This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 15th


1940 Phil Lesh (bass guitarist for The Grateful Dead) is born in Berkeley, California.

1943 Sly Stone (frontman for Sly & the Family Stone) is born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas.

1955 Dee Snider (lead singer of Twisted Sister) is born in Astoria, Queens, New York.

1963 Bret Michaels (lead singer of Poison) is born Bret Michael Sychak in Butler, Pennsylvania.

1968 Jon Schaffer (guitarist for Iced Earth) is born in Franklin, Indiana.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 15th


1976: After a show at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes apologized to the audience for the band’s poor performance, citing exhaustion and jet-lag. Offended that Hughes spoke for the entire group, members Jon Lord, Ian Paice, and David Coverdale agreed backstage that they’d had enough. The decision was made public later in July, when manager Rob Cooksey issued a statement that Deep Purple would not be performing together again. In 1984, Ian Gillian, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, and Ian Paice reformed the band and signed worldwide deals with PolyGram and Mercury Records.

1977: The Band released Islands, their seventh studio album and last with their original lineup. It is primarily composed of previously unreleased songs from the band’s career and was released to fulfill their contract with Capitol Records so that the soundtrack to their concert film “The Last Waltz” could be released by Warner Bros. Records.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 15th


1969, Janis Joplin was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents,

1975, Led Zeppelin went to No.1 on the album chart with the double album ‘Physical Graffiti’, the first on their own ‘Swan Song’ label, the album spent six weeks at No.1 on the chart.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 15th


A few albums that was released....


1976 ● Kiss —— Destroyer ► Hard Rock

1993 ● Coverdale-Page —— Coverdale-Page ► Hard Rock

1994 ● Sammy Hagar —— Unboxed ► Hard Rock

1994 ● Mötley Crüe —— Mötley Crüe ► Heavy Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 16th


1948 Michael Bruce of the Alice Cooper band is born in Arizona.

1954 Nancy Wilson of Heart is born in San Francisco, California, to a family that includes older sister (and future bandmate) Ann.

2008 Daniel MacMaster (lead singer of Bonham) dies of a staph infection at age 39.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 16th



2005 Jakson Spires, drummer and founding member of Blackfoot, died at the age of 53 after suffering a brain aneurysm. The band reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August, 1979 with "Highway Song".


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 16th



1970 Motown singer Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumour at the age of 24. She had collapsed onstage on October 14, 1967 into Marvin Gaye's arms during a concert in Hampton, Virginia. Initially Terrell recorded solo, but from 1967 onwards she recorded a series of duets with Marvin Gaye, including the 1967 US No.5 'Your Precious Love' and the 1968, ‘Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing’. Marvin Gaye reacted to her death by taking a four year hiatus from concert performance and went into self-isolation.

2015 Andy Fraser songwriter and bass guitarist with Free died of a heart attack caused by Atherosclerosis in California aged 62. The London-born musician became a founding member of the British group when he was just 15 and went on to write most of the material with lead singer Paul Rodgers, including Free's 1970 hit 'All Right Now', 'My Brother Jake' and 'The Stealer'. Fraser also penned 'Every Kinda People', a hit for Robert Palmer as well as songs for Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Rod Stewart and Paul Young.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 16th


1963: “Puff, The Magic Dragon” by Peter, Paul & Mary entered the Billboard Hot 100. It became one of the group’s highest charting records, peaking at #2, and was their only single to enter the R&B chart, where it managed to reach #10.

1973: T. Rex released Tanx, their eighth album and first after changing their name from Tyrannosaurus Rex to T. Rex.

1976: The Runaways released their self-titled debut album.


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 16th


2015 57-year-old Bruce Crump, founding member and original drummer for southern rockers Molly Hatchet, died after a battle with throat cancer.

2025 The Youngbloods frontman and co-founder Jesse Colin Young passed away of undisclosed causes at the age of 83. The band is most often remembered for their 1969, Billboard #5 hit, "Get Together".


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: March 16th


A few albums that was released....


1978 ● REO Speedwagon —— You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish ► Arena Rock

1981 ● The Who —— Face Dances ► British Rock

1999 ● Jeff Beck —— Who Else! ► Instrumental Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll