This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 4th


1954, To coincide with the release of his second Sun single, 'Good Rockin' Tonight', Elvis Presley along with Bill Black and Scotty Moore made their first appearance at The Grand Old Opry. The audience reaction was so poor, the Opry's manager, Jim Denny told Elvis that he should go back to driving a truck.

2000, American bassist David Brown died due to liver and kidney failure. He was the primary bass player with Santana from 1966 until 1971 and played in Santana at Woodstock and at Altamont in 1969 and on the band's first three studio albums.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 4th


1944 Gene Parsons (multi-instrumentalist for The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers) is born in Morongo Valley in California's Mojave Desert.

1952 Martin Chambers (drummer for The Pretenders) is born in Hereford, England.

1960 Kim Thayil (lead guitarist for Soundgarden) is born in Seattle, Washington. He would be raised near Chicago in Park Forest, Illinois.

1970 The Rolling Stones release Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Sept 4th


A few albums that was released....


1979 ● Trooper —— Flying Colors ► Hard Rock

1981 ● Meat Loaf —— Dead Ringer ► Arena Rock

1981 ● George Strait —— Strait Country ► Country-Rock

1982 ● The Who —— It’s Hard ► British Rock

1990 ● Rush —— Chronicles ► Arena Rock

2001 ● April Wine —— Back To The Mansion ► Arena Rock

2012 ● Korn —— The Path Of Totality Tour – Live At The Hollywood Palladium ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal

2015 ● Iron Maiden —— The Book Of Souls ► Heavy Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 5th


1946 Rock drummer Buddy Miles (of The Electric Flag and Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys) is born George Allen Miles Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. His grandmother calls him "Buddy" after jazz drummer Buddy Rich.

1946 Dean Ford (lead singer for Marmalade) is born Thomas McAleese in Coatbridge, Scotland.

1946 Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar (a set of islands off the coast of Africa).

1949 Rock guitarist Dave "Clem" Clempson (of Humble Pie) is born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 5th


2016 An asteroid was named after Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been the singer's 70th birthday. The Queen frontman has had his name attached to Asteroid 17473, which was discovered in 1991 - the year he died. Queen guitarist Brian May told a gathering of 1,250 fans at Montreux Casino in Switzerland that the asteroid would now be known as Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 5th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Poco —— From The Inside ► Country-Rock

1975 ● Jethro Tull —— Minstrel In The Gallery ► Prog Rock

1978 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Skynyrd’s First And…Last ► Southern Rock

1987 ● Motörhead —— Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Heavy Metal

1987 ● Y & T —— Contagious ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal

2011 ● Queen —— Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984-1995) ► Glam Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 6th


1942 Trombonist/tuba player Dave Bargeron (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Athol, Massachusetts.

1944 Roger Waters (bassist and co-lead vocalist for Pink Floyd) is born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey, England.

1990 Tom Fogerty (rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival) dies from an AIDS-related tuberculosis infection in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 48. He contracted H.I.V from blood transfusions.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 6th


A few albums that was released....


1974 ● Hawkwind —— Hall Of The Mountain Grill ► Space Rock

1974 ● Judas Priest —— Rocka Rolla ► Heavy Metal

1994 ● Widespread Panic —— Ain’t Life Grand ► Southern Rock

2005 ● The Rolling Stones —— A Bigger Bang ► Blues-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 7th


1936 Buddy Holly is born. He lives just 22 years but influences many of the biggest stars of the '60s, including The Beatles. Don McLean's "American Pie" is about his death.

1951 Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders) is born in Akron, Ohio.

1953 Benmont Tench (keyboardist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) is born Benjamin Montmorency Tench III in Gainesville, Florida.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 7th



1968 Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin but billed as The New Yardbirds at Teen Club in Gladsaxe (a suburb in the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark). Around 1,200 youngsters attended the show at Egegard School. Teen Club President Lars Abel introducing 'The New Yardbirds' on stage introduced Robert Plant as Robert Plat. A local review stated; 'Their performance and their music were absolutely flawless, and the music continued to ring nicely in the ears for some time after the curtains were drawn after their show. We can therefore conclude that the new Yardbirds are at least as good as the old ones were'.

1978 Keith Moon drummer with The Who, died of a overdose of heminevrin prescribed to combat alcoholism. A post-mortem confirmed there were 32 tablets in his system, 26 of which were undissolved. Moon had attended a party the night before organised by Paul McCartney for the launch of the The Buddy Holly Story movie. He played on all The Who albums from their debut, 1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before his death.

2003 US singer, songwriter, Warren Zevon died. He had worked as a session musician, was the piano player and band leader for the Everly Brothers. His 1969 song 'She Quit Me' was included in the soundtrack for the film Midnight Cowboy. Jackson Browne, the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt all appeared on his albums. He recorded over 15 solo albums, had the 1978 US No.21 single 'Werewolves Of London'.


source: thisdayinmusic