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This Day In Rock History: March 15th



Birthdays:

Phil Lesh-bassist for Grateful Dead born in 1940
Mike Love-singer for The Beach Boys born in 1941
Ry Cooder-guitarist for Captain Beefheart born in 1947
Dee Snider-singer for Twisted Sister born in 1955
Bret Michaels-singer for Poison born in 1963


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This Day In Rock History: March 16th


1963: “Puff The Magic Dragon” was released by Peter, Paul and Mary.

1979: Twisted Sister became the first band to sell out New York City’s Palladium without ever releasing a record. The band did not sign a record deal until 3 years later.

1999: The album “Great Zeppelin: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin” was released by Great White.


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This Day In Rock History: March 16th


Birthdays:

Michael Bruce-guitarist for Alice Cooper born in 1948
Nancy Wilson-guitarist for Heart born in 1954


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This Day In Rock History: March 17th


1957, Elvis Presley bought the Graceland mansion from Mrs Ruth Brown-Moore for $102,500. (£60,295). The 23 room, 10,000 square foot home, on 13.8 acres of land, would be expanded to 17,552 square feet of living space before the king moved in a few weeks later. The original building had at one time been a place of worship, used by the Graceland Christian Church and was named after the builder's daughter, Grace Toof.

1973, Dr Hook's single 'On The Cover Of Rolling Stone peaked at No.6 on the US chart. The single was banned in the UK by the BBC due to the reference of the magazine.


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This Day In Rock History: March 17th


1941: Paul Lorin Kantner, guitarist, Jefferson Airplane co-founder (with Marty Balin) and Grace Slick's one-time significant other, is born in San Francisco.

1944: Lovin' Spoonful's leader/singer/songwriter John Sebastian is born in New York, NY. Accomplished on guitar, auto harp and harmonica, Sebastian plays the latter, though uncredited, on The Doors' classic "Roadhouse Blues."

1967: Smashing Pumpkins front man-guitarist-vocalist-songwriter, Billy Corgan (William Patrick 'Billy' Corgan, Jr.) is born in Elk Grove Village, IL.

1967: Grateful Dead release their self-titled debut album.

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This Day In Rock History: March 18th

1965: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman were arrested for “insulting behavior” in London. The act was urinating on the wall of the Francis Garage.

1978: California Jam II was held in Ontario, CA. Over 250,000 people were in attendance.

1997: Taylor Hawkins replaced William Goldsmith as the drummer for the Foo Fighters.

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This Day In Rock History: March 18th


1941, Born on this day, Wilson Pickett, US soul singer, (1965 UK No.12 & US No. 21 single 'In The Midnight Hour' plus 15 other US Top 40 singles). Pickett died of a heart attack on 19th Jan 2006 aged 64.

1947, Born on this day, Barry J Wilson, drums, Procol Harum, (1967 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale'. Wilson died after spending several months in a coma following a car accident on October 8th 1990, he was 43.

1950, Born on this day, John Hartman, The Doobie Brothers, (1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin').

1966, Born on this day, Jerry Cantrell, Alice In Chains, (1993 UK No.19 single 'Would').

1979, Born on this day, Adam Levine, guitar, vocals, Maroon 5, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Songs About Jane’, the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘She Will Be Loved’ and the 2014 US No.1 album V.

1978, Aerosmith, Santana, Heart, Dave Mason, Ted Nugent and Mahogany Rush all appeared at the California Jam II festival, Ontario, California.

2001, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Phillips of Mamas and The Papas died of heart failure aged 65. His first band, The Journeymen, were a folk trio, Mamas and The Papas had the US No.1 'Monday, Monday'. Phillips was married to Michelle Gilliam, they had one child together, Chynna Phillips, vocalist of the 1990's pop trio Wilson Phillips. His second solo album was released on Rolling Stones records and featured Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood.

2013, David Bowie's first album in a decade become the fastest-selling of the year, hitting the No.1 spot in the UK in its first week of release. The Next Day was the 66-year-old's first No.1 since 1993's 'Black Tie White Noise' and sold 94,000 copies in the first week.


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This Day In Rock History: March 19th


1958: “Our Song” was released by Tom and Jerry. Later they used their real names, which were Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

1974: The Jefferson Airplane began their first tour under their new name Jefferson Starship.

1985: “Spin Magazine” began publishing.

1996: The second part of the Beatles “Anthology” was released.


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This Day In Rock History: March 19th


1962, Bob Dylan's debut album Bob Dylan was released in the Untied States. Initially poor sales led the record to be known around Columbia Records as ‘Hammond's Folly’ (John Hammond was producer of Dylan’s early recordings and the man responsible for signing Dylan). The album was praised by the New York City weekly newspaper Village Voice as an ‘explosive country blues debut’, but featured only two Dylan original compositions, Talkin' New York and Song To Woody, the rest being old folk standards.

1976, Paul Kossof guitarist with Free and Back Street Crawler died aged 25, of heart failure during a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Kossof had a long history of drug abuse. Free had the 1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'All Right Now'. His first band was Black Cat Bones alongside drummer Simon Kirke, (later of Free), formed Back Street Crawler after leaving Free.

1982, Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and former Quiet Riot member Randy Rhoads was killed when the plane he was riding in crashed. After driving much of the night, the band had stopped near a small airstrip. The tour bus driver, Andrew Aycock, talked the band's keyboardist, Don Airey, into taking a test flight in a '55 Beechcraft Bonanza, the joyride ended, and the plane landed safely. Then Aycock took Rhoads and Rachel Youngblood on another flight and attempts were made to "buzz" the tour bus. The left wing clipped the bus, which sent the plane spiraling into a nearby house and bursting into flames. All three bodies were burned beyond recognition, and were identified by dental records.


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This Day In Rock History: March 19th


1971: Jethro Tull released Aqualung, which went on to become their most successful album selling three million copies in the U.S. alone.

Birthdays:
Billy Sheehan-bassist for Mr. Big, David Lee Roth & Steve Vai born in 1953

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