This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 24th


1956 Police in Cleveland, Ohio enforce a 1931 ordinance that barred people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult.

1963 The Rolling Stones take over as the Sunday house band at the Station Hotel near London. They are paid 24 Pounds ($67) to entertain a crowd of 66 people.

2011 Eddie Serrato, the drummer for Question Mark And The Mysterians on their 1966 hit "96 Tears", suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 65.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 24th


1942 Paul Jones (original lead vocalist for Manfred Mann) is born Paul Pond in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

1950 Blues rocker George Thorogood is born in Wilmington, Delaware.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 24th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac ► Blues-Rock

1994 ● Cradle Of Filth —— The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh ► Heavy Metal/Extreme Metal

1998 ● Gov’t Mule —— Dose ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 25th


1943, Born on this day, George Harrison guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles’ 'Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band', with over 4.5 million copies sold. Harrison wrote the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.4 Beatles single ‘Something’. As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No.1 album 'All Things Must Pass' and the 1970 worldwide No.1 single ‘My Sweet Lord’. He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Harrison died of cancer on November 29th 2001.

1972, Led Zeppelin appeared in front of over 25,000 fans at the Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand, the group's first ever gig in New Zealand, (and the largest crowd ever to attend a concert on the island). A special train was chartered from Wellington to bring fans to the concert. News reviews the next day reported the band could be heard over five miles from the Stadium.

2011, Susan 'Suze' Rotolo, died from lung cancer. She was the one time girlfriend of Bob Dylan, and the inspiration of some of his early songs. Susan appeared in one of the decade's signature images, walking with Dylan arm-in-arm for the cover photo of his breakthrough album Freewheelin Bob Dylan.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 25th


1993 Toy Caldwell, lead singer for The Marshall Tucker band on their 1977 million seller, "Heard It In A Love Song", died in his sleep at the age of 45.

2011 Rick Coonce, drummer for The Grass Roots on their eleven Billboard Top 40 hits, died of heart failure at the age of 64.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 25th


Bob Seger releases his 11th studio album “Against The Wind.” It goes on to sell five million copies in the U.S. 1980

"Vulgar Display Of Power" is unfurled. The Pantera album sells over 2 million copies and is listed as one of the most influential Heavy Metal albums of the ‘90s. 1992


source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 25th


A few albums that was released....

1973 ● Alice Cooper —— Billion Dollar Babies ► Hard Rock

1973 ● Dr. John —— In The Right Place ► New Orleans R&B

1974 ● Aretha Franklin —— Let Me In Your Life ► Soul

1977 ● Peter Gabriel —— Peter Gabriel [1] ► Prog Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 26th


2008 Drummer Buddy Miles died from congestive heart failure at the age of 60. Miles played drums for Wilson Pickett, The Delfonics and The Ink Spots before founding The Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield and later joined Jimi Hendrix in Band Of Gypsys.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Feb 26th


1928 Fats Domino is born Antoine Domino in New Orleans, Louisiana. One of nine children, he quickly masters the piano, taking the name Fats from piano great Fats Waller (and also, he's 5'5" and well over 200 pounds).

1932 Johnny Cash is born in Kingsland, Arkansas.

1943 Paul Cotton (guitarist for Poco) is born Norman Paul Cotton in Fort Rucker, Alabama.

1943 Bob "Bear" Hite (lead singer of Canned Heat) is born in Torrance, California.

1945 Rocker Mitch Ryder is born William S. Levise Jr in Hamtramck, Michigan.

1950 Jonathan Cain (keyboardist, rhythm guitarist Journey) is born Jonathan Leonard Friga in Chicago, Illinois.

2011 Mark Tulin (bassist for The Electric Prunes) dies of a heart attack at age 62 while helping at an underwater cleanup event in Avalon, California.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Feb 26th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● The Beatles —— Hey Jude/The Beatles Again ► Pop-Rock

1981 ● Judas Priest —— Point Of Entry ► Heavy Metal

1991 ● Great White —— Hooked ► Hard Rock

1991 ● Motörhead —— 1916 ► Heavy Metal

1991 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Capitol Collectors Series ► Hard Rock

2016 ● Bonnie Raitt —— Dig In Deep ► Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll