This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 11th


1970 Deja Vu, the first album by Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, (and the second by the trio configuration of Crosby, Stills, and Nash), was released. It topped the pop album chart for one week and spawned three US Top 40 singles: 'Teach Your Children', 'Our House', and 'Woodstock'.

2016 English musician Keith Emerson died in Santa Monica, California, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he had become 'depressed, nervous and anxious' because nerve damage in his hands had hampered his playing. Emerson found his first commercial success with the Nice, in the late 1960s and was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 11th


1947 Vanilla Fudge lead singer Mark Stein is born in Bayonne, New Jersey.

1947 Keyboardist "Blue" Weaver (Mott The Hoople, The Strawbs) is born Derek John Weaver in Cardiff, Wales

1948 George Kooymans (vocalist, guitarist for Golden Earring) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

1964 Pantera drummer and co-founder Vinnie Paul is born in Abilene, Texas.

2015 Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboardist for Three Dog Night) dies of cancer, metastatic melanoma, at age 67.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 11th


A few albums that was released....


1972 ● Harry Chapin —— Heads And Tales ► Folk-Pop

1974 ● Chicago —— Chicago VII ► Jazz-Rock

1975 ● Alice Cooper —— Welcome To My Nightmare ► Hard Rock

1977 ● T. Rex —— Dandy In The Underworld ► Glam Rock

1983 ● Quiet Riot —— Metal Health ► Heavy Metal

1985 ● Eric Clapton —— Behind The Sun ► Blues-Rock

1997 ● Heart —— These Dreams: Greatest Hits ► Album Rock

1997 ● Santana —— Live At The Fillmore ► Jazz Fusion

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 12th



1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico the debut album by the Velvet Underground was released by Verve Records. Though the record was a commercial failure upon release and was almost entirely ignored by contemporary critics, The Velvet Underground & Nico is now widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of popular music.

2012 Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack died at his home in Dubois, Wyoming at the age of 65. He had been battling cancer for some time and succumbed to complications of the disease with his family at his side. Hossack was a member of the Doobie Brothers between 1971 and 1973, playing on several of the band's best-known hits, including 'Listen to the Music' and 'China Grove'.

2013 Clive Burr, drummer with Iron Maiden died in his sleep in London, four days after his 56th birthday, due to complications related to MS. Iron Maiden had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'. Burr was a member of up-and-coming British metal band, Samson, before joining Maiden in 1979.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 12th


1948 Les Holroyd (bassist/vocalist for Barclay James Harvest) is born in England.

1949 Mike Gibbins (drummer for Badfinger) is born in Swansea, Wales.

1949 Bill Payne (keyboardist for Little Feat) is born in Waco, Texas.

1956 Steve Harris is born in London, England. After giving up dreams of playing pro soccer, he forms Iron Maiden, becoming the group's bass player and a primary songwriter.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 12th


1965 Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham And The Pharaohs was released as a single on the MGM label. The song was actually a reworking of the 1962, Big Bo & The Arrows' tune "Hully Gully Now", and would prove to be Sam The Sham's biggest hit, rising to #2 in America and selling over three million copies. Because the lyrics were hard to understand, some radio stations refused to play it, but the record stayed on the Hot 100 for 18 weeks, the longest time for any song in 1965.

2016 Iron Maiden's personal Boeing 747 was badly damaged after colliding with a tow truck while grounded at Santiago, Chile. The band's crew and their twenty tons of equipment were not onboard at the time of the crash, but two ground crew workers were injured.

2022 Barry Bailey, best-known as the guitarist for the southern Rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, died at the age of 73 after years of struggling with multiple sclerosis. Between 1974 and 1981, the band placed seven songs on the Billboard Top 40, including "So In To You" and "Imaginary Lover", both of which reached #7.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 12th


A few albums that was released....

1991 ● R.E.M. —— Out Of Time ► Alt. Pop-Rock

1996 ● Kiss —— MTV Unplugged ► Hard Rock

2013 ● Eric Clapton —— Old Sock ► Blues-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 13th


1960 U2 bass player Adam Clayton is born in Oxfordshire, England.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 13th


1971 Brewer and Shipley entered the US singles chart with 'One T.o.k.e Over The Line'. The song, which featured Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia on steel guitar, peaked at No.10 despite being banned by radio stations for its drug references. Brewer and Shipley maintained that the word 't.o.k.e' meant 'token' as in ticket, hence the line 'waitin' downtown at the railway station, one t.o.k.e over the line.'

2022 Sir Rod Stewart filmed himself fixing potholes on a road near his home and complaining about the state of it. Videos on the 77-year-old singer's Instagram account showed him shovelling gravel in Harlow, Essex, claiming "no-one can be bothered to do it". In one, he said: "People are bashing their cars up. The other day, there was an ambulance with a burst tyre. My Ferrari can't go through here at all." Rod was seen dressed in a tracksuit and high-vis vest while singing and shovelling.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 13th


A few albums that was released....

1970 ● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— A Beard Of Stars ► Psych Rock

1978 ● Hot Tuna —— Double Dose ► Folk-Rock

1981 ● Slade —— We’ll Bring The House Down ► Hard Rock

2001 ● Eric Clapton —— Reptile ► Blues-Rock


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