This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 13th


1968 Against the advice of Columbia Records executives, Johnny Cash visits Folsom State Prison in California to record a live album. The resulting LP, "Live At Folsom Prison" would become one of Johnny's biggest selling records, reaching #1 on the Country album chart and #13 on the Hot 200. It also produced one of his most memorable hit singles, "Folsom Prison Blues". In 2003, "Live At Folsom Prison" was certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over three million and was ranked #88 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

2011 Tommy Crain, guitarist for The Charlie Daniels Band on their Grammy-winning single "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and more than twenty albums, died in his sleep at the age of 59.

2021 Tim Bogert, a bassist for Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice, died of cancer at the age of 76.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 13th


A few albums that was released....


1964 ● Bob Dylan —— The Times They Are A-Changin’ ► Folk-Rock

1969 ● The Beatles —— Yellow Submarine ► Pop-Rock

1971 ● Poco —— Deliverin’ ► Country-Rock

1972 ● Weather Report —— Live In Tokyo ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1986 ● Peter Frampton —— Premonition ► Arena Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Jan 14th


1959 Geoff Tate (lead singer for Queensryche) is born in Stuttgart, West Germany.

1969 Dave Grohl (of Nirvana, Foo Fighters) is born in Warren, Ohio.

1980 Rush release Permanent Waves, their seventh studio album. "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill" help make it their first to reach the Top 5 on the US Albums chart, where it peaks at #4. The album represents a new direction for the band, with songs becoming denser and more radio friendly, setting the stage for the upcoming Moving Pictures.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 14th


1967 Over 25,000 people attend The Human Be-In-A Gathering Of The Tribes at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The event was a forerunner of major, outdoor rock concerts and featured Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother And The Holding Company.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 14th


1978 An L.A. group called Player had the top tune in the US with "Baby Come Back". The song was written by band members Peter Beckett and John Crowley after both had broken up with their respective girl friends. The song reached #32 in the UK.

1996 Ruby Starr, vocalist for Black Oak Arkansas on their 1974 hit "Jim Dandy" as well as having her own solo career, died of cancer at the age of 45.

2020 Steve Martin Caro, vocalist for The Left Banke on their hits, "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina", died of heart disease at the age of 71. Originally known as Steve Martin, he added the family surname Caro in the 1980s to avoid confusion with the comedian of the same name.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 14th


1963, Charlie Watts made his live debut with The Rolling Stones at The Flamingo Jazz Club, Soho, London. Before joining the Stones, Watts played regularly with Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated. The famous entourage has included Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Art Wood, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies and Dick Heckstall-Smith.

1992, Jerry Nolan drummer with The New York Dolls died from a fatal s.t.r.o.k.e.. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 New York Dolls and 1974 Too Much Too Soon.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 14th


A few albums that was released....

1977 ● David Bowie —— Low ► Glam Rock

1992 ● Lou Reed —— Magic And Loss ► Hard Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


1972 Don McLean's 'American Pie' started a four week run at No.1 in the US singles chart. The song is a recounting of "The Day the Music Died" (a term taken from the song) the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.), and the aftermath. The song was listed as the No.5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century.

1994 American singer songwriter Harry Nilsson died in his sleep of heart failure after spending the previous day in the recording studio. He recorded 'Everybody's Talkin' from the film Midnight Cowboy and wrote hits for Three Dog Night and The Monkees. Had the UK & US No.1 single with his version of the Badfinger Evans & Ham song 'Without You.' When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference in 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps, John was asked to name his favorite American artist. He replied, "Nilsson". Paul was then asked to name his favorite American group. He replied, "Nilsson"

2018 Irish musician and singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan from The Cranberries died unexpectedly while she was in London, England, for a recording session. The Cranberries had the 1994 hit singles ‘Linger’, 'Dreams' and 'Zombie' and the bands 1993 album Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We spent a total of 86 weeks on the UK chart.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 15th


1941 Captain Beefheart is born Don Vliet in Glendale, California.

1948 Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist, guitarist, and driving force) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.

1952 Cellist Melvyn Gale (of Electric Light Orchestra) is born in London, England.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Jan 15th


A few albums that was released.


1970 ● MC5 —— Back in the USA ► Garage Rock

1971 ● John Lee H.o.o.k.e.r. And Canned Heat —— H.o.o.k.e.r. ‘N Heat ► Blues-Rock

1991 ● David Lee Roth —— A Little Ain’t Enough ► Hard Rock

1996 ● Accept —— Predator ► Heavy Metal


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