This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 19th


1948 Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is born in Birmingham, England

1948 Mark Andes, a bass player who does stints in Spirit, Firefall, Canned Heat and Heart, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1954 Francis Buchholz (bass guitarist for Scorpions) is born in Hannover, Germany.

1985 Mick Jagger releases his first solo album, She's The Boss.

2002 Ten months after his death, Joey Ramone's only solo album, Don't Worry About Me, is released. He worked on it at the end of his life while battling lymphoma.

2009 Kelly Groucutt of Electric Light Orchestra dies of a heart attack at age 63.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 19th


1982: Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio for urinating on The Alamo. At the time of his arrest, Osbourne was wearing a dress which belonged to his manager (later wife), Sharon Arden.


1993: Lynyrd Skynyrd celebrated their twentieth anniversary with a Lynyrd Skynyrd & Friends LYVE performance from Atlanta’s Fox Theatre that aired live on pay-per-view. Special guests included Peter Frampton, Charlie Daniels, Zakk Wylde, Poison singer Bret Michaels & Cinderella singer Tom Kiefer.


Birthdays:
Paul Dean-guitarist for Loverboy born in 1946

source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 19th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Yes —— The Yes Album ► Prog Rock

1990 ● Peter Wolf —— Up To No Good ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul

1996 ● Bruce Dickinson —— Skunkworks ► Heavy Metal

2002 ● Humble Pie —— Back On Track ► Hard Rock

2002 ● The Cars —— Complete Greatest Hits ► New Wave Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 20th



2008, A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The 'Black and Blue' LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The seller obtained the album after haggling the cost down from £3.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 20th



1946 John Geils (founder of The J. Geils Band) is born in New York City, but grows up in Far Hills, New Jersey.

1950 Walter Becker, co-founder of Steely Dan, is born in Queens, New York City. He meets bandmate and songwriting partner Donald Fagen while attending Bard College.

1951 Randy California of the band Spirit is born in Los Angeles. Born Randy Craig Wolfe, he writes and performs the guitar instrumental "Taurus," which becomes the subject of a lawsuit claiming Led Zeppelin incorporated it into the intro of "Stairway To Heaven."

1955 Rock bassist Jon Brant (of Cheap Trick) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1967 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is born in Aberdeen, Washington. He gets his first guitar on his 14th birthday and works on mastering Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 20th


A few albums that was released....



1958 ● Buddy Holly —— Buddy Holly ► Pop-Rock

1972 ● Elvis Presley —— Elvis Now ► Adult Contemporary

1974 ● Tangerine Dream —— Phaedra ► Art Rock

1996 ● Lou Reed —— Set The Twilight Reeling ► Hard Rock

2001 ● The Monkees —— Music Box ► Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 21st


1972, Led Zeppelin released 'Rock And Roll / Four Sticks' as a 7 inch single in the US, peaking at No.47 on the chart. The song was written as a spontaneous jam session, whilst the band were trying to finish 'Four Sticks'. Drummer John Bonham played the introduction to Little Richard's 'You Keep A-Knockin' and Page added a guitar riff; with the tapes rolling the basic song was finished fifteen minutes later.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 21st


2019 Monkees' bassist Peter Tork passed away at the age of 77. He had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that affected his tongue ten years earlier, but a regular check-up declared him cancer free in 2012.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 21st


1948 Paul Newton (bassist for Uriah Heep) is born in Andover, Hampshire, England.

1951 Vince Welnick (keyboardist for The Tubes, Grateful Dead) is born in Phoenix, Arizona.



source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 21st


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Blood, Sweat & Tears —— Child Is Father To The Man ► Pop-Rock

1973 ● The Temptations —— Masterpiece ► Soul – Motown

1975 ● Status Quo —— On The Level ► Blues-Rock

1976 ● Bad Company —— Run With The Pack ► Hard Rock

1986 ● Elvis Costello —— King Of America ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1994 ● Emperor —— In The Nightside Eclipse ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll