This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: October 13th


1944 Robert Lamm (keyboardist and songwriter for Chicago) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1947 Sammy Hagar is born in Salinas, California. He replaces David Lee Roth as lead singer of Van Halen from 1985-1996, before returning in 2004.

1948 John Ford Coley, folk rock/country singer and instrumentalist, is born in Dallas, Texas

1987 Sting releases his second solo album, ...Nothing Like the Sun.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 14th


1946 Dan McCafferty (lead singer for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

1946 Justin Hayward (guitarist for The Moody Blues) is born Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

1947 Al Atkins - the first front man for Judas Priest - is born at West Bromwich, England.

1959 A.J. Pero (drummer for Twisted Sister) is born Anthony Jude Pero in Staten Island, New York.

1966 Grace Slick makes her first stage appearance with the band Jefferson Airplane at their Fillmore West gig in San Francisco.

1977 KISS releases Alive II.

2007 The Tom Petty documentary film, Running Down A Dream, debuts at the New York Film Festival.

2011 Chuck Ruff (drummer for Edgar Winter Group and Sammy Hagar) dies in San Francisco, California, after a lengthy illness at age 60.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 14th


1945 Whitesnake's Colin Hodgkinson enters the world. The British drummer hails from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

1975 KISS unleashes "Rock & Roll All Nite."

2015 Live Wire, a Bon Scott bio, is out. The book was written by AC/DC roadie John Darcy, his wife Gabby, who was the late singer's close friend, and Mary Renshaw, Scott's soulmate and companion.

source: rockintown

 

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This Day In Rock History: October14th


1964: The Rolling Stones’ drummer Charlie Watts married his girlfriend Shirley Shepherd in Bradford, U.K. They’re still married to this day.

2004: Eric Clapton was banned from driving in France after being caught driving 134mph, 53mph above the speed limit in his Porsche 911 Turbo near Merceuli.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 14th


1957 The Elvis Presley classic, "Jailhouse Rock" is released. It would become his ninth US number one single and stay on the Billboard chart for nineteen weeks. The film clip from the movie where he sang the song is considered by many historians to be the first Rock video.


1972 Joe Cocker is arrested on drug charges in Adelaide, Australia. He could have faced penalties ranging from a $2,000 fine to two years in prison, but was given a mere four-hour notice to leave the country.

source: classicbands

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 15th


1968 - Stevie Wonder's single "For Once In My Life" was released.

1977 - "Slip Slidin' Away," by Paul Simon, was released.

source: onthisday

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 15th


1985 Power Windows, Rush's 11th album, is released. It is the last Rush album to achieve Platinum status until Roll the Bones comes out six years later.

1987 Joe Satriani's second full-length solo album, Surfing with the Alien, is released. The popular all-instrumental album kicks open the door for similarly styled "guitar shred" albums.

2014 At the St. Louis club Blueberry Hill, Chuck Berry performs for the last time. The rocker, who dies in 2017, played monthly gigs at the venue starting in 1996.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 16th


1971: Isaac Hayes’ “Theme From Shaft” was released.

1976: Stevie Wonder’s “Song in the Key of Life” was released.

1989: The single “The Arms Of Orion” was released by Prince.

source: noiseaddicts

 

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This Day In Rock History: October 16th


1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the album "Electric Ladyland." It was the third and final album by the band.

1972 - A statement was released by Creedence Clearwater Revival that announced the group's break up.

1982 - RCA Records released "H2O" by Daryl Hall and John Oates.

source: onthisday

 

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This Day In Music History: October 16th


1961, Decca records released 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline. The ballad, composed by Willie Nelson gave Cline a No.2 country hit in 1962. Nelson originally wrote the song for country singer Billy Walker, but Walker turned it down. The song's eventual success helped launch Nelson as a performer as well as a songwriter. It spent 21 weeks on the chart for Cline, and eventually became one of her signature tunes.


source: thisdayinmusic