This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 6th


1945 Bob Marley is born Nesta Robert Marley in Jamaica. His mother is a native of Jamaica and his father an officer in the British military.

1957 Simon Phillips (drummer for Toto) is born in London, England.

1962 Axl Rose, born William Bruce Rose, Jr., is born in Lafayette, Indiana.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 6th


A few albums that was released.


1967 ● The Byrds —— Younger Than Yesterday ► Country-Rock

1978 ● Jefferson Starship —— Earth ► Arena Rock

1984 ● 38 Special —— Tour De Force ► Southern Rock

1984 ● Simple Minds —— Sparkle In The Rain ► New Wave Alt. Pop

1989 ● Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead —— Dylan & The Dead ► Folk-Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 7th


1959, Buddy Holly was buried in Lubbock, Texas. His tombstone reads "Holley", the correct spelling of his given surname and includes pictures of a guitar. On Feb 3rd 1959, after a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and the pilot, an infamous milestone in rock history known as The Day the Music Died.

1963, The first Beatles single 'Please Please Me' was released in the US on the Vee Jay label. Capitol Records, EMI's United States label, were offered the right to release the single in the US, but turned it down. Dick Biondi, a disc jockey on WLS in Chicago and a friend of Vee-Jay executive Ewart Abner, played the song on the radio from February 1963, thus becoming the first DJ to play a Beatles record in the United States.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 7th


1948 Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboardist for Three Dog Night) is born in Los Angeles, California. His mother is silent movie actress Mary O'Brian.

1949 Alan Lancaster (bassist, vocalist for Status Quo) is born in Peckham, London, England.

1959 Ritchie Valens is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery.

1962 David Bryan (keyboardist for Bon Jovi) is born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

2000 Dave Peverett (original lead vocalist for Foghat, guitarist for Savoy Brown) dies of cancer at age 56.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 7th


A few albums that was released.


1973 ● The Stooges —— Raw Power ► Proto-Punk

1976 ● The James Gang —— Jesse Come Home ► Blues-Rock

2006 ● Whitesnake —— The Definitive Collection ► Arena Rock

2012 ● Van Halen —— A Different Kind Of Truth ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 8th



2005, American rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter Keith Knudson from with The Doobie Brothers died of pneumonia aged 56. The Doobie Brothers scored the 1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes' and 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin.' He founded the band Southern Pacific with fellow Doobie Brother John McFee.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 8th


1943 Creed Bratton (former lead vocalist and lead guitarist for The Grass Roots) is born William Charles Schneider in Los Angeles, California.

1946 Paul Wheatbread (drummer for Gary Puckett & the Union Gap) is born in San Diego, California.

1946 Adolfo 'Fito' de la Parra (drummer for Canned Heat) is born in Mexico City, Mexico.

1948 Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley) is born in McCamey, Texas. He is the younger brother of Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts).

1961 Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil is born in Los Angeles.

1989 Anthrax earn their first Gold album when their fourth album, State of Euphoria, is certified for sales of 500,000 copies.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 8th


1965 - The Supremes' "Stop in the Name Of Love" was released.

1993 - The Metallica single "Sad But True" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 8th


A few albums that was released.



1993 ● Poison —— Native Tongue ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal

1995 ● Stratovarius —— Fourth Dimension ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal

1997 ● Edguy —— Kingdom Of Madness ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal

2000 ● 3 Doors Down —— The Better Life ► Post-Grunge Alt Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 9th



1981, American singer and musician Bill Haley who became known as the first Rock 'n' Roll star, was found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlingen, Texas from a heart attack, aged 55. He scored the 1955 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Around the Clock' as well as 'See You Later, Alligator’, ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’, ‘Rocket 88’, ‘Skinny Minnie’, and ‘Razzle Dazzle’. Haley was blinded in his left eye as a child due to a botched operation and later adopted his distinctive spit-curl hairstyle to distract attention from his blind eye.

2015, Bob Dylan turned the tables on his critics during a 30-minute speech, at the Musicares charity gala honouring his career. The 73-year-old, who rarely talks about his work, asked why critics complained he "can't sing" and sounds "like a frog" but do not "say that about Tom Waits?" The singer added, "Critics say my voice is shot, that I have no voice. Why don't they say those things about Leonard Cohen? Why do I get special treatment?"

source: thisdayinmusic