This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 1st


1967 32 year old Elvis Presley married 21 year old Priscilla Beaulieu, a girl he first met in 1959 when she was just 14 years old. When Elvis got out of the army in 1960, Beaulieu moved into the King's Graceland mansion with her family's blessing. The wedding ceremony took place at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and although the marriage license was only $15, the wedding cake cost $3,500. Elvis gave his new bride a $4,000 ring that featured a three karat diamond surrounded by twenty smaller diamonds. She gave him a plain gold band. Priscilla's maid of honor was her sister, Michelle. Joe Esposito and Marty Lacker were duel best men, but the rest of the "Memphis Mafia" were conspicuously absent because they hadn't been invited. The ceremony was followed by a reception for 80 guests.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 1st


1946 Nick Fortuna (bass guitarist for The Buckinghams) is born in Chicago, Illinois

1946 Jerry Weiss (trumpeter and flugelhorn player for Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in New York City.

1954 Guitarist and songwriter Ray Parker, Jr., writer and performer of the Ghostbusters theme, is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1956 Johnny Cash releases "I Walk The Line."

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: May 1st


A few albums that was released...


1961 ● Ben E. King —— Spanish Harlem ► Soul

1969 ● Joni Mitchell —— Clouds ► Folk-Rock

1972 ● Jeff Beck Group —— The Jeff Beck Group ► Blues-Rock

1975 ● James Taylor —— Gorilla ► Folk-Rock

1990 ● Rory Gallagher —— Fresh Evidence ► Blues-Rock

2001 ● Stevie Nicks —— Trouble In Shangri-La ► Pop-Rock

2007 ● Black Sabbath —— Live At Hammersmith Odeon ► Hard Rock

2007 ● Rush —— Snakes & Arrows ► Prog/Art Rock

2007 ● Warren Zevon —— Preludes:Rare And Unreleased Recordings ► Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 2nd


1945 Rock keyboardist Goldy McJohn (of Steppenwolf) is born John Raymond Goadsby in Toronto, Canada.

1951 Jo Callis (keyboardist, guitarist for The Human League) is born John William Callis in Rotherham, England.

1951 John Glascock (bassist for Jethro Tull) is born in Islington, Greater London, England.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: May 2nd


A few albums that was released...



1978 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— You’re Gonna Get It! ► Album Rock

1982 ● Rory Gallagher —— Jinx ► Blues-Rock

1995 ● Ian Anderson —— Divinities: Twelve Dances With God ► Prog Rock

2000 ● Billy Joel —— 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert ► Pop-Rock

2006 ● Pearl Jam —— Live In NYC 12/31/92 ► Hard Rock

2006 ● Pearl Jam —— Pearl Jam ► Hard Rock



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 3rd


1933 James Brown is born in Barnwell, South Carolina, but will be raised in Augusta, Georgia.

1934 '60s pop singer Frankie Valli (of The Four Seasons) is born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio in Newark, New Jersey

1944 Pete Staples (bass guitarist for The Troggs) is born in Andover, Hampshire, England.

1953 Bruce Hall (bassist for REO Speedwagon) is born in Champaign, Illinois.

1964 Sterling Campbell is born in New York City. An accomplished drummer, he has stints in several bands including Duran Duran, Soul Asylum and The B-52s

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 3rd


1988 - Queensrÿche released the album "Operation: Mindcrime."

1988 - Poison released the album "Open Up and Say...Ahh!"


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: May 3rd


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Sly & The Family Stone —— Stand! ► Soul-Funk

1974 ● Status Quo —— Quo ► Hard Rock

1976 ● Aerosmith —— Rocks ► Hard Rock

1982 ● Frank Zappa —— Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ► Art Rock

1994 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Where It All Begins ► Southern Rock

2009 ● Rush —— Retrospective III: 1989-2008 ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 4th


1923 Ed Cassidy (drummer for Spirit) is born in Harvey, Illinois.

1940 Ronnie Bond (drummer for The Troggs) is born Ronald James Bullis in Andover, Hampshire, England.

1945 Georg Wadenius (lead guitarist for Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Stockholm, Sweden.

1951 Mick Mars (lead guitarist for Motley Crue) is born Robert Alan Deal in Terre Haute, Indiana.

1951 Bruce Day (bass player for Santana, Pablo Cruise) is born.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: May 4th


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● Yes —— Yessongs ► Prog Rock

1982 ● 38 Special —— Special Forces ► Southern Rock

1994 ● Dark Funeral —— Dark Funeral ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal

1998 ● Therion —— Vovin ► Heavy Metal/Symphonic Metal

1999 ● Black Label Society —— Sonic Brew ► Heavy Metal/Southern Rock

2004 ● Styx —— Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology ► Prog/Art Rock

2010 ● Extreme —— Take Us Alive ► Pop-Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll