This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 17th


1979 Jethro Tull bass player John Glascock died at the age of 28, as a result of a congenital heart defect. Had also been a member of Chicken Shack.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 17th


1962 The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" reaches the top spot on the Billboard singles chart, just as their first hit, "Sherry" did earlier in the year. Songwriter Bob Crewe later said that he was inspired to write the song after he heard actor John Payne use the phase "big girls don't cry" in a 1956 movie called Slightly Scarlet. In the UK, the song reached #13.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 17th


1937 Gerry McGee (lead guitarist for The Ventures) is born in Eunice, Louisiana.

1938 Gordon Lightfoot is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1944 Gene Clark (tambourine player, guitarist, vocalist for The Byrds) is born Harold Eugene Clark in Tipton, Missouri.

1946 Martin Barre (guitarist for Jethro Tull) is born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England.

1975 Tommy Bolin's debut solo album, Teaser, is released. The album runs the gamut stylistically, and spawns the rocking title track, which Mötley Crüe covers years later.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 17th


A few albums that was released....

1972 ● The Moody Blues —— Seventh Sojourn ► Psychedelic Rock

1978 ● The Doors —— An American Prayer ► Blues-Rock

1980 ● The Easybeats —— Absolute Anthology ► Rock ‘N’ Roll

2009 ● Rush —— Working Men ► Prog/Art Rock

2017 ● Bob Seger —— I Knew You When ► Heartland Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th


1970 Led Zeppelin III was at No.1 on the UK & US album charts. The original cover and interior gatefold art consisted of a surreal collection of random images. Behind the front cover was a rotatable laminated card disc, covered with more images, including photos of the band members, which showed through holes in the cover. The distinctive cover was based on a suggestion of Jimmy Page's that it should resemble an old-fashioned gardening seed chart. Designed by Richard Drew aka Zacron, the sleeve photographs were taken by fellow Leeds Polytechnic lecturer Martin Salisbury.

2017 Australian musician and songwriter Malcolm Young died age 64. Young was best known as a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter for AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its November 1973 beginning until retiring permanently in 2014. Young was born in 1953 in Glasgow before his family emigrated to Australia when he was 10. His family confirmed he was suffering from dementia in 2014.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th



1968 The Spiral Staircase record their million selling tune, "More Today Than Yesterday", which will reach #12 on the Billboard chart and #7 on the Cash Box Best Sellers list the following Spring. Unfortunately, about 18 months following the single's release, after issuing one album and a couple of more singles, the group disbanded due to management issues and squabbles over finances.

2015 Carly Simon finally revealed part of the mystery behind one of Pop music's most enduring puzzles: the inspiration for her 1972 hit "You're So Vain". Simon said the subject in question is actually based on a composite of three of the men in her life around that time, and the second verse is about actor Warren Beatty.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th


1949 Herman Rarebell (drummer for the Scorpions) is born in Schmelz, Germany

1950 Rudy Sarzo (bass guitarist for Quiet Riot, Whitesnake) is born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont in Havana, Cuba, but will be raised in Florida.

1950 Graham Parker (lead singer of Graham Parker & the Rumour) is born in London, England.

1962 Kirk Hammett (lead guitarist for Metallica) is born in San Francisco, California.

1968 A group called Pogo, which includes Randy Meisner, Jim Messina and Richie Furay, debuts at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. They change their name to Poco to avoid legal action over the comic strip Pogo

1997 AC/DC release their Bon Scott tribute compilation Bonfire.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th


AC/DC's Angus Young tops Maxium Magazine's list of the "25 greatest short dudes of all time." The 5-foot, 2-inch guitarist beat out the two inch taller Napoleon Bonaparte and former NBA guard Spud Webb, who is a majestic 5-foot, 7-inches. 2005

source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th


1974: Genesis released their sixth album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway which was their last album with Peter Gabriel. The album would later go Gold sixteen years after its initial release.

1994: The Rolling Stones became the first major band to have a segment of a concert broadcast live on the internet with 20 minutes of their concert at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas being broadcast.

source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 18th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Three Dog Night —— Naturally ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1978 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Love Beach ► Prog Rock

1979 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Emerson, Lake & Palmer In Concert ► Prog Rock

1981 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Hard Rock

1983 ● Ian Anderson —— Walk Into Light ► Electronic/Art Rock

1985 ● Slade —— Crackers – The Christmas Party Album ► Hard Rock

1989 ● Whitesnake —— Slip Of The Tongue ► Arena Rock

1997 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Fit To Be Tied ► Hard Rock

1997 ● Metallica —— Reload ► Heavy Metal

1998 ● Savatage —— Believe ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal

2003 ● April Wine —— Best Of April Wine ► Arena Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll