This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 30th


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Rare Earth —— Get Ready ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1978 ● Gary Moore —— Back On The Streets ► Roots Rock (Irish)

1985 ● Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble —— Soul To Soul ► Blues-Rock

1997 ● Patti Smith —— Peace And Noise ► Heartland Rock

2002 ● The Rolling Stones —— Forty Licks ► Blues-Rock

2013 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Unvarnished ► Hard Rock

2013 ● Rush —— The Studio Albums 1989-2007 ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1965 Bob Dylan appears at Carnegie Hall in New York and introduces his new touring band made up of guitarist Robbie Robertson, organist Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manual and drummer Levon Helm. They will become known simply as The Band.

2018 Peggy Sue Gerron, the woman who inspired Buddy Holly's 1957 #3 hit, "Peggy Sue", passed away at the age of 78. Holly had originally wrote the tune as "Cindy Lou", but his drummer, Jerry Allison persuaded him to change the title to that of his girlfriend. Gerron and Allison were eventually married, but divorced in 1964.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st



1945 Soul singer Donny Hathaway is born in Chicago, Illinois, but is be raised by his grandmother in St. Louis, Missouri.

1947 Martin Turner (bassist/lead vocalist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Torquay, Devon, England.

1947 Mariska Veres (lead singer for Shocking Blue) is born in The Hague, Netherlands.

1948 Brownsville Station frontman Michael "Cub" Koda is born in Detroit, Michigan. He writes the group's 1973 hit "Smokin' in the Boy's Room," which is later covered by Motley Crue.

2004 Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) dies of a heart attack in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, at age 58.

2011 After 28 years and two children together, Gene Simmons (62) and Shannon Tweed (54) finally get married. Their wedding song is "At Last," sung by their daughter Sophie.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1970 Janis Joplin makes her last recordings, singing "Mercedes Benz," which is included on her posthumous Pearl album a capella. She dies three days later.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1962 The Beach Boys album "Surfin' Safari" was released. It was their first album release

1970 Jimi Hendrix was buried in Seattle, WA.

1996 The Nirvana live album "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 1st


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● Rory Gallagher —— Against The Grain ► Blues-Rock

1976 ● John Mellencamp (Johnny Cougar) —— Chestnut Street Incident ► Folk-Rock

1976 ● Styx —— Crystal Ball ► Prog/Art Rock

1977 ● The Runaways —— Waitin’ For The Night ► Punk Rock

1978 ● Rory Gallagher —— Photo-Finish ► Blues-Rock

1979 ● Slade —— Return To Base ► Hard Rock

1984 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth ► Punk-rock

1990 ● Iron Maiden —— No Prayer For The Dying ► Heavy Metal

1991 ● Cheap Trick —— The Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock/Power Pop


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1941 Ron Meagher (bass guitarist for The Beau Brummels) is born in Oakland, California

1951 Sting is born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland, England. He earns his nickname when a fellow musician says he looks like a bee in his yellow-and-black striped sweater. He is working as a schoolteacher when his band The Police hit the big time.

1965 "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys hits #1 in America. The song was originally released the previous year as "My Girl Sloopy" by the R&B group The Vibrations. That version went to #26.

2017 Tom Petty, 66, goes into cardiac arrest at his Malibu home. He is taken to UCLA medical center, but cannot be revived. Later that night, after his friends and family gather, he is taken off life support.

2018 Geoff Emerick, the engineer on most Beatles' recordings, dies of a heart attack at 72.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1983 Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Total Eclipse Of The Heart." The song, which was Tyler's biggest hit of her career, made her the only Welsh artist to score a U.S. No. 1 hit. Worldwide, the single has sales in excess of 6 million copies. Fun fact about the song -- it was written and produced by Jim Steinman, who said of the song in an interview with Playbill: "with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song. Its original title was 'Vampires in Love' because I was working on a musical of Nosferatu, the other great vampire story. If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark."


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1976 John Belushi came out on stage with Joe Cocker while he was performing on Saturday Night Live.

1978 The single "Hold The Line" was released by Toto.

1985 The Prince single "America" was released.

1995 Iron Maiden's tenth album The X Factor was released. It was the first album to include Blaze Bayley as vocalist.


source; onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 2nd


A few albums that was released....


1978 ● Chicago —— Hot Streets ► Jazz-Rock

1981 ● The Police —— Ghost In The Machine ► New Wave Pop-Rock

2001 ● Machine Head —— Supercharger ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal

2012 ● Heart —— Fanatic ► Album Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll