This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 16th



1945 Guitarist/keyboard player Paul Raymond is born in Hertfordshire, England. He joins UFO in 1976.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 16th


Today in 1963, brother-sister duo Nino Tempo and April Stevens went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Deep Purple."*In 1964, it won the*Grammy Award*for*Best Rock And Roll Recording. The song would become a favorite of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore’s grandmother. Blackmore would then suggest it as a name for his band in 1968. Perhaps if the song never existed, the group would have taken on their second name choice, "Concrete God".

1974 John Lennon was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Whatever Gets You Through The Night." Elton John played on the session and made a deal with Lennon that if the song reached No. 1, Lennon would have to appear on stage live with Elton. Lennon kept his side of the deal, and on Thanksgiving Day 1974, the two played three songs together during a show at New York's Madison Square Garden: "I Saw Her Standing There," "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Whatever Gets You Through the Night." The public had no idea Lennon was going to appear during the show. According to a BBC documentary about the event, Elton John says the crowd gave Lennon a 10-minute standing ovation.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 16th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Live Album ► Hard Rock

1988 ● Dokken —— Beast From The East ► Heavy Metal

1993 ● Heart —— Desire Walks On ► Album Rock

1993 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Greatest Hits ► Album Rock

2004 ● Genesis —— Platinum Collection ► Prog Rock

2010 ● Bruce Springsteen —— The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story ► Heartland Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 17th


1979 Jethro Tull bass player John Glascock died at the age of 28, as a result of a congenital heart defect. Had also been a member of Chicken Shack.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 17th


1962 The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" reaches the top spot on the Billboard singles chart, just as their first hit, "Sherry" did earlier in the year. Songwriter Bob Crewe later said that he was inspired to write the song after he heard actor John Payne use the phase "big girls don't cry" in a 1956 movie called Slightly Scarlet. In the UK, the song reached #13.

2021 Keith Allison, a member of Paul Revere And The Raiders from 1968 to 1975, died of natural causes at the age of 79. Before joining The Raiders he played guitar and harmonica on Sonny & Cher's mega-hit "The Beat Goes On" and later recorded and performed with Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Rick Nelson, The Crickets and Johnny Rivers. As an actor, Allison played Captain James J. White in Gods and Generals (2003) and showed up on episodes of Blossom, 7th Heaven and The Love Boat.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 17th


1938 Gordon Lightfoot is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1944 Gene Clark (tambourine player, guitarist, vocalist for The Byrds) is born Harold Eugene Clark in Tipton, Missouri.

1946 Martin Barre (guitarist for Jethro Tull) is born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England.

1947 Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (vocalist, keyboardist for The Nazz) is born in Newport, Rhode Island.

1975 Tommy Bolin's debut solo album, Teaser, is released. The album runs the gamut stylistically, and spawns the rocking title track, which Mötley Crüe covers years later.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 17th


A few albums that was released....


1972 ● The Moody Blues —— Seventh Sojourn ► Psychedelic Rock

1978 ● The Doors —— An American Prayer ► Blues-Rock

2009 ● Rush —— Working Men ► Prog/Art Rock

2017 ● Bob Seger —— I Knew You When ► Heartland Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th


1949 Herman Rarebell (drummer for the Scorpions) is born in Schmelz, Germany.

1950 Rudy Sarzo (bass guitarist for Quiet Riot, Whitesnake) is born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont in Havana, Cuba, but will be raised in Florida.

1950 Graham Parker (lead singer of Graham Parker & the Rumour) is born in London, England.

1962 Kirk Hammett (lead guitarist for Metallica) is born in San Francisco, California.

1968 A group called Pogo, which includes Randy Meisner, Jim Messina and Richie Furay, debuts at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. They change their name to Poco to avoid legal action over the comic strip Pogo

1997 AC/DC release their Bon Scott tribute compilation Bonfire.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th


2017 Australian musician and songwriter Malcolm Young died age 64. Young was best known as a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter for AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its November 1973 beginning until retiring permanently in 2014. Young was born in 1953 in Glasgow before his family emigrated to Australia when he was 10. His family confirmed he was suffering from dementia in 2014.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 18th


AC/DC's Angus Young tops Maxium Magazine's list of the "25 greatest short dudes of all time." The 5-foot, 2-inch guitarist beat out the two inch taller Napoleon Bonaparte and former NBA guard Spud Webb, who is a majestic 5-foot, 7-inches. 2005


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