This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 10th


2003: Steely Dan released Everything Must Go, their ninth studio album, second after a twenty-year studio hiatus, and last studio album with founding member Walter Becker before his death in 2017.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 10th


2004 - Ray Charles died at age 73. Charles was a pioneer of soul music and was influenced by jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and country. Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in show business." Blind from the age of seven, he didn't let that stop him from achieving massive success with his seven albums and his massive contributions to the racial integration of country and pop music over his lifetime.

2007 - The Rolling Stones played their first U.K. festival in over 30 years when they appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival. The Stones arrived at the Isle of Wight on their own privately chartered ferry for their 200-strong entourage, including five Winnebago trailers and a private security team. The Stones' last U.K. festival appearance was at Knebworth Fair in 1976.


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[CrazyConnie]

Music History Today Podcast June 10

 

[dr wu]

Music History Today Podcast June 10

Next time I hear that 'POS' song on my local classic rock station from Chicago I'm going to call them and complain.

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 10th


Some albums released....

1963 ● Patsy Cline —— The Patsy Cline Story ► Country-Pop

2003 ● Eddie Money —— The Essential Eddie Money ► Album Rock

2013 ● Black Sabbath —— 13 ► Hard Rock

2016 ● Motörhead —— Clean Your Clock ► Heavy Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th


1947 Born on this day, Richard Palmer-James, English musician who worked with King Crimson in the early 1970s and was a founding member of Supertramp; he sang vocals and wrote the lyrics for their self-titled debut album.

1949, Born on this day, Frank Beard, American drummer with ZZ Top, who had the 1984 US No.8 & 1985 UK No.16 single 'Legs'. Beard is notable as being the only musician in the band without a long beard, an ironic fact considering his last name. The band has had global album sales in excess of 50 million as of 2014.

1952, Born on this day, Donnie Van Zant, American rock vocalist, guitarist best known as having been a member of 38 Special, from its formation in 1974 until 2013. He is the middle of three brothers: his older brother Ronnie was the original lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in a 1977 plane crash.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th


1967, Printed in this week’s music weekly Melody Maker’s ad’s pages, “Freaky lead guitarist, bass and drummer wanted for Marc Bolan’s new group. Also any other astral flyers like with car’s amplification and that which never grows in window boxes, phone Wimbledon 0697.” The band who formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex, went on to release four underground folk albums before becoming known as T Rex.

2025, Brian Wilson, American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys died at age 82. A genius whose novel approaches to song composition and mastery of recording techniques, was widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century. In 1964, Wilson had a nervous breakdown and resigned from regular concert touring to focus on songwriting and production. By the mid-1960s he had written or co-written more than two dozen U.S. Top 40 hits. He faced lifelong struggles with mental illness.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th


1948 Rock drummer Skip Alan (of The Pretty Things, Them) is born in England.

1991 Lynyrd Skynyrd return to recording with Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991. It's their sixth album, following Street Surviors, but is their first since the plane wreak take took three band-members lives in 1977. The new lineup initially uses the name "Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991," but eventually has to drop this name after the media and fans essentially ignore it and continue to call them Lynyrd Skynyrd.

2021 Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son and Van Halen's bass player from 2007 until their disbandment in 2020, releases his first album, Mammoth WVH. He plays all the instruments and does all the singing on the album, which is well reviewed and launches him as a solo artist.



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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June11


In 1988, Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday tribute concert took place at Wembley Stadium in London. It saw performances from Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, The Eurythmics, Dire Straits and many others. It was broadcast live and had an estimated audience of one-billion people.

In 1996, Metallica became one of the first bands to ever stream a show online when they broadcast their gig from a small San Francisco club over the Internet.

In 2011, Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 47 and reached the milestone one-thousand weeks on the chart.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June11


1964: The Rolling Stones try to hold a press conference in a traffic median on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, a day after a recording session at the famed Chess Studios. After a crowd gathered and traffic began to back up, police forced the gathering to a sidewalk.

1966: European radio stations mistakenly reported the death of Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of The Who. In reality, the band's guitarist, Pete Townshend, had been injured in a car accident a few days earlier.


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