This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Jan 10th


1976 - Blues artist Howlin Wolf (Chester Burnett) died of cancer at age 66. The guitarist, singer and harmonica player's well-known songs included "Smoke Stack Lightning", "Little Red Rooster" and "Spoonful".


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 10th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Gary Puckett & The Union Gap —— Woman, Woman ► Pop-Rock

1977 ● Muddy Waters —— Hard Again ► Slide Guitar Blues

1989 ● Lou Reed —— New York ► Hard Rock

2006 ● Heart —— Love Songs ► Album Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Jan 11th


2016 In the day after David Bowie's passing, his music videos on VEVO are viewed 51 million times, shattering the previous record of 36 million held by Adele after she released "Hello." Most of the views are for Bowie's last two videos, "Lazarus" and "Blackstar," which portend his death.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Jan 11th


1985, A Brazilian rock Festival held in Rio, claimed to be the biggest ever staged. The festival featured; Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden.


source; thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Jan 11th


2002 Mickey Finn, drummer for T Rex, died of kidney and liver problems at the age of 55.

2005 James Griffin, a founding member of the '70s Soft Rock group Bread, died of lung cancer at the age of 61

2005 Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden passed away at his home in Petaluma, California, after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 66.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 11th


A few albums that was released....


1962 ● Howlin’ Wolf —— Howlin’ Wolf ► Blues-Rock

1971 ● Janis Joplin —— Pearl ► Blues-Rock

1971 ● Chicago —— Chicago III ► Jazz-Rock

2005 ● Aerosmith —— Gold ► Hard Rock

2005 ● Kiss —— Gold ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 12th


2022 Ronnie Spector, lead vocalist for The Ronettes, passed away at the age of 78 after a brief battle with cancer. Her group placed five songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1963 and 1964, including "Be My Baby" (#2), "Baby I Love You" (#24), "The Best Part Of Breakin' Up" (#39), "Do I Love You?" (#34) and "Walking In The Rain" (#23). Her ex-husband, Phil Spector died of complications of COVID-19, on January 16, 2021 at the age of 81.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 12th


2003 Singer-songwriter Maurice Gibb from The Bee Gees died aged 53 in Miami Hospital, Florida following a heart attack during abdominal surgery. The Bee Gees released over 20 albums and had the 1979 world-wide No.1 album 'Spirits Having Flown', and 'How Deep Is Your Love, 'Stayin' Alive', and 'Night Fever' from the soundtrack 'Saturday Night Fever' were all US No.1 singles. Gibb was married to the Scottish singer Lulu from 1969 to 1973. In 2002, Maurice was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), along with his brothers.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 12th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● The Kinks —— Live At Kelvin Hall ► British Rock

1969 ● Led Zeppelin —— Led Zeppelin [UK] ► Hard Rock

1976 ● Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter And Tompall Glaser —— Wanted! The Outlaws ► Outlaw Country

1981 ● April Wine —— The Nature Of The Beast ► Arena Rock

1987 ● Deep Purple —— The House Of Blue Light ► Hard Rock

1993 ● Triumph —— Edge Of Excess ► Arena Rock

1999 ● The Black Crowes —— By Your Side ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 13th


1954 Trevor Rabin (guitarist for Yes) is born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Rabin is also a noted film composer with over 40 scores to his credit, including Remember the Titans (2002) and National Treasure (2004).


source: calendarsongfacts