This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 17th



1957 Elvis Presley bought the Graceland mansion from Mrs Ruth Brown-Moore for $102,500. (£60,295). The 23 room, 10,000 square foot home, on 13.8 acres of land, would be expanded to 17,552 square feet of living space before Elvis moved in a few weeks later. The original building had at one time been a place of worship, used by the Graceland Christian Church and was named after the builder's daughter, Grace Toof.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 17th


2010 Alex Chilton, the lead singer for The Box Tops on their Billboard Top Ten hits "The Letter" and "Cry Like A Baby", died following a heart attack. He was 59.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 17th


1941 Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, is born in San Francisco.

1944 John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful is born in New York City.

1951 Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy, Supertramp) is born in Glendale, California.

1967 Billy Corgan (frontman for The Smashing Pumpkins) is born in Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.

1990 Ric Grech, bass player in Traffic and Blind Faith, dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 43.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 17th


A few albums that was released...


1967 ● Grateful Dead —— The Grateful Dead ► Psychedelic Rock (SFO)

1969 ● The Rascals —— Freedom Suite ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1977 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Works, Vol. 1 ► Prog. Rock

1979 ● Bad Company —— Desolation Angels ► Hard Rock

1990 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Just Say Ozzy ► Hard Rock

1992 ● Twisted Sister —— Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister ► Hair Metal

1998 ● Van Halen —— Van Halen III ► Hard Rock

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 18th


2001 American singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Phillips of Mamas and The Papas died of heart failure aged 65. His first band, The Journeymen, were a folk trio, Mamas and The Papas had the US No.1 'Monday, Monday'. Phillips was married to Michelle Gilliam, they had one child together, Chynna Phillips, vocalist of the 1990s pop trio Wilson Phillips. His second solo album was released on Rolling Stones records and featured Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood.

2017 Chuck Berry died aged 90. The American guitarist, singer and songwriter was one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as 'Maybellene' (1955), 'Roll Over Beethoven' (1956), 'Rock and Roll Music' (1957) and 'Johnny B. Goode' (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 18th


1941 Wilson Pickett is born in Prattville, Alabama.

1950 John Hartman (original drummer for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Falls Church, Virginia.

1963 Jeff LaBar (guitarist for Cinderella) is born in Darby, Pennsylvania.

1966 Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell is born in Tacoma, Washington.

1979 Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine is born in Los Angeles.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 18th


Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Foreigner, Santana and Heart are among the performers at California Jam II at the Ontario Motor Speedway. An estimated 350,000 rock fans attend the largest festival of the decade. The original California Jam was four years earlier. 1978

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 18th


A few albums that was released...


1980 ● Grace Slick —— Dreams ► Psychedelic Rock

1991 ● Ike & Tina Turner —— Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner ► Soul

1996 ● The Beatles —— Anthology 2 ► Pop-Rock

1997 ● Aerosmith —— Nine Lives ► Hard Rock

2003 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Hittin’ The Note ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 19th


1982 Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and former Quiet Riot member Randy Rhoads was killed when the plane he was riding in crashed. After driving much of the night, the band had stopped near a small airstrip. The tour bus driver, Andrew Aycock, talked the band's keyboardist, Don Airey, into taking a test flight in a '55 Beechcraft Bonanza, the joyride ended, and the plane landed safely. Then Aycock took Rhoads and Rachel Youngblood on another flight and attempts were made to 'buzz' the tour bus. The left wing clipped the bus, which sent the plane spiralling into a nearby house and bursting into flames. All three bodies were burned beyond recognition, and were identified by dental records.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 19th


1974 Jefferson Airplane changes their name to Jefferson Starship. The new line-up includes Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, drummer Johnny Barbata, David Freiberg, Peter Kaukonen, Cragi Chaquico and 56 year old violinist, Papa John Creach.

1976 Former Free guitarist, 26 year old Paul Kossoff died of heart failure while on a flight across the US. He had been troubled with heart disease most of his life. Free is most often remembered for their hit, "All Right Now". Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to form Bad Company with Free drummer Simon Kirke, Boz Burrell (from King Crimson) and Mick Ralphs (of Mott the Hoople).

source: classicbands