This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 14th


1992: John Cascella, keyboardist of John Mellencamp’s band, was found dead in his car in Indiana. It is believed that he died of a heart attack.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 14th


1936 Freddie Garrity (frontman for Freddie & the Dreamers) is born in Crumpsall, Manchester, England.

1949 James Young (guitarist for Styx) is born in the Chicago suburb of Western Springs, Illinois.

1951 Alec John Such (former bassist for Bon Jovi) is born in Yonkers, New York.

1951 Singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop is born Earl Stephen Bishop in San Diego, California.

1953 Frankie Banali (drummer for Quiet Riot) is born in Queens, New York City.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 14th


1967, A 16 date UK package tour with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice, and Amen Corner kicked off at the Royal Albert Hall, London. All acts played two shows per night.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 14th


1970: Santana’s version of Peter Green’s “Black Magic Woman” entered the Billboard Hot 100. The song became one of Santana’s biggest hits, rising to #4 on its three month chart run.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 14th


A few albums that was released....


1970 ● Syd Barrett —— Barrett ► Psychedelic Rock

1989 ● Eddie Money —— Greatest Hits: The Sound Of Money ► Album Rock

2000 ● Badfinger —— Head First ► Pop-Rock

2000 ● Steely Dan —— Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972-1980 ► Jazz-Rock

2006 ● Styx —— One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 15th


1949 Steve Fossen (bassist, percussionist for Heart) is born.

1969 Janis Joplin calls out a policeman at her concert in Tampa, Florida, when he uses a bullhorn to yell at audience members who have left their seats. "Don't F--k with those people!," she screams. "What are you so uptight about? Did you buy a $5 ticket?" The cop tells Joplin that she needs to tell the crowd to remain seated, and she replies, "I'm not telling them s--t." After more stage ranting where Joplin threatens to kick his face in, she is arrested after the show, charged with using "vulgar and indecent language." After posting a $504 bail, the charges are later dropped and she pays a $200 fine.

2011 Mark "Moogy" Klingman (keyboardist for Utopia) dies of bladder cancer in New York City, at age 61.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 15th


1965: The Yardbirds released Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds, the band’s second American album. Released eight months after Jeff Beck had replaced Eric Clapton, the LP includes songs featuring both guitarists and reflects the group’s blues rock roots and experimentation with psychedelic and hard rock. The album also contains some of the earliest live recordings of Clapton, which had been included on group’s debut UK album, Five Live Yardbirds. Critics have since cited the influential album as a “bridge between beat groups and psychedelia.”

1970: The Velvet Underground released Loaded, the group’s fourth studio album and last to feature main songwriter Lou Reed. Despite producing singles such as “Rock & Roll” and “Sweet Jane,” the album failed to chart.

1970: Van Morrison released his fourth studio album, His Band and the Street Choir. Originally titled Virgo’s Fool, Street Choir, the LP was renamed by Warner Bros. Records without Morrison’s consent.

1975: “Take It to the Limit” by the Eagles was released. The single reached #4 on the Billboard chart and was the last Eagles song to feature founding member Bernie Leadon before he was replaced by guitarist Joe Walsh.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 15th


1971 Grand Funk Railroad release their sixth album, "E Pluribus Funk". Music critics bash it, but fans think otherwise and buy enough copies to push it to number five on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. The title of the LP is a play on the former motto of the US government, E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one).


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 15th


1987, Dire Straits became the first act to sell over three million copies of an album in the UK. Brothers in Arms contained five, top 40 singles, “Money for Nothing,” “So Far Away,” “Walk of Life,” “Brothers in Arms,” and “Your Latest Trick.” The album is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 15th


1974: Faces released their last official single, “You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings).” The song reached #12 in the UK over Christmas and still holds the record for the longest song title ever to enter the British chart.

1978: The Grateful Dead released their tenth studio album, Shakedown Street. Co-produced by Little Feat’s Lowell George and Jerry Garcia collaborator John Kahn, it was the band’s final album with keyboardist Keith Godchaux and backing vocalist Donna Godchaux, who left the band a few months after the its release.

1986: Frank Zappa released Jazz from Hell, his final studio album released during his lifetime.


source: wwcfradio