This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: October 9th


1948 Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne has a birthday.

1952 Ozzy's better half (that wouldn't be difficult), manager and mother of his children, Sharon Osbourne, is born in Brixton (London). She's daughter of Rock and Roll entrepreneur Don Arden and becomes a co-founder (with Ozzy) of Ozzfest.

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This Day In Rock History: October 10th


1902, The Gibson Mandolin guitar company was formed. Gibson's first electric guitar the ES-150 was produced in 1936, and in 1946 Gibson introduced the P-90 single coil pickup, which was eventually used on the first Les Paul model made in 1952.

1980, The funeral took place of Led Zeppelin's drummer John Bonham ‘Bonzo’ was found dead at guitarists Jimmy Page's house of what was described as asphyxiation, after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption, (40 shots in 4 hours) aged 32.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 10th


1954 David Lee Roth (guitarist, vocalist for Van Halen) is born in Bloomington, Indiana.

1964 The Shangri-Las release "Leader Of The Pack."

1969 King Crimson releases In the Court of the Crimson King, which is considered by many as the first Progressive Rock album.

1970 Pink Floyd release Atom Heart Mother in the US.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 10th


1966 - The self-titled debut album from The Monkees was released.

1988 - The U2 album "Rattle and Hum" was released.

1995 - Peter Frampton released "Frampton Comes Alive II."

source: onthisday

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 11th


1946 Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) is born Daryl Franklin Hohl in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

1946 Gary Mallaber (percussionist/backup singer for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Buffalo, New York.

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This Day In Rock History: October 11th


1975: The first episode of Saturday Night Live then titled Saturday Night premiered on NBC. The episode was hosted by George Carlin, first musical guests were Janis Ian & Billy Preston & the bandleader was Paul Shaffer.

1990: Nirvana performed their first concert with Dave Grohl on drums at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia, WA.

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This Day In Rock History: October 12th


1948, Born on this day, Rick Parfitt, vocals, guitar, Status Quo. Status Quo had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' in 1967, 'Whatever You Want' in 1979 and 'In the Army Now' in 2010. Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with 'Rockin' All Over the World' .Parfitt died on 24th Dec 2016 in hospital in Marbella, Spain aged 68.


1968, Big Brother And The Holding Company went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Cheap Thrills'. The cover, drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, replaced the band's original idea, a picture of the group naked in bed together. Crumb had originally intended his art to be the LP's back cover, but Joplin demanded that Columbia Records use it for the front cover. Initially the album title was to have been Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills, but this didn't go down too well at Columbia Records.

1997, John Denver was killed when the handmade, experimental airplane he was flying ran out of gas and crashed off the coast of Monterey Bay, California. The 53 year old star had scored 15 songs on Billboard's Top 40 Pop chart, ten of which reached number one on either Billboard's Adult Contemporary or Country chart. The Great Gig In The Sky

2016, David Bowie and Prince were both new entries in the latest list of top-earning dead celebrities compiled by Forbes. Prince's pre-tax income from 1 October 2015 to 1 October 2016 was estimated at $25m (£20.5m) by the business magazine, putting him fifth in the list. Bowie, meanwhile, was ranked at 11th for an estimated income of $10.5m (£8.5m). Both, however, are dwarfed by Michael Jackson who topped the list once again with a record-breaking estimated income of $825m (£672.8m).


source: thisdayinmusic

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 12th


1979 Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson has his right eye torn open by a thorn, situated on a rose an adoring fan threw on stage at the band's Madison Square Garden concert.

1979 Fleetwood Mac releases Tusk, their first album since the wildly successful Rumours in 1977. A double album with less commercial appeal, Mick Fleetwood credits it with keeping the band together, as the band members were free to experiment.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 12th


1968 - John Sebastian left the band Lovin' Spoonful to start his solo career.

1988 - The Poison single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was released.

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This Day In Rock History: October 13th


1962, Don Everly collapsed during rehearsals on stage at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on the eve of a 22 date Everly Brothers UK tour. He was flown back to the US for treatment and the tour continued with Phil Everly performing solo.

1970, Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered at Stinson Beach in Marin County, California. The singer had been found dead on the floor beside her bed at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood California on 4th Oct. The official cause of death was an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol.

2008, In a video message on his website, Ringo Starr announced that he no longer has time to sign autographs and asked fans not to send him any mail at all. "No more fan mail and no objects to be signed. Nothing." After finishing a tour of the US and Canada, he was dividing his time between Los Angeles, the South of France and his UK home in Surrey.

source: thisdayinmusic