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This Day In Music History: August 14th


A few albums that was released....


1964 ● The Rolling Stones —— 5 X 5 ► British Invasion

1983 ● The Who —— Rarities Volume I & Volume II ► British Rock

1992 ● Motörhead —— March Ör Die ► Heavy Metal

2012 ● Loverboy —— Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival ► Arena Rock


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This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1969 Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.

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This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1942 Pete York (drummer for The Spencer Davis Group) is born in Redcar, Yorkshire, England.

1948 Tom Johnston (frontman for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Visalia, California

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This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1979 - Led Zeppelin's album "In Through the Out Door" was released. This was the last album released by the band prior to the death of John Bonham.

1991 - Paul Simon played a free concert at New York's Central Park in front of an estimated 750,000 people.

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A few albums that was released....

1969 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Pious Bird Of Good Omen ► Blues-Rock

1972 ● The Band —— Rock Of Ages ► Folk-Rock

1980 ● America —— Alibi ► Folk-Rock

1980 ● The Cars —— Panorama ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1981 ● The Pretenders —— Pretenders II ► Post-Punk

1981 ● The Kinks —— Give The People What They Want ► British Rock

1983 ● AC/DC —— Flick Of The Switch ► Hard Rock

1983 ● Cheap Trick —— Next Position Please ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

1985 ● Dio —— Sacred Heart ► Heavy Metal

1988 ● Glenn Frey —— Soul Searchin’ ► Pop-Rock

1989 ● The Rolling Stones —— Singles Collection: The London Years ► Blues-Rock

1995 ● Blind Melon —— Soup ► Alt. Rock


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This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1970 The final day of the three day UK Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival at Krumlin, Yorkshire took place featuring The Kinks, Mungo Jerry, Yes, Ginger Bakers Air Force and Edgar Winter. Weekend tickets, £3.


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This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1948 Barry Hay (frontman for Golden Earring) is born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1957 Tim Farriss (lead guitarist for INXS) is born in Perth, Western Australia.

1966 The Monkees release their first single, "Last Train To Clarksville."

1977 The King is dead. Elvis Presley dies at his home in Graceland as a result of an overdose from prescription drugs.

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This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1986 At a soggy Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donington, England, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen gets a huge ovation when he takes the stage with the band. Twenty months earlier, Allen's left arm was severed in a car accident, and after extensive rehab and some warm-up gigs, he makes a triumphant return at the festival, playing barefoot behind a drum kit modified with electronic pedals. Scorpions and Motörhead are also on the bill, which is headlined by Ozzy Osbourne.

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