This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd


1943 Keith Relf (lead vocalist for The Yardbirds) is born in Richmond, Surrey, England.

1946 Harry Vanda (lead guitarist for The Easybeats) is born Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg in Voorburg, Netherlands

1974 The Eagles release On The Border.

1985 Alcatrazz's only studio album with Steve Vai, Disturbing the Peace, is released. Produced by Eddie Kramer, the album's lead-off track, "God Blessed Video," attracts a whole new audience years later when it's included on the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

1994 Pantera release Far Beyond Driven, one of the few heavy metal albums to reach #1 in America.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd


1994 American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer Dan Hartman died aged 43 of a brain tumor in Westport, Connecticut. He was a member of the Edgar Winter Group and wrote the band's h.i.t. ‘Free Ride.’ As a solo artists he had the 1978 No.1 dance hit ‘Instant Replay,’ and wrote ‘Relight My Fire’ a UK No.1 for Take That and Lulu and also co-wrote The James Brown song 'Living in America.’ Hartman collaborated with Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young, Living In A Box, Holly Johnson and Steve Winwood.

2005 Rod Price, former member of Black Cat Bones and a founding member of Foghat died after falling down a stairway at his home after suffering a heart attack. The 57 year old English guitarist played on Foghat's highest charting US single 'Slow Ride' a hit in 1976.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd


1963 "Our Day Will Come" by Ruby And The Romantics topped the Billboard Hot 100, although it only made #38 in the UK. On the day the song was recorded, it was the first time Ruby had ever been in a recording studio.

1986 Mark Dinning, who scored a US number one hit in 1960 with "Teen Angel", died following a heart attack at the age of 52. The song had been written by his sister, Jeannie. Although he never had another hit, Mark continued performing throughout the 1960s, but felt his lack of success was because "groups were in and singles were out" once the British Invasion started. He died just after returning home from a club appearance in Jefferson City, Missouri.

1996 Former Turtles' drummer Don Murray died from complications during surgery. He was 50.

2017 Former Boston drummer, 67-year-old Sib Hashian, collapsed and died on stage during a performance on a Caribbean cruise ship. The Legends Of Rock cruise also featured Sib's old Boston bandmate Barry Goudreau, original Beach Boys star David Marks and Foreigner singer Lou Gramm. Hashian had performed on Boston's 1967 self-titled debut album that featured the giant hit, "More Than A Feeling"


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd


1968: “Jennifer Eccles” by The Hollies was released in the UK. The song was written by members Graham Nash and Allan Clarke with input from their wives, and the title is a combination of their names.

1974: Frank Zappa’s released what became his most commercially successful album, Apostrophe(‘). Released in both stereo and quadraphonic formats, it reached a career-high of #10 on the Billboard chart and became Zappa’s second gold record. The album had been recorded simultaneously during sessions for his previous album with the Mothers of Invention, Over-Nite Sensation.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd


1986 Heart had the number one song with “These Dreams,” their first track to top the singles chart.

2004 Ozzy Osbourne was voted by Yahoo users as the best person to welcome aliens to planet Earth if they should ever come.


source: iHeart

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 22nd


A few albums that was released...


1974 ● Eagles —— On The Border ► Country-Rock

1982 ● Iron Maiden —— The Number Of The Beast ► Heavy Metal

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

1994 ● Cheap Trick —— Woke Up With A Monster ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

2005 ● Billy Idol —— Devil’s Playground ► Hard Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


1944 Ric Ocasek of The Cars is born in Baltimore, Maryland. His date of birth is often reported at March 23, 1949 because that's what he often claimed, but records show he was actually born five years earlier.

1950 Phil Lanzon (keyboardist for Uriah Heep) is born in England.

1983 ZZ Top release their album Eliminator, which features Billy Gibbons' custom hot rod on the cover. Thanks to videos for "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" featuring the car and various babes, they become unlikely MTV stars, earning a new generation of fans.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


2023 Keith Reid, a founding member and main lyricist for Procol Harum, passed away at the age of 76. Reid, who wrote the words to the band's biggest hit, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", had been battling cancer for the last few years of his life.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


1968 Blue Cheer enter the Billboard Hot 100 for the first and only time with their Heavy Metal version of Eddie Cochran's 1958 hit "Summertime Blues". The single would rise to #14 and helped push the album "Vincebus Eruptum" to #11. Jim Morrison of The Doors called the trio "The single most powerful band I've ever seen."


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: March 23rd


1973: King Crimson released their fifth studio album, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic. It was the debut of the band’s third incarnation, featuring co-founder and guitarist Robert Fripp along with four new members: bass guitarist and vocalist John Wetton, violinist and keyboardist David Cross, percussionist Jamie Muir, and drummer Bill Bruford.

1975: When budget cuts in San Francisco meant an end to all extracurricular activities in schools, concert promoter Bill Graham staged the S.N.A.C.K. (Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks) benefit concert with an all-star list of performers and over fifty celebrity guests. It was Graham’s first large, outdoor, multi-artist stadium concert and included performances by Tower of Power, Graham Central Station, The Doobie Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Eddie Palmieri, Santana, Joan Baez, a reunited Grateful Dead, and a closing set by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and members of the Band and the Stray Gators. Nearly 60,000 attendees at Kezar Stadium raised enough money to keep extracurricular activities in San Francisco schools going for another year.


source: wwcfradio