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This Day In Music History: February 17th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers —— A Hard Road ► Blues-Rock

1981 ● Eric Clapton —— Another Ticket ► Blues-Rock

1986 ● King Diamond —— Fatal Portrait ► Heavy Metal

2009 ● Eagles —— New Zealand Concert ► Country-Rock

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This Day In Music History: February 18th


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● Rory Gallagher —— Blueprint ► Blues-Rock

1974 ● Kiss —— Kiss ► Hard Rock

2003 ● Styx —— Cyclorama ► Prog/Art Rock


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This Day In Rock History: February 19th


1966 Lou Christie enjoys his only US number one record with "Lightnin' Strikes", a song that his record company, MGM, hated so much, they initially refused to release. Label head Lenny Shear actually threw the tape in the wastebasket and said it was "a piece of crap." After Christie's management team promoted the record themselves, it started to gain attention and three months later, Billboard magazine featured a picture of Shear presenting Christie with a Gold record. It became a #11 hit in the UK.

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1948 Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is born in Birmingham, England.

1948 Mark Andes, a bass player who does stints in Spirit, Firefall, Canned Heat and Heart, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1949 Eddie Hardin of The Spencer Davis Group is born in London.

1950 Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash is born in London.

1954 Francis Buchholz (bass guitarist for Scorpions) is born in Hannover, Germany.

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This Day In Rock History: February 19th



1980: AC/DC singer Bon Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning in London while sleeping in a friend’s car. He was 33 years old.


Birthdays:
Paul Dean-guitarist for Loverboy born in 1946

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This Day In Music History: February 19th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● The Rascals —— Once Upon A Dream ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1971 ● Yes —— The Yes Album ► Prog Rock

1990 ● Peter Wolf —— Up To No Good ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul

1996 ● Bruce Dickinson —— Skunkworks ► Heavy Metal

2002 ● Humble Pie —— Back On Track ► Hard Rock

2002 ● The Cars —— Complete Greatest Hits ► New Wave Pop-Rock


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This Day In Rock History: February 20th



1955 Rock bassist Jon Brant (of Cheap Trick) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1967 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is born in Aberdeen, Washington. He gets his first guitar on his 14th birthday and works on mastering Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

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1982: Pat Benatar married her guitarist Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was Benatar’s second marriage & they’re still married to this day.

1988: Foreigner peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Say You Will” which was their eighth top ten single in the U.S.

Birthdays:
J. Geils-guitarist for The J. Geils Band born in 1946
Walter Becker-bassist & guitarist for Steely Dan born in 1950


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This Day In Music History: February 20th


A few albums that was released....


1974 ● Tangerine Dream —— Phaedra ► Art Rock

1996 ● Lou Reed —— Set The Twilight Reeling ► Hard Rock

2001 ● The Monkees —— Music Box ► Pop-Rock


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