This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


1965, Bob Dylan’s single “Subterranean Homesick Blues” was released in the US. The lead track from his Bringing It All Back Home album, gave Dylan his first top 40 hit. Subterranean Homesick Blues is also noted for its innovative film clip, in what became one of the first modern promotional film clips. The clip was shot in an alley behind the Savoy Hotel in London, the cue cards which Dylan holds were written by Donovan, Allen Ginsberg, and Dylan himself.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


2011 - Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr dies of a prescription drug overdose at age 44. Starr was the last person to see the group's lead singer, Layne Staley, before he died in 2002.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 8th


1969 Steve Marriott officially announced that he was quitting The Small Faces. In 1973, he told The L.A. Times "I left the band when I realized the gimmickry album tracks we were making and the record company was releasing as singles, like "Itchycoo Park" (US #16) and "Lazy Sunday" (UK #2), were doing much better than the things we really dug." He would go on to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton, while the remaining members, Ronnie Lane, Kenny Jones and Ian McLagan joined forces with two former members of The Jeff Beck Group, singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood to continue as Faces.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 8th


A few albums that was released....


1977 ● Foreigner —— Foreigner ► Arena Rock

1994 ● David Lee Roth —— Your Filthy Little Mouth ► Hard Rock

2013 ● David Bowie —— The Next Day ► Glam Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 9th



2007 Brad Delp lead singer of US rock band Boston committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in at his home in the New Hampshire town of Atkinson. He died from the smoke of two charcoal grills he’d lit inside his sealed master bathroom. He was found by police lying on a pillow on his bathroom floor with a note paper-clipped to his shirt which read: "Mr. Brad Delp. I am a lonely soul." Boston had the 1977 UK No.22 single 'More Than A Feeling' and the 1986 US No.1 single 'Amanda.'


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 9th


1942 Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders is born in Eugene, Oregon.

1942 Experimental musician John Cale (of Velvet Underground) is born in Wales.

1945 Guitarist Robin Trower is born in London.

1948 Jimmie Fadden (guitarist, drummer for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born in Long Beach, California.

1987 U2 release their fifth studio album, The Joshua Tree. The first two singles, "With Or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," climb to #1 in America. The album becomes their first #1 in that country, and takes the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 9th



1974: David Essex peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Rock On” which was Essex’s first and only top ten single in the U.S.

1987: U2 released The Joshua Tree, the album that’s credited with turning U2 “from heroes to superstars” according to Rolling Stone. Its U2’s biggest selling album to date with over 10 million copies sold in the U.S. alone.

Birthdays:
Robert Calvert-singer for Hawkwind born in 1945

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 9th


1970 Having recently changed their name from Earth to Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward make their concert debut at The Roundhouse in the North London district of Camden Town.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 9th


A few albums that was released...

1973 ● Canned Heat —— The New Age ► Folk-Rock

1979 ● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Angel Station ► Prog Rock

1993 ● The Moody Blues —— A Night At Red Rocks With The Colorado Symphony Orchestra ► Pop-Rock

1999 ● Motörhead —— Everything Louder Than Everyone Else ► Heavy Metal

1999 ● Scorpions —— Eye II Eye ► Heavy Metal/ Rock

1999 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— 20th Century Masters ► Southern Rock

2010 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 10th



1979 Believe it or not, James Brown played the Grand Ole Opry. Some Country artists such as Jean Shepard complained, but others like Barbara Mandrell said that Brown should have been invited five years earlier.

1988 30 year old Andy Gibb, younger brother of Bee Gees Robin, Maurice and Barry, died from a viral infection in his heart. Andy hadn't had a chart hit since 1981, but did have a stint as host of the Solid Gold TV show. Shortly before his death and just after he declared bankruptcy, Andy had signed a record deal and was working on a new album for Island Records that was never completed.

2005 53-year-old Danny Joe Brown, the original lead singer of Molly Hatchet, died from renal failure due to complications from diabetes. Brown was the front man for the band's self-titled album in 1978, which went Platinum. In 1979, the next album, "Flirtin' With Disaster" sold over 2 million copies.

2017 Joni Sledge, a part of the trio known as Sister Sledge, died of natural causes at the age of 60. The group is most often remembered for their 1979 Disco hit, "We Are Family".


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