This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th


1946 John Lawton, lead vocalist for Uriah Heep from 1976 to 1979, is born in Halifax, England.

1994 The Rolling Stones release Voodoo Lounge, with the tracks "Love Is Strong" and "You Got Me Rocking."


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 11th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Procol Harum —— Broken Barricades ► Prog Rock

1975 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Fleetwood Mac ► Pop-Rock

1994 ● Eagles —— The Very Best Of The Eagles ► Country-Rock

1995 ● Motörhead —— Sacrifice ► Heavy Metal

2000 ● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Live At The Savoy, New York October 27, 1981 ► Southern Rock

2000 ● Mötley Crüe —— New Tattoo ► Heavy Metal

2000 ● Kansas —— Somewhere To Elsewhere ► Prog/Arena Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1965 - The Beach Boys' "California Girls" was released.

1969 - Blind Faith began their one and only tour in the U.S. with a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1943 Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac is born Christine Anne Perfect in Bouth, Lancashire, England.

1950 Eric Carr (drummer for KISS) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1952 Philip Taylor Kramer (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Youngstown, Ohio.

1967 John Petrucci, guitarist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, is born in Long Island, New York.

1983 Chris Wood (flute and sax player for Traffic) dies of pneumonia at age 39.

1992 After a European tour, Axl Rose is arrested at JFK airport in New York, charged with inciting a riot at a Guns N' Roses show in St. Louis the previous year. He gets two years' probation and a $50,000 fine.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1969 After being released just three weeks earlier, the futuristic ballad "In The Year 2525" was Billboard's number one song. After getting a lot of requests to sing the song that they included in their live act, Denny Zager and Rick Evans had invested just $500 to press 1000 copies of the tune. After a Texas radio station added it their play list, RCA signed the duo, but the record would prove to be their only US chart entry. It did however stay at #1 in the US for 6 weeks, which was longer than any other song that year and earned it the distinction of #1 record of the year 1969.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 12th


A few albums that was released....


1978 ● Kenny Loggins —— Nightwatch ► Pop-Rock

1994 ● Alice Cooper —— The Last Temptation ► Hard Rock

1994 ● Kansas —— The Kansas Boxed Set ► Prog/Arena Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th


1935 Latin jazz percussionist Pete Escovedo (of Santana) is born in Pittsburg, California.

1942 Stephen Bladd (drummer for The J. Geils Band) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1942 Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is born in Chicago, Illinois.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th


2004 Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass player with The New York Dolls, died aged 55 after checking himself in to a Los Angeles emergency room, complaining of fatigue. He was quickly diagnosed with leukaemia, and died within two hours. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 'New York Dolls' and 1974 'Too Much Too Soon'. His estranged wife wanted to honour her late husband's wishes and bury him next to former Dolls stars Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan in Mount St Mary's cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, but officials at the morgue refused to release his body for burial because his remains were so decomposed. (His body had laid in a morgue for over a month).


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 13th


1985 At 12.01 Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza, held between Wembley Stadium, London and The JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. The cream of the world’s biggest rock stars took part in the worldwide event, raising over $60 million (£40million.) TV pictures beamed to over 1.5 billion people in 160 countries made it the biggest live broadcast ever known. Artists who appeared included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, The Who, U2, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Queen, Tina Turner, The Cars, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bryan Adams, Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and Led Zeppelin.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 13th


A few albums that was released....


1964 ● The Beach Boys —— All Summer Long ► Sunshine Pop

1973 ● Bob Dylan —— Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid ► Folk-Rock

1973 ● Grateful Dead —— History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear’s Choice) ► Country-Rock

1973 ● Queen —— Queen [UK] ► Prog Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll