This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 15th


2008 John Byrne, the lead singer of The Count Five and writer of their 1966 hit "Psychotic Reaction", died following kidney and liver failure. He was 61.

2008 A modest, one-story, red-brick house at 3137 Whittier in St. Louis where Rock 'n' Roll pioneer Chuck Berry lived for eight years in the 1950s, was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Berry, who later moved to Wentzville, Mo., about 40 miles west of St. Louis, said "Many of my favorite songs came about while in that house. It's good to know that my music and now that house will always be a part of St. Louis' history."

2022 Dino Danelli, drummer for The Rascals on their thirteen Billboard Top 40 hits, passed away at the age of 78. The band reached the Top Ten on five occasions with "Good Lovin'" (1966), "Groovin'" (1967), "How Can I Be Sure" (1967), "A Beautiful Morning" (1968) and "People Got To Be Free" (1968).


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 15th



1955 Johnny Cash releases "Folsom Prison Blues."


Birthdays


Alan Freed, the DJ who coined the phrase "Rock and Roll", was born today in 1921.

Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes is 83.

The Clash bassist Paul Simonon is 67.

Tim Reynolds of Dave Matthews Band is 65.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 15th


1977 The Who perform a set at the 2000-seat Gaumont State Theatre in the London suburb of Kilburn. The audience is made up of those lucky enough to have heard an announcement that morning on Capitol Radio. The entire event is set up and filmed by Jeff Stein for The Kids Are Alright because there was no good footage of The Who performing their hits “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” The show turns into a full-length concert with the only live complete performance of “Who Are You” with Keith on drums. Although Pete and the rest of the band find their performance adequate, Stein realizes he has not yet gotten a Who performance exciting enough for the end of his film. All he will use in the finished movie is an angry Who attacking the camera as they go offstage to their dressing rooms and Pete inciting the audience to come up and try to take his guitar off him. The footage will rest in the band’s film vaults until it is released on DVD as The Who at Kilburn 1977 in 2008.


1984 “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid entered the UK chart at No.1 and stayed at the top for five weeks. Band Aid was masterminded by former Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof, who had been moved by a TV news story of famine in Ethiopia. Geldof had the idea of raising funds with a one-off charity single featuring the cream of the current pop world. Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Paul Young, Culture Club, George Michael, Sting, Bono, Phil Collins, Paul Weller, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt of Status Quo and Bananarama all appeared on the recording. The original version became the biggest selling single in UK Singles Chart history, selling a million copies in the first week alone, and passing three million sales on the last day of 1984. It became a Christmas number one, and has sold 3.7 million copies domestically. It remained the highest selling single in UK chart history until 1997, when Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997” was released in tribute to Princess Diana, which sold almost 5 million copies in Britain. Worldwide, the single had sold 11.8 million copies by 1989.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 15th


A few albums that was released....


1964 ● The Beatles —— Beatles ’65 ► Pop-Rock

1967 ● The Who —— The Who Sell Out ► British Rock

1969 ● The Rascals —— See ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1972 ● Status Quo —— Piledriver ► Hard Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 16th


1945 Tony Hicks (of The Hollies) is born in Nelson, Lancashire, England.

1949 Billy Gibbons (guitarist, lead vocalist of ZZ Top) is born in Houston, Texas.

1968 Christopher Thorn (rhythm guitarist for Blind Melon) is born in Dover, Pennsylvania.

1984 Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is shot in the stomach when his girlfriend pulls off his boot and his .38-caliber derringer falls out and discharges. The bullet is designed not to exit, but to do internal damage, which is bad news; he makes it to the hospital where doctors remove most of it, but fragments remain in his back.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 16th


2007 American singer songwriter Dan Fogelberg died at his home in Maine at the age of 56. The US singer, songwriter discovered he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004. Had the 1981 album ‘The Innocent Age’, which featured the hits ‘Leader of the Band,’ ‘Hard to Say,’ and ‘Run for the Roses.’

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 16th


A few albums that was released....


2003 ● Machine Head —— Through The Ashes Of Empires [UK] ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 17th


1963 James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles record on American radio. Carroll played 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend, who brought the single back from the UK. Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn't been released yet in the States, Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead released the single earlier than planned.

2010 Captain Beefheart died aged 69 from complications from multiple sclerosis. The American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet born Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California recorded 13 studio albums.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: December 17th


2004 Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, agreed to sell 85% of his estate to businessman Robert FX Sillerman in a deal worth $100,000,000. Sillerman will run Presley's Memphis home, Graceland, will own Elvis' name and likeness, as well as the rights to his photographs and revenue from his music and films. Lisa Marie will retain ownership of Graceland and many of her father's personal effects. The agreement was to pay her $53 million in cash and absolve her of $25m in debts owed by the estate. She will also receive shares in the new company expected to be worth more than $20 million. Actress Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie's mother and Presley's former wife, remained executive consultant to the business.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 17th


1942 Paul Butterfield (of Paul Butterfield Blues Band) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1949 Paul Rodgers, lead singer and lyricist of Free and Bad Company, is born in Middlesbrough, England.

2006 Denis Peyton (saxophonist, guitarist for The Dave Clark Five) dies of cancer at age 63.

source: calendarsongfacts