This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 19th



1974 Jefferson Airplane changes their name to Jefferson Starship. The new line-up includes Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, drummer Johnny Barbata, David Freiberg, Peter Kaukonen, Cragi Chaquico and 56 year old violinist, Papa John Creach.

1976 Former Free guitarist, 26 year old Paul Kossoff died of heart failure while on a flight across the US. He had been troubled with heart disease most of his life. Free is most often remembered for their hit, "All Right Now". Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to form Bad Company with Free drummer Simon Kirke, Boz Burrell (from King Crimson) and Mick Ralphs (of Mott the Hoople).

2015 Michael Brown, keyboardist for The Left Banke, died of heart failure at the age of 65. Brown co-wrote the band's 1966, #14 hit "Walk Away Renee" and composed the follow-up, "Pretty Ballerina", which rose to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 19th


A few albums that was released....

1974 ● Cat Stevens —— Buddha And The Chocolate Box ► Folk-Pop

1975 ● America —— Hearts ► Folk-Rock

1976 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Takin’ It To The Streets ► Pop-Rock

1987 ● Ozzy Osbourne And Randy Rhoads —— Tribute ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 20th


1990 Gloria Estefan's tour bus was rammed by a tractor-trailer on the way to a concert. Emilio Estefan and their son Nayib were injured; Gloria suffered a serious back injury, which required an operation two days later.

1991 Eric Clapton's four year old son, Conor, fell to his death from the 53rd story of a New York City apartment after a housekeeper who was cleaning the room left a window open. The boy was in the custody of his mother, Italian actress, Lori Del Santo and the pair were visiting a friend's apartment. Clapton was staying in a nearby hotel after taking his son to the circus the previous evening. The tragedy inspired his song ‘Tears in Heaven’.

2015 American drummer A. J. Pero died from an apparent heart attack. He was a member of Twisted Sister and Adrenaline Mob. Adrenaline Mob's band members attempted but failed to wake Pero on their tour bus traveling from Baltimore to Poughkeepsie.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 20th


1944 Jance Garfat (bassist for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show) is born Robert Jance Garfat in California.

1950 Drummer Carl Palmer is born in Birmingham, England. At age 20, he gets the gig with Greg Lake and Keith Emerson, who choose him over Mitch Mitchell for their band Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

1951 Blues rocker Jimmie Vaughan (of Fabulous Thunderbirds) is born in Dallas, Texas. His younger brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan, is born in 1954.

1976 1976 Alice Cooper gets married for the first (and only) time. His bride is Sheryl Goddard, a 19-year-old dance instructor who had performed on his Welcome To My Nightmare tour.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 20th


1977 T-Rex played their farewell gig when they appeared at The Locarno in Portsmouth, England. As pioneers of Glam Rock, the band placed eleven singles in the British Top Ten between 1970 and 1973.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 20th


A few albums that was released....

1987 ● Peter Wolf —— Come As You Are ► Blues-Rock/Blue-Eyed Soul


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st


1943 Viv Stanshall of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band is born in Oxford, England.

1946 Ray Dorset (frontman for Mungo Jerry) is born in Ashford, Middlesex, England.

1949 Eddie Money is born Joseph Mahoney in Brooklyn, New York.

1950 Roger Hodgson (of Supertramp) is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 21st



1991 Leo Fender, the inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars died from Parkinson's disease. He started mass producing solid body electric guitars in the late 40s and when he sold his guitar company in 1965, sales were in excess of $40 million a year.

2004 Ozzy Osbourne was named the nation's favourite ambassador to welcome aliens to planet earth. The 55-year-old singer came top of a poll as the face people want to represent them to alien life. The poll of internet users was carried out following the discovery of signs of water on Mars. Ozzy won 26 per cent of the vote. A spokesman for Yahoo! News said: 'As the world waits desperately for signs of alien life, we decided to ask our users who they thought was best suited for this most auspicious of roles. Ozzy is a great choice but I'm not sure what the Martians would make of his individual approach to the English language.'


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 21st


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● Tangerine Dream —— Rubycon ► Art Rock/Electronic

1977 ● Slade —— Whatever Happened To Slade ► Hard Rock

1977 ● AC/DC —— Let There Be Rock [Australia] ► Hard Rock

1988 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Southern By The Grace of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tour 1987 ► Southern Rock

2000 ● Led Zeppelin —— Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume Two ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd


1943 Keith Relf (lead vocalist for The Yardbirds) is born in Richmond, Surrey, England.

1946 Harry Vanda (lead guitarist for The Easybeats) is born Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg in Voorburg, Netherlands.

1948 Randy Jo Hobbs (bassist for The McCoys) is born in Winchester, Indiana.

1974 Ten Years After play their final gig, seven years after their first one.

1994 Pantera release Far Beyond Driven, one of the few heavy metal albums to reach #1 in America.

1996 Don Murray (drummer for The Turtles) dies of complications from ulcer surgery at age 50.


source: calendarsongfacts