This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1942 "Spirit In The Sky" singer Norman Greenbaum is born in Malden, Massachusetts.

1946 Ray Stiles (bass guitarist for The Hollies) is born in Guildford, Surrey, England

1946 Duane Allman (guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos) is born in Nashville, Tennessee.

1947 Joe Walsh (guitarist, vocalist for James Gang, Eagles) is born Joseph Fidler Walsh in Wichita, Kansas.

1954 Frank Marino (frontman for Mahogany Rush) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1967 Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Incense And Peppermints'. When recording the track the band expressed a dislike for the song's lyrics so the lead vocals were sung by a friend of the band, Greg Munford, who was attending the recording session as a visitor.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1971 Led Zeppelin play the first of two “Electric Magic” shows at London’s Wembley Empire Pool. The shows incorporate trapeze artists, performing pigs, and vaudeville performers with Bronco, Stone the Crows, and the headliners. Tickets for the shows sold out in four minutes.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


Birthday:

1941 Dr John, (Malcolm John Rebennack), US R&B pianist, guitarist, singer. He wrote 'I Walk On Guilded Splinters.' Active as a session musician from the late 1950s until his death, he gained a following in the late 1960s after the release of his album Gris-Gris and his appearance at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. He died of a heart attack on 6 June 2019 age 77.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


1981 - AC/DC released their eighth studio album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You. It features the singles "Let's Get It Up" and "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)."

source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 20th


2024 Mike Pinera, singer and guitarist for the Miami based group, Blues Image, died of liver failure at the age of 76. His band reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the million selling single, "Ride Captain Ride" in 1970. After he left the group, Pinera spent several years as a member of Iron Butterfly.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 20th


A few albums that was released....


1990 ● Cinderella —— Heartbreak Station ► Heavy Metal

1995 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Playback ► Album Rock

2015 ● Rush —— R40 Live ► Prog/Art Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 21st



2024 Alice Brock, who inspired Arlo Guthrie's 1967, hippie anthem, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", passed away after a long illness. She was 83. Guthrie wrote the tune, which was later adapted into a movie, after being arrested for throwing Brock's restaurant garbage off a cliff because the local dump was closed. He and a friend were fined $25 each and ordered to retrieve the rubbish. Guthrie's album, "Alice's Restaurant" spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart, peaking at #29 during the week of March 2nd, 1968, and was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2017.



source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 21st


1948 John "Rabbit" Bundrick (keyboardist for Free) is born in Houston, Texas.

1949 Drummer Randy Zehringer, brother of The McCoys' guitarist Rick Derringer, is born in Celina, Ohio.

1950 Guitarist Gary Pihl (of Boston) is born in Chicago, Illinois, but would later move to San Mateo, California.

1995 Peter Grant (manager for The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and Bad Company) dies of a heart attack at age 60.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 21st


1968: Cream recorded “Badge” at Wally Heider Studios in Los Angeles. Written by both Eric Clapton and Beatles guitarist George Harrison, Harrison also joined the band for the recording session to play rhythm guitar. Due to contractual reasons, Harrison was credited on the album with the pseudonym “L’Angelo Misterioso.” The song’s title came from Clapton misreading Harrison’s handwriting on the lyrics sheet, mistaking “bridge” for “badge.”


source: wwcfradio