 ● Jane’s Addiction —— Up From The Catacombs: The Best Of Jane’s Addiction ► Alt. Rock

2006 ● Weather Report —— Forecast: Tomorrow ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 20th


1969, UK music paper Melody Maker readers poll results were published. Winners included Eric Clapton who won best musician, Bob Dylan best male singer and best album for 'Nashville Skyline'. Best group went to The Beatles, Best single went to Simon and Garfunkel for 'The Boxer' and Janis Joplin won Best female singer.

1973, On his way to perform his second concert of the day, US singer, songwriter Jim Croce was killed with five others when his chartered aircraft hit a tree on take off in Louisiana.

1975, Winners in this year’s Melody Makers Readers poll included, Robert Plant who won Best singer, Joni Mitchell, Best female singer, Yes won Best band, Genesis won Best live act, Best single, ‘I’m Not In Love, by 10cc, Best album Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin, and Brightest hope went to Camel.

1976, AC/DC released their third studio album 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'. The album has been certified 6x Platinum in the United States, which means that it has sold at least 6 million copies, becoming the third highest sold album by AC/DC in the US after 'Highway To Hell' and 'Back In Black'.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 20th


2010 Leonard Skinner, the Florida school teacher who inspired a group of high school students to use his mis-spelled name during their rise to fame as the Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away at a nursing home at the age of 77. Although the band did not get along with Mr. Skinner when he was their teacher, they eventually became friends.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 20th


1948 The fraternal twin brothers Chuck and John Panozzo are born in Chicago. Along with James Young, Dennis DeYoung and John Curulewski, they form the band Styx, where they are the rhythm section, Chuck on bass and John on drums.

1966 Nuno Bettencourt (lead guitarist for Extreme) is born in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal. He would be raised in Hudson, Massachusetts.

1968 Ben Shepherd (bass player for Soundgarden) is born Hunter Benedict Shepherd in Okinawa, Japan, but would be raised in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

1979 The Clash bass player Paul Simonon, frustrated because the crowd at The Palladium in New York City isn't standing, smashes his instrument on stage. The photo is later used as the cover of their London Calling album.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 20th


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● The Stills-Young Band —— Long May You Run ► Folk-Rock

1980 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Blizzard of Ozz ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Dire Straits —— Love Over Gold ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock

1982 ● Poco —— Ghost Town ► Country-Rock

1988 ● BulletBoys —— BulletsBoys ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal

1999 ● Yes —— The Ladder ► Prog Rock

2005 ● Motörhead —— BBC Live & In Session ► Heavy Metal

2005 ● Bon Jovi —— Have A Nice Day ► Arena Rock

2005 ● Poco —— Bareback At Big Sky ► Country-Rock

2011 ● Pearl Jam —— Pearl Jam Twenty ► Hard Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 21st


1986, The National Inquirer Magazine featured a picture of Michael Jackson in an oxygen chamber with a story claiming that Jackson had a bizarre plan to live until he was 150 years old.

1991, Status Quo put themselves in the Guinness Book Of Records by appearing four venues in one day, Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham and London, performing all four in a 12-hour period.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 21st


1955 The Platters' "Only You" enters the Billboard Pop chart at #24 on its way to becoming a million selling, US number one hit. The song would also become the first record to sell more than a million copies in France.

1963 Bobby Vinton's second Top Ten entry, a cover of Tony Bennett's 1951 hit, "Blue Velvet", climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It was a song that Bobby recorded in two takes as a filler for an album of all "blue" songs. Session musicians on the track included Floyd Cramer ("Last Date") and Boots Randolph ("Yakety Sax").

1968 The Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions" enters the Billboard Pop chart where it will peak at #5, becoming their most successful record.

1968 Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" is released in the US where will become his only Top 40 hit single, topping out at number 20.

1979 New York's Madison Square Garden played host to The No Nukes concert that featured Poco, Tom Petty, The Doobie Brothers, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen.

1998 Oz Bach, bassist for Spanky And Our Gang on their 1967 hit, "Sunday Will Never Be The Same", died of cancer at the age of 59.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 21st


1947 Don Felder (Eagles lead guitarist) is born in Gainesville, Florida.

1972 Liam Gallagher is born William John Paul Gallagher in Burnage, Manchester, England. He forms Oasis with his older brother, Noel.

1972 David Silveria (Korn drummer) is born in San Leandro, California.

2013 Douglas Grassel (rhythm guitarist for Ohio Express) dies from fibrosis of the lungs at age 64.

source: calendarsongfacts