This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Rock History: June 7th


1969 British supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood made their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park. Their only album release provoked controversy because the cover featured a topless pubescent girl, holding a silver space ship which some perceived as a perceived symbol. The US record company issued it with an alternative cover which showed a photograph of the band on the front. Rumours about the girl's relationship to the band fuelled the controversy; among them were that she was a groupie kept as a slave by the band members.

1977 Led Zeppelin played the first of six sold out nights at Madison Square Garden, in New York City during their 11th and final North American tour. Playing a 3 hour set, tickets cost $8.50 - $10.50.

2010 Former Stereophonics drummer and BBC Radio Wales presenter Stuart Cable, was found dead at him home near Aberdare in Wales aged 40. His new band Killing for Company had been due to appear at the Download rock festival at Donington Park in a few days time. Cable had also been presenting a Rock show on BBC Radio Wales.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

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This Day In Rock History: June 7th


1954: In the same week that Big Joe Turner’s “Shake, Rattle and Roll” topped the R&B chart, Bill Haley & His Comets entered Decca Records’ New York studio to record their upbeat cover version of the song. Haley’s producer, Milt Gabler, took it upon himself to “clean up” the lyrics of Turner’s song, out of fear of radio station censors barring the record from being played on the air, as was common with what were referred to then as “race records.” Haley’s version entered the pop charts in August, and became the first rock and roll record to sell a million copies.

1972: Guitarist Carlos Santana and drummer and vocalist Buddy Miles released the collaborative live album, Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!. The performance was recorded at the Sunshine ‘72 Festival held in Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii.

1993: Chuck Berry, Sam Phillips, Ruth Brown, Pete Townshend, and Billy Joel were among those present for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio seven years after the city had won the rights to host building. The doors to the Hall officially opened in September of 1995.

2011: The debut album by 11-piece blues rock group the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Revelator, was released.


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This Day In Music History: June 7th


A few albums that was released...


1972 ● Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles —— Live! ► Jazz Fusion

1994 ● Boston —— Walk On ► Arena Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 8th


1942 Chuck Negron (of Three Dog Night) is born in Manhattan, New York.

1944 Boz Scaggs is born William Royce Scaggs in Canton, Ohio.

1953 Jeff "Worzel" Rich (drummer for Status Quo, The Climax Blues Band) is born in Hackney, London, England.

1979 Guitarist Derek Trucks is born in Jacksonville, Florida. After forming The Derek Trucks Band, he serves in The Allman Brothers Band from 1999-2014 alongside his uncle, drummer Butch Trucks.

1991 Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa get married. They have three children together.

2004 Velvet Revolver release their first album, Contraband. The group is made up of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan, along with Scott Weiland and Dave Kushner.


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This Day In Rock History: June 8th


1969: Founding member of the Rolling Stones Brian Jones officially quit the band. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ growing roles as the group’s songwriting team and Jones’ struggle with drug abuse led to his dismissal. Jones and the rest of the Stones agreed on a settlement which gave him a sum of nearly $200,000 dollars, a yearly salary of $40,000 as long as the band stayed together, and allowed Jones to issue a public statement that he was quitting the band. A day later, Mick Taylor was announced to be his replacement. Jones reportedly tried to form a group with friend John Lennon, but died soon after in early July.


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This Day In Rock History: June 8th


1974 Keyboard player Rick Wakeman left the Progressive Rock band Yes following completion of the album "Tales From Topographic Oceans". Wakeman openly expressed his bewilderment and disillusionment with the album and the band. He would rejoin Yes in 1976, but split from the group again in 1980.

2016 Brian Rading, a founding member of Canada's Five Man Electrical Band, died after a long battle with throat cancer at the age of 69. He played bass on the band's 1971, Billboard #3 hit, "Signs".

2018 Danny Kirwan, guitarist for Fleetwood Mac from 1968 to 1972, passed away at the age of 68. Although he had made significant contributions to the band, a violent outburst in August, 1972 led to his dismissal. He would go on to record three solo albums, none of which were commercially successful. A period of personal problems and homelessness followed. Although he was inducted, with the rest of the band, into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1998, he did not attend the ceremony.


source: classicbands

 

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This Day In Rock History: June 8th


1982 - Survivor released their third studio album, Eye of the Tiger. It features the hit title track and “American Heartbeat.”

2008 Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the Top 50 guitar songs of all time. No. 5 was 'Brown Sugar' by The Rolling Stones, No. 4 'You Really Got Me' by The Kinks, No. 3 'Crossroads', by Cream, No. 2 'Purple Haze', by Jimi Hendrix and No. 1 'Johnny B Goode', Chuck Berry.


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This Day In Rock History: June 8th


1967, Procol Harum went to number one on the UK singles chart with “A Whiter Shade Of Pale,” the group’s only UK chart topper. In 2004 the song was named the most played record of the past 70 years. More than 900 recorded versions by other artists are known.

1974, Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the singles chart with “Band On The Run,” his third solo No.1, and a No.3 hit in the UK. McCartney later stated that George Harrison unwittingly contributed the first line of one part of the song: “If we ever get out of here…” when he said it during one of the many Beatles’ business meetings.


source: internetfm

 

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