This Day In Rock History: July 17th
1939 Spencer Davis (of The Spencer Davis Group) is born in Swansea, Wales.
1947 M-I-C-K Tucker (drummer for Sweet) is born in Harlesden, North West London, England.
1949 Terence "Geezer" Butler (bassist, lyricist for Black Sabbath) is born in Aston, Birmingham, England.
1991 Fourteen years after the deadly crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Baton Rouge-bound aircraft, the surviving members of the band, reunited under the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991," return to the Louisiana city to kick off a new tour. Shirts sold for the event read, "Baton Rouge! After 14 years! We're finally here..."
1996 Chas Chandler (bassist for The Animals, Jimi Hendrix Experience) dies of an aortic aneurysm at age 57.
2009 Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon ("A World Without Love") dies of a heart attack at age 64.
source: calendarsongfacts
1939 Spencer Davis (of The Spencer Davis Group) is born in Swansea, Wales.
1947 M-I-C-K Tucker (drummer for Sweet) is born in Harlesden, North West London, England.
1949 Terence "Geezer" Butler (bassist, lyricist for Black Sabbath) is born in Aston, Birmingham, England.
1991 Fourteen years after the deadly crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Baton Rouge-bound aircraft, the surviving members of the band, reunited under the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991," return to the Louisiana city to kick off a new tour. Shirts sold for the event read, "Baton Rouge! After 14 years! We're finally here..."
1996 Chas Chandler (bassist for The Animals, Jimi Hendrix Experience) dies of an aortic aneurysm at age 57.
2009 Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon ("A World Without Love") dies of a heart attack at age 64.
source: calendarsongfacts