This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: December 4th


1961: Gene Chandler’s “Duke of Earl” was released.

1980: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones made the announcement of their decision not to re-form Led Zeppelin in the wake of the death of drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham.

source: noiseaddicts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 4th


1960, The Crickets released the single 'I Fought the Law' on Coral Records. Written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets, a remake by the Bobby Fuller Four became a top-ten hit for the band in 1966 and was also recorded by The Clash in 1979 after Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones heard the song on a jukebox in San Francisco.

1976, American guitarist Tommy Bolin died from a heroin overdose aged 25 the day after opening a show for Jeff Beck in Miami, Florida. Bolin was a member of Zephyr (1969 to 1971), The James Gang (1973 to 1974) and Deep Purple (1975 to 1976).

1980, Prince played the first night on his 31 date Dirty Mind North American tour at Shea’s in Buffalo, New York. After being told by his managers he couldn't wear spandex pants without any underwear, Prince began performing in a long trench coat, black high heeled boots and leggings, and bikini brief trunks.

1988, Roy Orbison played his final ever gig when he appeared in Cleveland, Ohio. Orbison died of a heart attack two days later.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 5th


1938 Singer-songwriter J.J. Cale, a forerunner of the Tulsa Sound, is born John Weldon Cale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1947 Jim Messina (of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins & Messina) is born in Maywood, California.

1960 Jack Russell (Great White vocalist) is born in Montebello, California.

1969 The Rolling Stones release Let It Bleed.

1980 U2 play their first show in the US when they perform at The Ritz Ballroom in New York City.

1981 Damaged, Black Flag's debut album, is released. It will go on to become one of the most influential albums in the hardcore punk genre.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 6th


1969, The Rolling Stones played a free festival at Altamont in California, along with Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Rolling Stones fan Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death as the group played by Hell's Angels who'd been hired to police the event. It's claimed Hunter was waving a revolver. One other man drowned, two men were killed by in a hit-and run accident and two babies were born.

1988, American singer songwriter Roy Orbison died of a heart attack aged 52. Scored the 1964 UK & US No.1 single 'Pretty Woman', plus over 20 US & 30 UK Top 40 singles including ‘Only the Lonely’ and ‘Crying’. Formed his first band The Wink Westerners in 1949, was a member of The Traveling Wilburys (known as Lefty Wilbury) with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty and had the 1988 UK No.21 single 'Handle With Care'. Orbison endured a great deal of tragedy in his life. His first wife, Claudette died in a motorcycle accident in 1966 and two of his three sons, died in a house fire.

2013, The electric guitar played by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was sold at auction in New York for a record $965,000. The Fender Stratocaster had been in the possession of a New Jersey family for 48 years after Dylan left it on a private plane.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 6th


1968 - James Taylor's self-titled album was released in Britain.

1969 - The Rolling Stones released the album "Beggar's Banquet."

1970 - "Gimme Shelter" opened in the U.S. It is a documentary film about the Rolling Stones' 1969 tour of the U.S.

source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 6th


1956 Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot guitarist) is born in Santa Monica, California.

1957 The Diamonds release "The Stroll."

1961 Keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, who is on tour with Smashing Pumpkins when he dies of a drug overdose in 1996, is born in Los Angeles.

1961 Brian Epstein gets his first job as a band manager; his first client: The Beatles.

1963 The Beatles release The First Christmas Record.

1965 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles release "Going To A Go-Go."

1965 The Beatles release Rubber Soul (US).

1965 The Beatles release "We Can Work It Out," with "Day Tripper" on the flip side.

1986 Ringo becomes the first Beatle to use his name in an advertisement, for Sun Country wine cooler.

1994 Bush release their debut album Sixteen Stone, which takes off in America but is largely ignored in their native England.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 7th


1967, Otis Redding went into the studio to record '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'. The song went on to be his biggest hit. Redding didn't see its release; he was killed three days later in a plane crash. Redding wrote the first verse of the song, under the abbreviated title 'Dock of the Bay', on a houseboat at Waldo Point in Sausalito, California a short time after his appearance at The Monterey pop festival. Redding's familiar whistling, heard before the song's fade was the singer fooling around, he had intended to return to the studio at a later date to add words in place of the whistling.

2016, Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died aged 69 after a battle with cancer. One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the band combined heavy rock riffs with a classical influence. They scored hit albums with Pictures at an Exhibition, Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery and Lake had his solo hit 'I Believe in Father Christmas'. Jimi Hendrix considered joining ELP in their earliest incarnation, and if this had happened, the band would've been known as HELP.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: December 7th


1942 Harry Chapin is born in New York City.

1949 Tom Waits is born in Pomona, California.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

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This Day In Rock History: December 7th


1964

Beach Boys' leader Brian Wilson suffers a panic attack on a flight from L.A. to Houston, which leads him to stop touring with the group.

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This Day In Rock History: December 8th


1963

19 year old Frank Sinatra Jr. was abducted at gun point from his hotel room at Harrah's Casino in Lake Tahoe, California. Two days later he was released unharmed after his father paid the kidnappers' $240,000 ransom demand. Within a week, three perpetrators were located and arrested. At their trial, which took place in the Spring of 1964, the defendants claimed that Frank Jr. had orchestrated the abduction as an elaborate publicity stunt, but there was no evidence to support their accusation. The young mastermind behind the scheme, Barry Keenan, served 4-and-a-half years in federal prison and went on to become a successful real-estate developer.

1975

Gary Thain, former bassist for the British band Uriah Heep, died of a heroin overdose. He was 27.

1980

Just two months after his 40th birthday, John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman, outside his home at the Dakota Apartment building on the northwestern corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York. After approaching the former Beatle and calling his name, Chapman dropped into a combat stance and shot John in his chest, back and left arm. Lennon staggered into the porters' vestibule in a desperate attempt to get upstairs to see his son, Sean. As he collapsed, John was comforted by porter Jay Hastings, who covered him with his jacket and gently removed his glasses. Police were quickly summoned and took John to Roosevelt Hospital on West Fifty-ninth St. Although doctors did everything they could to save him, John Lennon was pronounced dead at 11:07 PM. A sobbing Yoko cried "Oh no, no, no, no... tell me it's not true," and was led away in shock.

1984

Motley Crue's Vince Neil is involved in a car accident that killed his passenger, Hanoi Rocks' drummer Nick "Razzle" Dingley and seriously injures two people in another vehicle. He is arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. In July 1986 he would be sentenced to a 30 day jail term, 5 years probation and $2.6 million in restitution to the victims of the crash, as well as 200 hours of community service. Vince was released from jail after 20 days.

2016

The Rolling Stones 73-year-old frontman Mick Jagger became a father for the eighth time when his girlfriend, 29-year-old Melanie Hamrick, gave birth to the couple's son. Jagger had previously fathered seven other children, Georgia, James, Jade, Elizabeth, Lucas, Karis and Gabriel, who range in age from their 40s to teenagers.

source: classicbands