This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Music History: July 3rd


A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Fairport Convention —— Unhalfbricking ► Folk-Rock

1990 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Seven Turns ► Southern Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1938 Bill Withers is born in Slab Fork, West Virginia.

1940 Dave Rowberry (keyboardist for The Animals) is born in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, England.

1943 Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (guitarist, harmonica player for Canned Heat) is born in Arlington, Massachusetts.

1948 Jeremy Spencer (guitarist, pianist for Fleetwood Mac) is born in Hartlepool, County Durham, England.

1952 John Waite (lead vocalist, bass guitarist of The Babys and lead vocalist of Bad English) is born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

1958 Kirk Pengilly (guitarist for INXS) is born in Kew, Victoria, Australia.

1966 The Lovin' Spoonful release "Summer In The City."

1972 William Goldsmith (drummer for Foo Fighters) is born in Seattle, Washington.

1976 Paul Revere is married during the intermission of his concert at King's Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati on America's bicentennial.

1982 Ozzy Osbourne and his manager, Sharon Arden, get married. She is the daughter of music mogul Don Arden, and a keen businesswoman. The union results in an MTV reality show, Ozzfest, and three children: Aimee, Kelly and Jack.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1969 Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Delaney and Bonnie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chuck Berry, Spirit, Chicago and Paul Butterfield all appeared at the two-day Atlanta Pop Festival, Byron, Georgia.

1986 The second Farm Aid benefit concert took place at Manor Downs Racetrack, Manor, Texas. Held to raise money for family farmers in the US, the concerts were organized by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young. Artists who appeared included: Alabama, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Emmylou Harris, Jason & the Scorchers, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp, Tom Petty, Vince Neil and Willie Nelson.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1959: The Island Records label was founded in Jamaica by English businessman and producer Chris Blackwell, engineer Graeme Goodall, and producer Leslie Kong. The label was financed by RKO owner Stanley Borden, and its name was inspired by the Harry Belafonte song “Island in the Sun.” Blackwell was among the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska, and Island Records later promoted acts such as Traffic, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, Free, Fairport Convention, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Melissa Etheridge, The Cranberries, U2, Robert Palmer, Grace Jones, Bob Marley, and many others.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1966 The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer In The City" is released on the Kama Sutra label. The song would become the band's fifth straight Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and their only one to reach #1. It also topped the Cashbox Best Sellers list and reached #8 on the UK's Record Retailer Chart. The disc was later certified Gold in the United States for selling one million copies and Silver in Britain for sales of 200,000.

1969 Grand Funk Railroad performs at the Atlanta Pop Festival in Hampton, Georgia. This show proved to be the band's major national breakthrough. At the time, they were still unsigned and performed for free as the opening act on the festival's first day. Their energetic set was so well-received by the crowd and executives from Capitol Records that they were signed to the label immediately after the show. The band will record twelve Billboard charting albums and twelve Hot 100 singles for the label between 1969 and 1974.

1970 The three-day Atlanta Pop Festival opens at Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, Georgia in front of a crowd of 200,000. Jimi Hendrix played his feedback filled version of "The Star Spangled Banner". Two days later, Georgia Governor Lester Maddox says he will seek legislation to ban all Rock festivals in the state, but no laws were ever passed.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1982: Ozzy Osborne married Sharon Arden in Maui, Hawaii. The couple had been dating since Osborne was fired from Black Sabbath and Arden took over managing his solo career.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1974: Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagan play their final gig together in Santa Monica, CA. The split occurs even though they have the number four song in the US with “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” and a current Platinum album with “Pretzel Logic”, California. They would not tour again for the next eighteen years.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1969 - The Rolling Stones released the single "Honky Tonk Women" in the U.K.


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Music History Today Podcast July 4

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 4th


A few albums that was released....


1983 ● Yazoo —— You And Me Both ► Synth-Pop

1995 ● Brother Cane —— Seeds ► Hard Rock

2005 ● Alice Cooper —— Dirty Diamonds ► Hard Rock

2006 ● Johnny Cash —— American V: A Hundred Highways ► Trad Country/Americana


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