This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 12th


2003 Johnny Cash, "The Man in Black" who became a towering figure in American music with such hits as "Folsom Prison Blues", "I Walk the Line", and "A Boy Named Sue", died at the age of 71. During his career, Cash won 11 Grammys, most recently in 2003, when "Give My Love To Rose" earned him honors as Best Male Country Vocal Performance. He also notched fourteen number 1 Country music hits. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Two of his most popular albums were recorded live at Folsom Prison in 1968 and at San Quentin in 1969. Many people wrongly thought he had served prison time himself. He never did, although he did spend the odd night in jail during his youth and battled addictions to pills on and off throughout his life.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 12th


1989, Aerosmith released 'Pump' their tenth studio album which featured the hit singles: 'Love In An Elevator', 'The Other Side' and 'Janie's Got a Gun'. Aerosmith found themselves in law school textbooks after a small rock band named Pump sued Aerosmith's management company for service mark infringement. Aerosmith won the case.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 12th


1975, Pink Floyd released their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here. The album explored themes of absence, the music business, and former band-mate Syd Barrett’s mental decline. It went to number one in the US and the UK, and went on to spend a total of 84 weeks on the chart.

2007, The surviving members of Led Zeppelin announced they would reform for a star-studded tribute concert in London. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones would play at a show to remember the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The place of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, would be taken by his son Jason. The one-off concert, the trio’s first performance for 19 years, would take place at the O2 arena in London on the 26th of November, with tickets costing £125 ($200). All profits from the show would go towards scholarships in Ertegun’s name in UK, the USA and Turkey, the country of his birth.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 12th


1980 - Ozzy Osbourne released his solo debut album, Blizzard of Ozz. It features “Crazy Train,” “Goodbye to Romance,” and “Mr. Crowley.”


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 12th


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● Thin Lizzy —— Fighting ► Hard Rock

1977 ● Chicago —— Chicago XI ► Jazz-Rock

1980 ● David Bowie —— Scary Monsters ► Glam Rock

2006 ● Peter Frampton —— Fingerprints ► Arena Rock

2006 ● Bob Seger —— Face The Promise ► Heartland Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 13th


1991 - Alice Cooper plays Freddy Krueger's father in the movie Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.

1993 - Max Weinberg, drummer with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, begins his new job as bandleader for NBC-TV's new show Late Night With Conan O'Brien.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 13th


1941 David Clayton-Thomas is born in England. He would grow up in Canada and become the lead singer in Blood, Sweat, Tears, bringing with him their biggest hit, "Spinning Wheel."

1943 Ray Elliot (keyboardist/saxophonist/flautist for Them) is born in Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.

1944 Peter Cetera (bassist/vocalist for Chicago) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1961 Dave Mustaine (lead singer/guitarist for Megadeth) is born in La Mesa, California.

1976 Lynyrd Skynyrd releases their first live album, One More from the Road. It's the only live album the band releases before a 1977 plane wreak ends the original lineup and puts the band out of commission entirely for fourteen years.

2000 Almost Famous is released in theaters across the US. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of writer and director Cameron Crowe's time spent interviewing rock bands for Rolling Stone in the '70s, when he was just a teenager. The film centers around a fictional band called Stillwater, and rather than being based on one band in particular, Stillwater feels like every '70s arena band rolled into one.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 13th


1969, This was the first day of the three-day Rugby Bag Blues Festival in Warwickshire, England with Pink Floyd, The Nice, Taste, Free, Third Ear Band, Ralph McTell, Roy Harper, King Crimson, The Strawbs, Edgar Broughton, Spirit of John Morganand John Martyn.

1978, The Grateful Dead performed a 33-minute soundcheck at the Gizah Sound and Light Theatre, in Cairo, Egypt. The instrumental Ollin Arrageed type jams, in advance of their three night engagement at the Giza plateau, took place at the footsteps of the great pyramids of Egypt.

1996, American rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur died after being shot six days earlier when he was driving through Las Vegas. 13 bullets were fired into his BMW. The incident was blamed on East and West Coast Gang wars. Shakur was a convicted sex offender, guilty of sexual abuse. After serving eleven months of his sentence he was released from prison on an appeal financed by Marion “Suge” Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 13th


1967 Vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest/Iced Earth) enters the world.

1974 “Crime Of The Century,” Supertramp’s third studio album featuring “Dreamer,” “Bloody Well Right” and “School,” is released. Three years later, the album is certified Gold in the U.S.

1985 Don Henley's "The Boys Of Summer" wins the Best Video, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Direction categories at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 13th


1991: Alice Cooper sold copies of his latest album Hey Stoopid for 99 cents during a performance at Times Square in New York City.

Birthdays:

Zak Starkey-drummer for The Who & Oasis born in 1965


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