This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 23rd

1979 - Dire Straits began their first U.S./Canada tour in Boston.

1998 - The Metallica single "The Unforgiven II" was released.

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 24th

1973, The Byrds made their final live appearance when they played at The Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey. (The then-current incarnation of the Byrds, which included Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, John York and Gene Parsons).

1975, Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule. The group decided on a double album so they could feature songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy.

1992, Kurt Cobain married Courtney Love in Waikiki, Hawaii. The press reported that the couple were expecting a baby on Sept 10th of this year.

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 24th


1956
Police in Cleveland, Ohio enforce a 1931 ordinance that barred people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult.

1963
The Rolling Stones take over as the Sunday house band at the Station Hotel near London. They are paid 24 Pounds ($67) to entertain a crowd of 66 people.

1969
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays their last British concert at London's Royal Albert Hall before breaking up the following June.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 24th

1947: Lonnie Turner-bassist for the Steve Miller Band was born.

1975: Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti which went on to sell sixteen million copies in the U.S.

1988: As a joke, Alice Cooper announced plans to run for Governor of Arizona as a member of the “Wild” Party.

2002: Kiss performed with original guitarist Ace Frehley for the last time to date at the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

source: paulshaffersdayinrock

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 25th


1943, Born on this day, George Harrison guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles’ 'Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band', with over 4.5 million copies sold. Harrison wrote the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.4 Beatles single ‘Something’. As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No.1 album 'All Things Must Pass' and the 1970 worldwide No.1 single ‘My Sweet Lord’. He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Harrison died of cancer on November 29th 2001.


1972, Led Zeppelin appeared in front of over 25,000 fans at the Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand, the group's first ever gig in New Zealand, (and the largest crowd ever to attend a concert on the island). A special train was chartered from Wellington to bring fans to the concert. News reviews the next day reported the band could be heard over five miles from the Stadium.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 26th


1985
At the 27th annual Grammy Awards, Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" is named Best Record and Best Song, while Cyndi Lauper wins Best New Artist.

1990
53 year old Cornell Gunter, former lead singer of The Coasters died in a hail of gunfire when an unknown assailant sprayed his '78 Camaro at a Las Vegas intersection.

2008
Drummer Buddy Miles died from congestive heart failure at the age of 60. Miles played drums for Wilson Pickett, The Delfonics and The Ink Spots before founding The Electric Flag with Mike Bloomfield and later joined Jimi Hendrix in Band Of Gypsys.

2011
Mark Tulin, bassist for The Electric Prunes on their 1967 hit "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)", died of a heart attack at the age of 62.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 26th


1928: R&B and Rock and Roll singer, songwriter and pianist, Antoine Dominique 'Fats' Domino, is born.

1932: The Man In Black. Rockabilly and Country legend, Johnny Cash, starts his life in Kingsland, AR.

1945: Singer Mitch Ryder (William S. Levise Jr.) has a birthday. He's the front man for a group producer Bob Crewe names Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. Ryder is actually from Hamtramck, MI.

1945: Canned Heat's Bob 'Bear' Hite enters the world.

1950: Don't stop believin'. Jonathan Cain is born with the name Jonathan Leonard Friga. Journey's keyboardist-songwriter is a Chicago native.

1977: "New Kid In Town" owns the #1 slot on the pop survey. The song earns the Eagles their first gold single. 1977

source: rockintown

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 27th


1971, Five months after her death, Janis Joplin started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with here second and final solo studio album Pearl. Joplin sang on all tracks except 'Buried Alive in the Blues', which remained a Full Tilt Boogie instrumental because she died before adding her vocals.

2004, A worker in a supermarket in Aspen, Colorado alerted the police-after seeing a man shopping with his face covered by a mask. Police arrived on the scene and identified the man as Michael Jackson who was in town on holiday with his children.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 27th


1961
Five months after topping the US charts with "The Twist", Chubby Checker does it again with "Pony Time". The song reached #27 in the UK.

1970
Jefferson Airplane is fined $1,000 for onstage profanity in Oklahoma City.

1980
The Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes" wins a Grammy Award for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, while Billy Joel's "52nd Street" wins both Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

source: classicband

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: February 27th


1954: Neal Schon-guitarist for Journey was born.

1957: Adrian Smith-guitarist for Iron Maiden was born.

1957: Johnny Van Zant-singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd was born.

1977: Led Zeppelin had to postpone the start of their North American tour in Dallas after Robert Plant came down with laryngitis.

1982: The Cars peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Shake It Up” their first top ten single in the U.S.

source: paulshaffersdayinrock