This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 10th


1946 '60s psychedelic rocker Donovan is born Donovan Philips Leitch in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland.

1947 Rocker Jay Ferguson (Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne) is born John Arden Ferguson in Burbank, California. As a composer, he will create the theme to NBC-TV's The Office.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 10th


A few albums that was released....


1972 ● Jethro Tull —— Thick As A Brick ► Prog Rock

1984 ● Twisted Sister —— Stay Hungry ► Hair Metal

1988 ● Prince —— Lovesexy ► Pop-Rock

1990 ● Steelheart —— Steelheart ► Hair Metal

2005 ● Styx —— Big Bang Theory ► Prog/Art Rock

2005 ● Triumph —— Livin’ For The Weekend: Anthology ► Arena Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 11th


1970 The triple soundtrack album Woodstock was released in the US, going gold within two weeks. The album featured tracks by; Canned Heat, Richie Havens, Country Joe McDonald, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Santana and others. The couple on the album cover are Bobbi Kelly and Nick Ercoline.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 11th


1941 Eric Burdon (lead singer of The Animals) is born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

1943 Les Chadwick (bassist for Gerry and the Pacemakers) is born in Liverpool, England.

1947 Butch Trucks (drummer for The Allman Brothers Band) is born Claude Hudson Trucks in Jacksonville, Florida.

2003 Noel Redding (bassist for the Jimi Hendrix Experience), age 57, is found dead in his Ireland home from a hemorrhage related to cirrhosis of the liver.

2014 Ed Gagliardi (bass guitarist for Foreigner) dies at age 62 after an eight-year battle with cancer.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 11th


1981 Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley died at Miami's Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now University of Miami Hospital) due to malignant melanoma. He was only 36. Regarded as a hero and near-deity in his native Jamaica and abroad, Marley was given a state funeral and buried near his birthplace in St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica. The 1984 Bob Marley compilation album, Legend, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies, and Time magazine chose Bob Marley & The Wailers' Exodus as the greatest album of the 20th century. In 1990, Marley's birthday, February 6, was proclaimed a national holiday in Jamaica.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 11th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● Country Joe & The Fish —— Electric Music For The Mind And Body ► Psychedelic Rock

1973 ● Hawkwind —— The Space Ritual Alive In Liverpool And London ► Space Rock

1973 ● Wishbone Ash —— Wishbone Four ► Prog Rock

1989 ● Stevie Nicks —— The Other Side Of The Mirror ► Pop-Rock

1992 ● Iron Maiden —— Fear Of The Dark ► Heavy Metal

2004 ● Judas Priest —— Metalogy ► Heavy Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 12th


1945 Ian McLagan (keyboardist for The Small Faces, The Faces) is born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England.

1948 Steve Winwood (of Traffic, Blind Faith and The Spencer Davis Group) is born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England.

1959 Ray Gillen (of Black Sabbath, Badlands) is born in New York City, but raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.

1961 Billy Duffy (guitarist for The Cult) is born in Hulme, Manchester, England.

1967 Procol Harum release "A Whiter Shade Of Pale."

1969 Martin Lamble, drummer for Fairport Convention, dies at age 19 when the band's van crashes on the way home from a gig in Birmingham, England. Bandmate Richard Thompson's girlfriend, Jeannie Franklyn, is also killed.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 12th


Singer-songwriter Neil Young had a spider named after him - the "myrmekiaphila neilyoungi." College biologist Jason Bond discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in Alabama and decided to name it after his favorite musician.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 12th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Are You Experienced? [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock

1972 ● The Rolling Stones —— Exile On Main Street ► Rock n Roll

1992 ● The Black Crowes —— The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion ► Southern Rock

2008 ● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere Back In Time: The Best of: 1980-1989 ► Heavy Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: May 13th


1941 Rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens is born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, California.

1945 Richard "Magic D.i.c.k" Salwitz (harmonica player for The J. Geils Band) is born in New London, Connecticut.

1947 Pete "Overend" Watts (bass guitarist for Mott the Hoople) is born in Yardley, Birmingham, England.

1950 Stevie Wonder is born Stevland Morris in Saginaw, Michigan.


source: calendersongfacts