This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 5th


A few albums that was released....

1966 ● Buffalo Springfield —— Buffalo Springfield ► Folk-Rock

1975 ● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Live! ► Roots Reggae

1980 ● Blues Brothers —— Made In America ► Blues-Rock

1981 ● Black Flag —— Damaged ► Post-Punk

2000 ● Alice In Chains —— Live ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal

2000 ● Alice Cooper —— Brutally Live ► Hard Rock

2000 ● Neil Young —— Road Rock Vol. 1 ► Folk-Rock

2006 ● Frank Zappa —— The MOFO Project/Object ► Prog Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 6th


1966, The Beatles recorded Christmas and New Year's greetings for pirate radio stations Radio Caroline and Radio London. Both stations were broadcasting from ships anchored off the British coastline.

1968, The Rolling Stones released Beggars Banquet their seventh UK studio album. For the album, (which included 'Street Fighting Man', and 'Sympathy for the Devil'), the Stones had gone to great lengths to toughen their sound and banish the haze of psychedelia, and in doing so, they launched a five-year period in which they would produce their very greatest records.

1969, The Rolling Stones played a free festival at Altamont in California, along with Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Rolling Stones fan Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death as the group played by Hell's Angels who'd been hired to police the event. It's claimed Hunter was waving a revolver. One other man drowned, two men were killed by in a hit-and run accident and two babies were born.

1988, American singer songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack aged 52. Scored the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'Pretty Woman', plus over 20 US & 30 UK Top 40 singles including ‘Only the Lonely’ and ‘Crying’. Formed his first band The Wink Westerners in 1949, was a member of The Traveling Wilburys (known as Lefty Wilbury) with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty and had the 1988 UK No.21 single 'Handle With Care'. Orbison endured a great deal of tragedy in his life. His first wife, Claudette died in a motorcycle accident in 1966 and two of his three sons, died in a house fire.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 6th


1957 Mercury Records releases The Diamonds' version of "The Stroll". The song will peak at #4 on the Billboard Pop chart and help spark a dance craze where two lines of dancers, men on one side and women on the other, face each other, moving in place to the music.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 6th


1943 Mike Smith (lead vocalist, keyboardist for The Dave Clark Five) is born in Edmonton, North London, England.

1956 Peter Buck (lead guitarist for R.E.M.) is born in Berkeley, California. While attending the University of Georgia, he works at Wuxtry Records and meets future bandmate Michael Stipe.

1956 Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot guitarist) is born in Santa Monica, California.

1961 Keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, who is on tour with Smashing Pumpkins when he dies of a drug overdose in 1996, is born in Los Angeles. He is the brother of Wendy Melvoin of Wendy & Lisa.

1965 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles release "Going To A Go-Go."

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 6th


1983: Asia’s concert from Tokyo’s Budokan, Asia in Asia was broadcast live on MTV. This was Greg Lake’s live debut with Asia.

1986: Ringo Starr became the first Beatle to get into advertising after signing a seven-figure deal to be the spokesperson for a wine cooler company.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 6th


A few albums that was released....


1965 ● The Byrds —— Turn! Turn! Turn! ► Country-Rock

1977 ● Jackson Browne —— Running On Empty ► Folk-Rock

1991 ● Cathedral —— Forest Of Equilibrium [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal

1993 ● Depeche Mode —— Songs Of Faith And Devotion Live ► Synth-Pop

2005 ● Korn —— See You On The Other Side ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal

2006 ● Poco —— Wilwood Sessions, The ► Country-Rock

2011 ● Korn —— The Path Of Totality ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 7th


2016, Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died aged 69 after a battle with cancer. One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the band combined heavy rock riffs with a classical influence. They scored hit albums with Pictures at an Exhibition, Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery and Lake had his solo hit 'I Believe in Father Christmas'. Jimi Hendrix considered joining ELP in their earliest incarnation, and if this had happened, the band would've been known as HELP.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 7th



1984: Foreigner released their fifth studio album Agent Provocateur which went on to reach number four on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and sell three million copies in the U.S.


Birthdays:
Tom Waits born in 1949


source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Dec 7th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Pendulum ► Folk-Rock

1971 ● Paul McCartney & Wings —— Wild Life ► Pop-Rock

1973 ● The Temptations —— 1990 ► Soul – Motown

1992 ● Nine Inch Nails —— Fixed ► Industrial Metal

1993 ● Three Dog Night —— Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975 ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1998 ● Nightwish —— Oceanborn ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Dec 8th


1980, John Lennon was shot five times by 25 year old Mark Chapman outside the Dakota building in New York City where John and Yoko lived. Chapman had been waiting for Lennon outside the Dakota apartments since mid-morning and had asked for an autograph earlier in the day. Lennon was pronounced dead from a massive loss of blood at 11.30pm. Chapman has since said he shot the former Beatle because he wanted to "steal" his fame — stating that now he was a bigger nobody than he was before. He also revealed he planned the killing for three months and considered murdering other celebrities who he thought were "phonies."

source: thisdayinmusic