This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1974, The Faces, Mott The Hoople, Humble Pie, Greenslade, Lindisfarne, Man, Trapeze, and Chapman and Whitney all appeared at Buxton Pop Festival, Derbyshire, England.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


2016 Danny Smythe, drummer for The Box Tops on their hits "The Letter" and "Neon Rainbow", passed away at the age of 67.

2024 Joe Egan, songwriting partner of Gerry Rafferty in Stealers Wheel, passed away at the age of 77. The band reached #6 in the US and #8 in the UK with "Stuck In The Middle With You" in 1973.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1982: America released “You Can Do Magic” from tenth studio album, View from the Ground. The track was written and produced by Argent singer and guitarist Russ Ballard and went to #7 in the US.

1987: The Grateful Dead released their twelfth studio album and first in six years, In The Dark. The LP went on achieve double platinum certification in the US and reached #6 on the Billboard pop chart, making it the band’s only top ten album. The opening track, “Touch of Grey,” became the their only top 40 single, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.


source: wwcfradio

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1957: John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the first time during a fete at St. Peter's Church Hall in Woolton, Liverpool, marking the beginning of The Beatles. That meeting set in motion the journey that led them to become one of the biggest bands in music history.


source: 957benfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

Music History Today Podcast July 6

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 6th


A few albums that was released....


1972 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Trilogy ► Prog Rock

1981 ● Pat Benatar —— Precious Time ► Hard Rock

1986 ● Quiet Riot —— QR III ► Heavy Metal

1993 ● Todd Rundgren —— No World Order ► Art Rock

1999 ● Dokken —— The Very Best Of Dokken ► Heavy Metal



source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[Buckeye Randy]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


2024 Joe Egan, songwriting partner of Gerry Rafferty in Stealers Wheel, passed away at the age of 77. The band reached #6 in the US and #8 in the UK with "Stuck In The Middle With You" in 1973.


source: classicbands

If I knew this about Joe Egan then I forgot it. Gerry Rafferty (also RIP) had some top shelf material that went under the radar.

 

[Buckeye Randy]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1974, The Faces, Mott The Hoople, Humble Pie, Greenslade, Lindisfarne, Man, Trapeze, and Chapman and Whitney all appeared at Buxton Pop Festival, Derbyshire, England.


source: internetfm

Nice Line-up!