This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 7th


1942 Rock singer Johnny Rivers is born John Henry Ramistella in New York City but shortly moves to Baton Rouge, where he is influenced by the Louisiana music scene.

1970 Chicago releases "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"

1983 The Rolling Stones release Undercover.

1985 Lots of Dylan is now available in one place as his five-album Biograph set is released.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 7th


1951 Frank Sinatra marries his second wife, actress Ava Gardner. The marriage, her third, lasts six years and is credited for moving Sinatra into his "mature" phase as a singer, with Nelson Riddle stating: "It was Ava who did that, who taught him how to sing a torch song. That's how he learned. She was the greatest love of his life and he lost her."

1953 Pat Boone marries Shirley Lee Foley, the daughter of country singer Red Foley, in what will be a lifelong union. Boone and Foley are both 19 years old.

1986 Willie Nelson guest stars as a corrupt cop on the "El Viejo" episode of Miami Vice.

2016 Leonard Cohen, ordained Rinzai Buddhist monk and songwriter extraordinaire, dies at age 82 after a life of music that saw him inducted into the Juno/Canadian, Canadian Folk Music, Canadian Songwriters, Songwriter, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 8th


1968, The Who, Joe Cocker and The Grease Band, The Mindbenders and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown all appeared at The Walthamstow Granada Theater, England.

1969, 'Something' the first Beatles A-side composed by George Harrison entered the UK singles chart, it peaked at No.4 in the UK and went on to be a No.1 on the US chart. The song has been covered by over 150 artists, making it the second-most covered Beatles song after 'Yesterday'.

1971, Led Zeppelin released their fourth album. With no title printed on the album, and generally referred to as Four Symbols, The Fourth Album or Led Zeppelin IV it has gone on to sell over 37 million copies worldwide. The 19th century rustic oil painting on the front of the album was purchased by Robert Plant from an antique shop in Reading, Berkshire, England. The 20th century urban tower block on the back of the full gatefold LP cover is Butterfield Court in Eves Hill, Dudley, England.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 8th


1944 Bonnie Bramlett (of Delaney and Bonnie) is born Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell in Alton, Illinois.

1946 Rocker Roy Wood (of The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Wizzard) is born in Kitts Green, Birmingham, England.

1949 Bonnie Raitt is born in Burbank, California.

1961 The Beach Boys release their first single, "Surfin'."

1977 Glam queen Suzi Quatro makes her first appearance as Leather Tuscadero, the little sister of Fonzie's girlfriend Pinky, on ABC-TV's Happy Days.

1985 Miles Davis guest stars on Miami Vice, playing a **** named Ivory.

1987 The Beach Boys' Carl Wilson marries his second wife, Gina Martin, daughter of legendary crooner Dean Martin.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 8th


1967 - U.S. It was the first solo movie by a Beatle.

1971 - Led Zeppelin's album "Led Zeppelin IV" was released. The album included the song "Stairway to Heaven."

1974 - The LP Elton John's Greatest Hits was released.

1986 - Metallica performed their first live concert with Jason Newstead.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 9th


1962 - Motown Records released "You've Really Got a Hold on Me," by the Miracles

1963 - "Louie, Louie" was released by the Kingsmen

1967 - The first issue of Rolling Stone was published in San Francisco. John Lennon was on the cover.

1974 - Columbia Records released Billy Joel's "Piano Man."

1973 - The album "Piano Man" was released by Billy Joel.

1999 - The Prince released the album "Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic."

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 9th


1845 Elizabeth Reed Napier is born. She provides the title for the The Allman Brothers Band song "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" when Dickey Betts sees her headstone at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia.

1941 Tom Fogerty (rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born in Berkeley, California.

1948 Alan Gratzer (drummer for REO Speedwagon) is born in Syracuse, New York

1948 Albert Bouchard (bassist for Blue Oyster Cult) is born in Watertown, New York.

1968 Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant marries his first wife, Maureen, in London. The couple holds the wedding reception at the local club "The Roundhouse," where the group plays its first London gig.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 10th


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1967 - The Moody Blues released "Nights in White Satin."

1969 - "Ummagumma" was released by Pink Floyd in the U.S.

1973 - David Essex's "Rock On" was released.

1978 - The Clash's second album "Give 'Em Enough Rope," was released in England. The album would be their first U.S. release.

1981 - >KISS released the album "Music From the Elder."

1986 - Bruce Springsteen's "Live 1975-1985" box set was released.

1992 - Axl Rose was found guilty of assault and property damage at a 1991 Guns N' Roses concert in Maryland Heights, MO. He was given two years probation and ordered to pay $50,000 to community groups.

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 10th


1940 Screaming Lord Sutch is born David Edward Sutch in Hampstead, London, England.

1947 Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer is born in Poole, Dorset, England.

1966 The Electric Prunes release "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night."

1983 Billy Idol releases the LP Rebel Yell.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 11th


1945 Chris Dreja (rhythm guitarist, bassist for The Yardbirds) is born in Surbiton, England.

1945 Vince Martell, guitarist for Vanilla Fudge (known for their cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On"), is born Vincent James Martellucci in New York City.

1947 Pat "Dirty" Daugherty (bass guitarist, vocalist for Black Oak Arkansas) is born in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

1950 Jim Peterik is born in Berwyn, Illinois. He fronts The Ides of March and later joins Survivor, co-writing their hit "Eye of the Tiger."

1953 Andy Partridge (guitarist, songwriter for XTC) is born in Mtarfa, Malta, but will be raised in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

1977 Wings release "Mull Of Kintyre."

source: calendarsongfacts