This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 15th


1969 - Deep Purple performed "Concerto for Rock Band and Orchestra" with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 15th


1945 Lee Dorman (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born Douglas Lee Dorman in St. Louis, Missouri.

1988 Dire Straits disbands.

2004 Guitarist/songwriter Johnny Ramone (of The Ramones) dies of prostate cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, at age 55.

2008 Rick Wright (keyboardist for Pink Floyd) dies of cancer in London, England, at age 65.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 16th


1972, Wishbone Ash, Family, Steppenwolf, John Kay Band, Slade, Uriah Heep, Roy Wood and Wizzard, Wild Angels, Glencoe, Sunshine and Cold Comfort Farm all appeared at this years Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England.

1977, 29-year-old former T Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London. Miss Jones broke her jaw in the accident. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. A local man who witnessed the crash said, 'When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long dark curly hair was stretched out in the road - there was a hell of a mess.'


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 16th


1948 Rock drummer Kenney Jones (of The Small Faces and The Who) is born in Whitechapel, East London, England.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 16th


1963 - The Beatles single "She Loves You" was released in the U.S.

1963 -The Beach Boys album "Surfer Girl" was released.

1979 - The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" by was released.

1985 - KISS released the album "Asylum."

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 16th


1970: Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon & War onstage to jam with them at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London which would be Hendrix’s final public appearance.

1978: The Grateful Dead ended their three night stand in Cairo, Egypt. They were the first Western rock band to perform in Egypt.


Birthdays:
B.B. King born in 1925
Bernie Calvert-bassist for The Hollies born in 1942
Ron Blair-bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers born in 1948


source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 17th



1964 Charles Finley, who owns the Kansas City Athletics baseball team, pays The Beatles $150,000 to play a show at his Municipal Stadium. The Beatles add their version of "Kansas City" to the set list, marking their only American performance of the song.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 17th


1967: The Who appeared on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour where Keith Moon rigged his drum set to explode at the end of “My Generation” which did cut Moon’s leg & singed Pete Townshend’s hair, along with doing damage to Townshend’s hearing.

1983: Def Leppard headlined a festival at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego which also included Eddie Money, Uriah Heep & Motley Crue.

1991: Guns N’ Roses released both Use Your Illusion I & II with four million copies of each album shipping, at the time the largest ship-out of an album in the U.S.

Birthdays:
Fee Waybill-singer for The Tubes born in 1950

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 18th


1970, Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital in London at the age of 27 after choking on his own vomit. Hendrix left the message 'I need help bad man', on his managers answer phone earlier that night. Rumors and conspiracy theories grew up around Hendrix’s death. Eric Burdon claimed Jimi had committed suicide, but that’s contradicted by reports that he was in a good frame of mind. In 2009, a former Animals roadie published a book claiming that Jimi’s manager had admitted to him that he arranged the murder of Hendrix, since the guitarist wanted out of his contract.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 18th


1976 - "More Than A Feeling" by Boston was released.

1979 - "Heartache Tonight" by the Eagles was released.

1983 - The album "Lick It Up" was released by KISS.

1987 - KISS released the album "Crazy Nights."

source: onthisday