This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 8th


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Canned Heat —— Hallelujah ► Folk-Rock

2003 ● David Lee Roth —— Diamond Dave ► Hard Rock

2008 ● Heart —— Playlist: The Very Best Of Heart ► Album Rock

2014 ● John Mellencamp —— Trouble No More Live At Town Hall ► Roots Rock

2016 ● Heart —— Beautiful Broken ► Album Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 9th


1946 John "Mitch" Mitchell (drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience) is born in Greenwich, London, England. Before becoming a musician, he'll start his entertainment career as an actor, appearing on the children's program Jennings and Derbyshire and starring in the 1960 film Bottom's Up.

1946 Bon Scott is born Ronald Belford Scott in Kirriemuir, Scotland. He is raised in Australia, where he meets Angus and Malcolm Young and eventually becomes lead singer of their band AC/DC.

1971 Grand Funk Railroad play to a sold-out crowd of 55,000 at Shea Stadium in New York City. They have no hit singles, but are well known in the area thanks to a block-long billboard that ran in Times Square for much of the previous year.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 9th


1988 Cheap Trick went to No.1 on the US singles chart with The Flame, the group's only US No.1.

1995 The Grateful Dead gave their last concert with leader Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field. Jerry would die of a heart attack a month later while in drug rehab.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 9th


A few albums that was released....


1986 ● Billy Joel —— The Bridge ► Pop-Rock

1994 ● Whitesnake —— Whitesnake’s Greatest Hits ► Arena Rock

1996 ● REO Speedwagon —— Building The Bridge ► Arena Rock

2002 ● Styx —— At The River’s Edge: Live In St. Louis ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 10th


1965 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann was released in the U.K.


1985 The Prince song "Poplife" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 10th


1942 Heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (of Black Sabbath, Rainbow) is born Ronald James Padavona in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

1959 Sandy West is born Sandy Pesavento in Long Beach, California. Together with Joan Jett, she is a founding member of the teenage all-female rock band The Runaways, playing drums. After the band splits she leaves the music industry, and dies at the age of 47 from lung cancer.

2016 Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry suffers a cardiac arrest while performing with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp, fellow members of the supergroup The Hollywood Vampires, in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The 65 year old is rushed to Coney Island hospital, where's he's listed in stable condition.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 10th


1969 The funeral of Rolling Stone Brian Jones took place in his hometown of Cheltenham, England, at Hatherley Road Parish Church. Canon Hugh Evan Hopkins read Jones's own epitaph, "Please don't judge me too harshly." Bill Wyman, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts from The Stones attended the funeral.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 10th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● The Yardbirds —— Little Games ► Blues Rock

1972 ● Nilsson —— Son Of Schmilsson ► Folk-Rock

1972 ● Chicago —— Chicago V ► Jazz-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th


1992 A range of eight ties, designed by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead went on sale in the US. President Bill Clinton bought a set. The collection grossed millions in the US by the end of the year.

2014 Producer and drummer Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi), from the influential punk rock band the Ramones died aged 65 following unsuccessful treatment for bile duct cancer. He was the last surviving original member of the Ramones before his death. Erdelyi was also an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th


2011 Rob Grill, lead singer and bassist for the 1960s rock band The Grass Roots, whose hits included "Midnight Confessions", "Temptation Eyes" and "Let's Live for Today", died after suffering a head injury from a fall caused by a s.t.r.o.k.e. He was 67.


source: classicbands