This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 18th


1946 Skip Spence (of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane) is born Alexander Lee Spence in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

2009 Sable Starr dies of brain cancer in Reno, Nevada, at the age of 51. In the 1970s she was a famous groupie, following rock stars around the venues of LA from the age of 14. At the time of her death she has retired from the rock and roll lifestyle and is working in a casino.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 18th


1981 Yes temporarily split up when bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White left the group to rehearse with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame. The intended super group was to be called XYZ (Ex Yes and Zeppelin), but Plant soon bowed out, saying he didn't like "complicated music." Yes would reform 2 1/2 years later, releasing "90125", which contained the number 1 single, "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

2012 Dick Clark, who brought Rock 'n' Roll into the homes of millions of viewers on his daytime TV show American Bandstand from 1956 to 1988, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 82.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 18th


2023 Eddie Van Halen's iconic Fender "Frankenstrat" guitar that he played both onstage and in the classic video for Van Halen’s "Hot for Teacher" sold at a Sotheby's auction for $3.9 million.

2024 80-year-old Dickey Betts, guitarist and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, died of cancer and COPD at his home in Osprey, Florida. He was the writer and singer on the Allmans' 1973, Hot 100 #2 single, "Ramblin' Man".


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 18th


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● ZZ Top —— Fandango! ► Blues-Rock

1988 ● Eric Clapton —— Crossroads ► Blues-Rock

1995 ● Scorpions —— Live Bites ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock

2000 ● Black Label Society —— Stronger Than Death ► Heavy Metal

2015 ● Jethro Tull —— Live At Carnegie Hall 1970 ► Folk-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 19th


1942 Alan Price (original keyboardist for The Animals) is born in Fatfield, England.

1947 Mark Volman (of The Turtles, Flo and Eddie, Mothers of Invention) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1953 Rock drummer Rod Morgenstein (of Winger) is born in New York.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 19th


2020 Ian Whitcomb, the British born singer who scored a Billboard #8 hit with "You Turn Me On" in 1965, died of natural causes at the age of 78. He opened for The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and Sam the Sham And The Pharaohs in '65, but retired shortly after and was later commissioned by Penguin Books to write a history of Pop music called After the Ball, published in 1972. After moving to American, he spent the rest of his life recording, writing about music, producing TV programs and hosting radio shows.

2021 Jim Steinman, a songwriter whose most successful works included Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", Barry Manilow's "Read 'Em and Weep", and Celine Dion's cover of "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", died of kidney failure at the age of 73.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 19th


1980 32 year old English singer Brian Johnson joined Australian group AC/DC, replacing Bon Scott who had died after a drinks binge in February 1980. Johnson's first band was the Gobi Desert Canoe Club. He was also in a band called Fresh. From 1970, Johnson played with cabaret/club band The Jasper Hart Band, performing songs from the musical Hair. He and other members of the band went on to form Geordie.

2012 Levon Helm, died of throat cancer aged 71. A drummer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Helm formed his own high school band, the Jungle Bush Beaters, at 17, he later joined The Hawks (who became Bob Dylan's backing group) who then became known as The Band. He sang on Band classics like 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,' 'Up on Cripple Creek,' 'Rag Mama Rag,' and 'The Weight.'


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 19th


2002 - Alice In Chains lead singer Layne Staley is discovered dead in his Seattle apartment after police break down his door to investigate reports that he is missing. Staley, whose addictions led him to cut off contact with friends and family, had died on April 5 of a drug overdose. He was 34.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 19th


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● John Sebastian —— Welcome Back ► Folk-Rock

1991 ● Golden Earring —— Bloody Buccaneers ► Hard Rock

1999 ● The Cranberries —— Bury The Hatchet ► Alt. Pop-Rock

2011 ● The Steve Miller Band —— Let Your Hair Down ► Blue-Eyed_Soul

2014 ● R.E.M. —— Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions ► Indie Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: April 20th


1945 Keyboardist Jimmy Winston (The Moments, The Small Faces) is born in Stratford, London, England.

1948 Craig Frost (keyboardist for Grand Funk Railroad) is born in Flint, Michigan.


source: calendarsongfacts