This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd



1994 American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer Dan Hartman died aged 43 of a brain tumor in Westport, Connecticut. He was a member of the Edgar Winter Group and wrote the band's hit ‘Free Ride.’ As a solo artists he had the 1978 No.1 dance hit ‘Instant Replay,’ and wrote ‘Relight My Fire’ a UK No.1 for Take That and Lulu and also co-wrote The James Brown song 'Living in America.’ Hartman collaborated with Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young, Living In A Box, Holly Johnson and Steve Winwood.

2005 Rod Price, former member of Black Cat Bones and a founding member of Foghat died after falling down a stairway at his home after suffering a heart attack. The 57 year old English guitarist played on Foghat's highest charting US single 'Slow Ride' a hit in 1976.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd



1963 "Our Day Will Come" by Ruby And The Romantics topped the Billboard Hot 100, although it only made #38 in the UK. On the day the song was recorded, it was the first time Ruby had ever been in a recording studio.

1986 Mark Dinning, who scored a US number one hit in 1960 with "Teen Angel", died following a heart attack at the age of 52. The song had been written by his sister, Jeannie. Although he never had another hit, Mark continued performing throughout the 1960s, but felt his lack of success was because "groups were in and singles were out" once the British Invasion started. He died just after returning home from a club appearance in Jefferson City, Missouri.

2017 Former Boston drummer, 67-year-old Sib Hashian, collapsed and died on stage during a performance on a Caribbean cruise ship. The Legends Of Rock cruise also featured Sib's old Boston bandmate Barry Goudreau, original Beach Boys star David Marks and Foreigner singer Lou Gramm. Hashian had performed on Boston's 1967 self-titled debut album that featured the giant hit, "More Than A Feeling"


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 22nd


A few albums that was released....


1963 ● The Beatles —— Please Please Me ► Pop-Rock

1965 ● The Beatles —— The Early Beatles ► Pop-Rock

1974 ● Eagles —— On The Border ► Country-Rock

1982 ● Iron Maiden —— The Number Of The Beast ► Heavy Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


1944 Ric Ocasek of The Cars is born in Baltimore, Maryland. His date of birth is often reported at March 23, 1949 because that's what he often claimed, but records show he was actually born five years earlier.

1950 Phil Lanzon (keyboardist for Uriah Heep) is born in England.

1983 ZZ Top release their album Eliminator, which features Billy Gibbons' custom hot rod on the cover. Thanks to videos for "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" featuring the car and various babes, they become unlikely MTV stars, earning a new generation of fans.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


1968 Blue Cheer enter the Billboard Hot 100 for the first and only time with their Heavy Metal version of Eddie Cochran's 1958 hit "Summertime Blues". The single would rise to #14 and helped push the album "Vincebus Eruptum" to #11. Jim Morrison of The Doors called the trio "The single most powerful band I've ever seen."


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 23rd


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● King Crimson —— Lark’s Tongues In Aspic ► Prog Rock

1976 ● Judas Priest —— Sad Wings Of Destiny ► Heavy Metal

1993 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— Ahead Of Their Time ► Art Rock

1998 ● Iron Maiden —— Virtual XI ► Heavy Metal

2003 ● Eddie Money —— Let’s Rock ‘N Roll The Place ► Album Rock

2004 ● Triumph —— A Night Of Triumph ► Arena Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 24th


1947 Mike Kellie (drummer for Spooky Tooth) is born in Birmingham, England.

1951 Dougie Thomson (bassist for Supertramp) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 24th


1986 Van Halen released their seventh studio album 5150 (pronounced fifty-one-fifty) which became their first album to top the US chart. The first of four albums to be recorded with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth was named after Eddie Van Halen's home studio, 5150, in turn named after a California law enforcement term for a mentally disturbed person.

2001 A stretch of road on Highway 19 in Macon, Georgia, was named Duane Allman Boulevard, near where The Allman Brothers Band guitarist died aged 24 in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971.



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1949 Canadian musician Steve Lang best known for his role as a bassist in the rock band April Wine from 1976 to 1984. Their 1976 album The Whole World's Goin' Crazy reached No.1 in Canada and was the first in Canadian history to have platinum advanced sales orders. He died on 4 February, 2017 aged 67.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 24th


A few albums that was released....


1966 ● The Easybeats —— It’s 2 Easy ► Rock ‘N’ Roll

1969 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— Mothermania ► Prog Rock

1972 ● Slade —— Slade Alive! ► Hard Rock

1974 ● Weather Report —— Mysterious Traveller ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1975 ● Chicago —— Chicago VIII ► Jazz-Rock

1975 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Nuthin’ Fancy ► Southern Rock

1979 ● Motörhead —— Overkill ► Heavy Metal

1986 ● The Rolling Stones —— Dirty Work ► Blues-Rock

1997 ● Supertramp —— Some Things Never Change ► Prog/Art Rock

1998 ● Blue Öyster Cult —— Heaven Forbid ► Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 25th



1947 Elton John is born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, Middlesex, England. His stage name, taken at age 20, comes from two members of the band Bluesology: Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.

1966 Blues rocker Jeff Healey is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1972 Deep Purple's album Machine Head is released in America. Most of it was recorded in their hotel after the Montreux Casino, where they planned to record it, burned down, a story told in the song "Smoke On The Water."

2007 Elton John sets the record for the most performances at New York's Madison Square Garden when he performs there for the 60th time – on his 60th birthday.

2009 Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley) dies of cancer at age 61.


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