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1941 Signe Anderson, the original lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, is born in Seattle, Washington. She is raised in Portland, Oregon.

1945 Lee Dorman (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born Douglas Lee Dorman in St. Louis, Missouri.

1983 Huey Lewis and the News release the album Sports, which sells over 7 million copies. The album features the singles "I Want a New Drug," "The Heart of Rock 'n Roll" and "If This Is It."


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2004, Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) died in Los Angeles after a five-year battle with prostate cancer. Founding member of The Ramones, major influence on many punk and 90’s bands. Scored the 1977 hit single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'.

2008 Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright died aged 65 from cancer. Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason. David Gilmour who joined the band at the start of 1968 said: "He was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him." In 2005, the full band reunited - for the first time in 24 years - for the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park. Wright had also contributed vocals and keyboards to Gilmour's 2006 solo album On An Island.

2019 Ric Ocasek the former lead singer with The Cars was found dead in his New York City apartment, he was 75. The Cars formed in Boston in the mid-1970s by Ocasek and band-mate Benjamin Orr after they met at high school. Their early hits included 'Just What I Needed', 'My Best Friend's Girl' and 'Good Times Roll'. Their 1984 ballad 'Drive' was used as background music for footage of the Ethiopian famine, and its re-release as a single after Live Aid helped raise money for the cause. After the band broke up in the late 1980s, Ocasek embarked on a solo career as well as working as a producer for artists including Weezer, Bad Religion and No Doubt.


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1961 A group from Hawthorne, California called The Pendletones, attend their first real recording session at Hite Morgan's studio in Los Angeles. The band lays down "Surfin'", a song that would kick start their career as The Beach Boys.

1962 The Four Seasons had their first number 1 hit when "Sherry" reached the top of both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Best Sellers list. The song was originally titled "Terry", but after considering other names, including "Jackie", after Jackie Kennedy, the group changed the lyrics to "Sherry" after Cheri Spector, the daughter of one of Bob Crewe's best friends. Over their career the Seasons would add three more chart toppers, "Rag Doll", "Walk Like a Man" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" to their list of eleven Top 10 hits.

1965 The Ford Motor Company becomes the first auto maker to offer an 8-track tape player as an option for their entire line of vehicles. Tapes were initially only available at auto parts stores, as home 8-track equipment was still a year away.

1974 Uriah Heep bassist Gary Thain is nearly electrocuted onstage during a show in Dallas. He survives, but says that the other band members didn't show enough concern over the accident and leaves the group soon after.

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1972: Genesis released their fourth studio album, Foxtrot.

1973: Poco released Crazy Eyes, their fifth studio album and last with founding member Richie Furay.

1980: Pat Benatar released “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” the second single from her second studio album, Crimes of Passion. It became her first top 10 hit in the US, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the Cash Box chart.

1997: Genesis released “Congo,” the first single from the group’s fifteenth and final studio album, Call All Stations. The record marked the debut of Ray Wilson as lead singer, but it became their first lead single since 1977 not to reach the UK top 20.

1998: The Band released their tenth and final studio album, Jubilation. The LP was the group’s first since reforming without Robbie Robertson to include more original songs than covers, and features guests Eric Clapton, John Hiatt, and Ronnie Hawkins.


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1974 - Gary Thain (Uriah Heep) was nearly electrocuted on stage during a show in Dallas.

1983 - The Huey Lewis and the News album Sports was released.

1990 - Bruce Hornsby began filling in on keyboard for The Grateful Dead following the death of Brent Mydland.


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A few albums that was released....


1971 ● The Band —— Cahoots ► Folk-Rock

1972 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Phoenix ► Hard Rock

1975 ● David Crosby & Graham Nash —— Wind On The Water ► Folk-Rock

1984 ● Motörhead —— No Remorse ► Heavy Metal

2009 ● Ace Frehley —— Anomaly ► Pop-Metal


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2016 Jerry Corbetta, keyboard player and lead vocalist for Sugarloaf, passed away at the age of 68. He had earlier been diagnosed with Pick's disease, which slowly destroys the nerve cells in the brain similarly to Alzheimer's disease. The band is most often remembered for "Green-Eyed Lady", #3 in 1970 and 1975's #9 hit "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You".


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2018 - English musician and record producer Maartin Allcock died at age 61. He was a member of British folk rock band Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull and also played keyboards for The Mission.


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1941 Joe Butler (drummer/vocalist for The Lovin' Spoonful) is born in Long Island, New York.

1942 Bernard Calvert (bass guitarist/keyboardist for The Hollies) is born in Brierfield, Lancashire, England.

1943 Pop rocker Joe Butler (of The Lovin' Spoonful) is born in Long Island, New York.

1948 Ron Blair (original bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is born in San Diego, California.

1948 Rock drummer Kenney Jones (of The Small Faces and The Who) is born in Whitechapel, East London, England.

1959 Vicki Blue (Victory Tischler-Blue) is born in Newport Beach, California. In 1977 she joins The Runaways after bassist Jackie Fox leaves, and plays on their fourth album. After the breakup of the band, Blue goes on to forge a career as an actress: playing Cindy in the 1984 mockumentary movie This is Spinal Tap.

1970 Jimi Hendrix jams with Eric Burdon and War at the London club Ronnie Scott's two days before his death. It's the last time he would play music.


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1964 Guitarist/vocalist David “The Snake” Sabo (Skid Row) begins his life in Perth Amboy, NJ.

1972 Peter Frampton (formerly of Humble Pie) makes his solo debut in New York, opening for the J. Geils Band.

2008 Buckcherry issue their fourth album, "Black Butterfly." The set is named after a song that didn’t make it on to the album. "In the big picture of the record that piece just didn't seem to fit," explains guitarist Keith Nelson. "We loved it and certainly it will see the light of day at some point." Also, Buckcherry launch their U.S. tour in Moline, IL. Shinedown and Saving Abel are along for the jaunt.


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