This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 17th


1990 Steppenwolf's 1968 rocker, "Born to Be Wild" re-entered the Top 10 in Holland on the strength of the amount of air play it received in recent movies and commercials.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 17th


1973, The Rolling Stones performed two shows at Foret Nationale, Brussels, Belgium, as part of a tour of the UK and Europe. Opening for the tour’s shows were Billy Preston and American group Kracker, the first band to be signed to Rolling Stones Records. Bobby Keys didn’t show up for the concert, which resulted in him being banned by Mick Jagger from future Rolling Stones tours until 1989, with occasional exceptions. According to legend, Bobby missed the gig due to him filling a hotel bathtub with Dom Perignon champagne and drinking most of it.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 17th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● The Easybeats —— Vigil ► Rock ‘N’ Roll

1980 ● Dire Straits —— Making Movies ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock

1995 ● Steely Dan —— Alive In America ► Jazz-Rock

2006 ● Aerosmith —— Devil’s Got A New Disguise – The Very Best Of Aerosmith ► Hard Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 18th


1926 Chuck Berry is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

1946 Joe Egan (co-founder of Stealers Wheel) is born in Paisley, Scotland.

1949 Gary Richrath (guitarist for REO Speedwagon) is born in Peoria, Illinois.

1989 During a gig opening for The Rolling Stones in Los Angeles, Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses announces on stage: "Unless certain people in this band get their s--t together, these will be the last Guns N' Roses shows you'll f--king ever see. Cause I'm tired of too many people in this organization dancing with Mr. Brownstone." It's an early indicator of the fissures that will arise between the capricious Rose and his drug-addicted bandmates.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 18th


2021 95-year-old Tony Bennett was acknowledged by the Guinness Book Of World Records as the oldest musician to release a collection of new material for his collaboration with Lady Gaga called "Love For Sale". He was also cited for being the oldest person to reach number one on U.S. album charts for a newly recorded album. In total, Bennett, an eighteen time Grammy winner, held five world records, which included the longest time between U.K. top 20 albums at age 39, the oldest person to enter the U.K. top 20 album chart at age 80, and longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 18th


1964 - Eric Burdon and The Animals headlined their first tour in England. The tour began in Manchester with opening acts Carl Perkins and Gene Vincent.

1968 - Led Zeppelin (briefly known as The New Yardbirds) played their first British engagement at the Marquee Theatre.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 18th


1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine rolled off the press at about 5:30 pm, with a cover dated November 9 and featuring a photo of John Lennon from the film How I Won the War. The original inspiration for the new publication had been California-based magazine Bomp!.

1969: Folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s debut album, Alice’s Restaurant, released two years earlier by Reprise Records, entered the Billboard pop chart, where it peaked at #63 by the end of the year. The entire A-side of the record comprises the eighteen-and-a-half minute opening track, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” which later reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Guthrie’s best known work.

1994: After a fourteen-year breakup, the Eagles released “Get Over It,” the first single from their second live album, Hell Freezes Over. It was also the first song written by bandmates Don Henley and Glenn Frey when the band reunited and became the group’s last top 40 hit in the US.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 18th


A few albums that was released....

1971 ● Cactus —— Restrictions ► Hard Rock

1985 ● The Cult —— Love ► Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Revival

1993 ● Iron Maiden —— A Real Dead One ► Heavy Metal

2001 ● The Rolling Stones —— The Brussels Affair ’73 ► Blues-Rock

2005 ● Supertramp —— Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 19th



1973 David Bowie released his seventh album Pin Ups. The album, which features supermodel Twiggy on the front cover, is a collection of cover versions of some of the singer’s favorite songs, including tracks by Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Who, The Yardbirds and The Kinks.

1997 Glen Buxton, an original guitarist for Alice Cooper’s band died from pneumonia at age 49. He was born in Akron, Ohio, but attended High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he met Dennis Dunaway and Vincent Furnier, soon to be known as Alice Cooper. Buxton co-wrote several classic Cooper hits, including “School’s Out,” “I’m Eighteen,” and “Elected.”


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 19th


1961 The Beatles and Gerry And The Pacemakers combined into one band called The Beatmakers for a show at the Litherland Town Hall in Liverpool. George Harrison played lead guitar and Paul McCartney played rhythm, with the drumming duties split between Pete Best and Freddie Marsden. Les Chadwick played bass and John Lennon sat at the piano with Karl Terry joining in the vocals. Finally, Gerry Marsden played guitar and sang, while Les Maguire played the saxophone.

1966 The Yardbirds arrive in New York for their first US tour with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars. After two shows, Beck developed acute tonsillitis and quit the group. He would go on to form The Jeff Beck Group that gave Rod Stewart his first major exposure.

1968 18-year-old Peter Frampton meets Steve Marriott at a Small Faces show in London. After striking up a friendship, the two start planning a new group which will emerge as Humble Pie next April.


source: classicbands