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This Day In Music History: August 22nd


A few albums that was released....



1975 ● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Nightingales & Bombers ► Pop-Rock

1989 ● L.A. Guns —— Cocked & Loaded ► Heavy Metal

1989 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Jefferson Airplane ► Arena Rock

1995 ● King Crimson —— B’Boom: Official Bootleg – Live In Argentina ► Prog Rock

1995 ● Styx —— Styx Greatest Hits ► Prog/Art Rock

2006 ● Gov’t Mule —— High & Mighty ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock

2006 ● The Marshall Tucker Band —— Live On Long Island 04-18-80 ► Southern Rock


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This Day In Rock History: August 23rd



1967 Enjoying a wild birthday party Keith Moon drummer with The Who drove his Lincoln car into a Holiday Inn swimming pool. As the party had become out of control, the police were called to put an end to the festivities. Moon, ever keen to avoid the boys in blue snuck outside and got into a Lincoln Continental Limousine and attempted to make a getaway. Unfortunately, in his inebriated state he released the handbrake, and began rolling towards the pool. Moon simply sat back and waited, as the car crashed through the fence around the pool and into the water.

1968 During a North American tour The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at Singer Bowl, Flushing Meadow Park, New York. Also on the bill was Soft Machine and Big Brother and the Holding Company.

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1946 Keith Moon (drummer for The Who) is born in Wembley, London, England.

1949 Rick Springfield is born Richard Lewis Springthorpe in South Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia. Before becoming a pop star, he plays Dr. Noah Drake on the soap opera General Hospital.

1951 Rock vocalist Jimi Jamison (of Survivor) is born in rural Mississippi. Also known for singing and co-writing the theme for the action series Baywatch.

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This Day In Music History: August 23rd


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Mr. Wonderful ► Blues-Rock

1980 ● Tygers Of Pang Yang —— Wild Cat ► Heavy Metal

1983 ● Ratt —— Ratt [EP] ► Glam Metal

1984 ● Frank Zappa —— Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger ► Art Rock/Contemporary Orchestral

1988 ● Bad Company —— Dangerous Age ► Hard Rock

2005 ● Yes —— The Word Is Live ► Prog Rock


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This Day In Rock History: August 24th


1938 David Freiberg (vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1943 John Cipollina (lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service) is born in Berkeley, California.

1945 Ken Hensley (multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for Uriah Heep) is born in Hertfordshire, England.

1947 Jim Fox (drummer for the James Gang) is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

1951 Danny Joe Brown (lead singer of Molly Hatchet) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

1951 Michael Derosier (former drummer for Heart) is born in Canada.

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This Day In Rock History: August 24th


1968: Steppenwolf peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Born to Be Wild” which was their highest charting single in the U.S.

1979: The Cars performed a free concert at Central Park in New York City in front of an audience of 500,000.

1989: The Who performed Tommy at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles with an all-star cast that included Elton John, Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Steve Winwood & Patti LaBelle.


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1982 ● R.E.M. —— Chronic Town [EP] ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1983 ● Rainbow —— Bent Out Of Shape ► Hard Rock

1987 ● John Cougar Mellencamp —— The Lonesome Jubilee ► Roots Rock

1999 ● Elton John —— The Muse [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock

2004 ● The Rolling Stones —— Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones ► Blues-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: August 25th


1975 Bruce Springsteen released his third studio album Born to Run. The album peaked at No.3 on the Billboard chart eventually selling six million copies in the United States and has since been considered by critics to be one of the greatest albums in popular music. Two singles were released from the album: 'Born to Run' and 'Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out'; the first helped Springsteen to reach mainstream popularity.

2001 American singer, actress Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas aged 22. The small Cessna plane crashed a few minutes after take off killing everyone on board with exception to four passengers who were pulled from the wreckage but later died. Aaliyah had been filming a video for her latest release 'Rock The Boat' on the island.

2014 Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' was voted the greatest guitar riff of all time by listeners of BBC Radio 2 in the UK. The rock classic came out top from a list of 100 riffs drawn up by a panel of Radio 2 and 6 Music DJs, critics and record producers. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns 'N' Roses was second in the poll, with Back In Black (AC/DC) and 'Smoke On The Water' (Deep Purple) the next most popular.

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This Day In Rock History: August 25th


1941 Christopher Augustine (drummer for Every Mother's Son) is born in New York. Known for the 1967 hit "Come on Down to My Boat."

1949 Gene Simmons (of Kiss) is born Chaim Weitz in Haifa, Israel, to **** concentration camp survivor Flora Klein and her carpenter husband, Feri.

1951 Rob Halford (frontman for Judas Priest) is born in Sutton Coldfield, England.

1952 Geoff Downes (keyboard player/songwriter for Asia and Yes) is born Stockport, Cheshire, England.

1962 Vivian Campbell, who would replace the late Steve Clark as guitarist for Def Leppard, is born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.


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This Day In Rock History: August 25th


1976 - Boston released its self-titled debut album.

1986 - Paul Simon's "Graceland" was released.

1988 - Metallica released the album "And Justice For All."


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