This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 27th



1944 Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is born in Birmingham, England.

1951 Seth Justman (The J. Geils Band keyboardist) is born in Washington, D.C.

1951 Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer) is born in Dublin, Ireland.

1980 At the Gaumont theater in Southampton, England, AC/DC play their last show with Bon Scott. The electrifying frontman dies on February 19 after a night of excessive drinking.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 27th


1956 - Elvis Presley's single, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley's contract from Sun Records for $35,000.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Jan 27th



1944, Born on this day, Nick Mason: drums, percussion and tape effects, Pink Floyd. Nick is the only member of the band to play on every album since the band's formation in 1965. He studied architecture at London's Regent Street Polytechnic, where he teamed up with fellow students Roger Waters, Rado 'Bob' Klose and Richard Wright in 1964 to form Pink Floyd's predecessor, Sigma 6. Mason is a keen auto racing enthusiast and has taken part in many racing events such as the French 24 Heures du Mans race in Le Mans.

1957, Born on this day, Janick Robert Gers English guitarist with English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, who had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter ...To The Slaughter'. Iron Maiden have sold over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide.

1996, Babylon Zoo started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Spaceman', the fastest selling single by a debut artist in the UK, (420,000 copies in 6 days). The song was used for a Levi Jeans TV commercial. The single also went to Number 1 in twenty-three other countries.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Jan 27th


1970, John Lennon’s “Instant Karma!” was written, recorded and released within a period of ten days, making it one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history. The UK release was on February 6th, while the US release took place fourteen days later. The recording was produced by Phil Spector, marking a comeback for the American producer after his self-imposed retirement in 1966, and leading to him being offered the producer’s role on the Beatles’ Let It Be album (1970). The song was recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios, “Instant Karma!” employs Spector’s signature Wall of Sound technique and features contributions from George Harrison, Klaus Voormann, Alan White and Billy Preston.

2014, American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger died at the age of 94. He had a string of hit records during the early 1950’s as a member of the Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly’s “Goodnight, Irene.” The song was a number one for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture and environmental causes.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Jan 27th


1962 The house band from New York's Peppermint Lounge, Joey Dee And The Starliters had the number song in the US with "The Peppermint Twist". The single reached #33 on the UK chart. The lead singer on the record was David Brigati, whose brother, Eddie Brigati, sang with The Young Rascals.

2023 Floyd Sneed, drummer for Three Dog Night during their hit making years, passed away at the age of 80.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: Jan 27th


A few albums that was released.


1967 ● Golden Earring —— Winter-Harvest ► Hard Rock

1983 ● John Mellencamp (John Cougar) —— The Kid Inside ► Roots Rock

1984 ● Christine McVie —— Christine McVie ► Pop-Rock

2009 ● Bruce Springsteen —— Working On A Dream ► Heartland Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: January 28th


1968: During a tour of Australia, a plane carrying members of The Who & the Small Faces landed in Melbourne en route from Adelaide to Sydney & was delayed for three hours amidst claims of drunkenness & unruly behavior. The flight continued with two security guards on board.

1978: Styx peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Come Sail Away” which was their second top ten single in the U.S.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Jan 28th


1943 Brian Keenan (drummer for Manfred Mann, The Chambers Brothers) is born in New York.

1946 Rick Allen (keyboardist for The Box Tops, The Gentrys) is born in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1969 Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amour."

2016 Two founding members of Jefferson Airplane, lead singer Signe Anderson and guitarist Paul Kantner, die on the same day, both at 74. Anderson left the group in 1966 after recording their first album - she was replaced by Grace Slick.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Jan 28th


1983, The first Narara Music Festival was held near Somersby, NSW over the Australia Day weekend, the line-up included Men At Work, The Church, The Choirboys, Cold Chisel and INXS. The following year saw Simple Minds, Talking Heads, Def Leppard, Eurythmics and The Pretenders all appearing.

2005, English drummer and singer songwriter Jim Capaldi died of stomach cancer aged 60. He co-founded Traffic with Steve Winwood who had the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Hole In My Shoe'. Capaldi also had the solo 1975 UK No.4 single 'Love Hurts'. Capaldi also worked with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison.

2009, Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell died at the age of 56 of a suspected heart attack in Florida. Powell called police saying he was having trouble breathing and emergency services tried to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead an hour later. Powell had missed a doctor's appointment on the day before his death; the appointment was for a checkup on his heart. He played piano on Kid Rock's 'All Summer Long' (which sampled the Lynyrd Skynyrd song 'Sweet Home Alabama').

2016, American guitarist, singer and songwriter, Paul Kantner died in San Francisco at the age of 74 due to multiple organ failure and septic shock after he suffered a heart attack days earlier. He was known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, the leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its more commercial spin-off band Jefferson Starship. With Jefferson Airplane, Kantner was among the performers at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 and the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: January 28th


A few albums that was released....


1980 ● J. Geils Band —— Love Stinks ► Blues-Rock

1985 ● David Lee Roth —— Crazy From The Heat ► Hard Rock

1986 ● Black Sabbath —— Seventh Star ► Hard Rock


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