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1965, After changing his name from Toby Tyler to Marc Bolan, the future T. Rex star performed his first single 'The Wizard' on the UK TV show Ready Steady Go!

2008, Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience was found dead in his US hotel room aged 61. As a teenager, he starred in a children's television programme, Jennings and Derbyshire, and starred in a leading role in the 1960 British film Bottoms Up with Jimmy Edwards. Mitchell had been working with Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames when in 1966 he was invited to audition for a new band being formed to back Jimi Hendrix. In December 1968, Mitchell played with the Dirty Mac, an all-star band assembled for The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (with John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards)

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1947 Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Buck Dharma is born Donald Brian Roeser in Long Island, New York. He writes their hit "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."

1955 Les McKeown (lead singer for Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1964 David Ellefson (bassist for Megadeth) is born in Jackson, Minnesota.


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1944 Organist and namesake of the legendary Memphis group, Booker T. & The MGs, Booker T. Jones celebrates his birthday.

1945 Neil Young is born in the free world (Toronto, Canada). Hey, hey, my, my. 1945

2017 Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's autobiography, "What Does This Button Do?,” lands at #10 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best sellers list.


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A few albums that was released....



1971 ● Genesis —— Nursery Cryme ► Prog Rock

1972 ● Hall & Oates —— Whole Oats ► Pop-Rock

1973 ● Buffalo Springfield —— Buffalo Springfield (Collection) ► Folk-Rock

1982 ● J. Geils Band —— Showtime! ► Blues-Rock

1991 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Lynyrd Skynyrd (Box Set) ► Southern Rock

1996 ● Blind Melon —— Nico ► Alt. Rock

2002 ● 3 Doors Down —— Away From The Sun ► Alt Metal

2002 ● Pearl Jam —— Riot Act ► Hard Rock

2002 ● The Pretenders —— Loose Screw ► Post-Punk

2007 ● Led Zeppelin —— Mothership [UK] ► Hard Rock

2012 ● The Rolling Stones —— GRRR! ► Blues-Rock


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1964, Decca Records released The Rolling Stones' 'Little Red Rooster'. Written by Willie Dixon (as The Red Rooster), and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke, the single was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago. The single was a No.1 hit in the UK and remains the only time a blues song has ever topped the UK pop chart.

1992, Ronnie Bond drummer with The Troggs died. Scored the 1966 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Wild Thing' and 1966 UK No.1 ‘With A Girl Like You.’

2016, Leon Russell died in Nashville, he was 74. He led Joe Cocker’s band Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and appeared at George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Many of his songs became hits for others, among them 'Superstar' (written with Bonnie Bramlett) for the Carpenters, 'Delta Lady' for Joe Cocker and 'This Masquerade' for George Benson. More than 100 acts have recorded 'A Song for You,' which Russell said he wrote in 10 minutes.

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1968 Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones buys Cotchford Farms in Sussex, England where A.A. Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh. There were still statues of Pooh characters on the grounds.

1971 Slade, one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s, score the first of their six UK number one records with "Coz I Luv You". The mis-spelt title became a trademark for the band, which caused a great deal of concern by school teachers in Great Britain.

1999 Drummer R.J. Vealey of the Atlanta Rhythm Section suffered a fatal heart attack 10 minutes after their show in Orlando, Florida. The 37 year old Vealey had joined the band in 1995.

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1947 Toy Caldwell (lead guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band) is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

1951 Bill Gibson (drummer for Huey Lewis and the News) is born in Sacramento, California.

2005 At his concert in Anaheim, California, Paul McCartney plays "Good Day Sunshine," which is beamed into space to wake up astronauts on board the International Space Station.

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1971: Santana reached the top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the second time with Santana III which spent five weeks at number one. Santana didn’t return to the top of the album chart again until 1999 with Supernatural.

1992: Crue Ball a pinball video game based around Motley Crue & featured three songs by Motley Crue (“Dr. Feelgood”, “Live Wire” & “Home Sweet Home”) was released for the Sega Genesis video game system.

1992: Elton John performed his first concert in Mexico at the Estadio Azteca stadium in Mexico City before an audience of 90,000.

Birthdays:
Roger Steen-guitarist for The Tubes born in 1949
Aldo Nova born in 1956


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1961 - The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was released.

1965 - "Fever" by the McCoys' was released.

1968 - The Beatles' animated movie "Yellow Submarine" premiered in the U.S.

1971 - Three Dog Night's "Old Fashioned Love Song" was released.

1995 - The Rolling Stones released their acoustic "Stripped" album.

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A few albums that was released....


1958 ● Johnny Cash —— Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous ► Country

1965 ● The Four Tops —— Four Tops’ Second Album ► Soul – Motown

1978 ● Siouxsie And The Banshees —— The Scream ► Glam Rock

1981 ● Slade —— Till Deaf Do Us Part ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Eagles —— Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 ► Country-Rock

1995 ● Queen —— Ultimate Queen ► Glam Rock

2000 ● Oasis —— Familiar To Millions ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Britpop

2000 ● Queen —— The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III ► Glam Rock

2012 ● Soundgarden —— King Animal ► Grunge Rock


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