This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 1st


1984, After a 25-year career, Tina Turner had her first solo No.1 single in the US with 'What's Love Got To Do With It'. This song was originally written for Cliff Richard, however the song was rejected. It was then offered to Donna Summer, who has stated she sat with it for a couple of years but never recorded it.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 1st


1977 Rush releases A Farewell to Kings, the band's first Gold-selling album. Its sales also carry over to help push its predecessor, 2112, into Gold status. The album's epic "Xanadu" and "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" satisfy Rush's cult following, while the shorter and more radio-friendly "Closer to the Heart" find favor with general audiences in both the US and the UK.

1981 Hall & Oates release the Private Eyes album, which contains two #1 hits: the title track and "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)."

2012 Geoff Tate, late of the band Queensryche, announces plans to get a "new Queensryche" together. Pledging their support are Rudy Sarzo (formerly of Quiet Riot), Bobby Blotzer (formerly of Ratt), Glen Drover (formerly of Megadeth), Kelly Gray and Randy Gane (formerly of Myth). There's still some question as to whether they'll actually be able to call the band Queensryche, since Tate is still wrapped up in lawsuits with the other three members over his firing in the same year and the use of the name.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 2nd


1972, The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was held over three days on Bull Island, near Griffin, Indiana. The Promoters expected over 50,000 music fans, and over 200,000 attended the festival. Many bands pulled out as the festival drifted steadily into anarchy. Bands that did appear included Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, Black Oak Arkansas, Cheech and Chong, Foghat, Albert King, Brownsville Station, Canned heat, Flash, Ravi Shankar, Rory Gallagher, Lee Michaels and Frosty, The Eagles, The Amboy Dukes, and Gentle Giant. Three concert goers drowned in the Wabash River and as the festival ended, the remnants of the crowd burned down the music stand.

2012, Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist with Starship died of a heart attack aged 46. He collapsed following a concert in the US state of Nebraska where Starship had opened for fellow bands Survivor and Boston.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 2nd


1970 - An ad was run in "Melody Maker" by Genesis looking for musicians who were "determined to strive beyond existing stagnant music forms." Phil Collins answered the ad and eventually joined the group.

1976 - The first issue of Musician magazine was published.

1978 - George Harrison married Olivia Trinidad Arias. She was a secretary at his Dark Horse record company.

1981 - The single "Controversy" was released by Prince.

1997 - WAR released the album "Coleccion Latina." It was their 20th release.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 2nd


1946 Rocker Marty Grebb (of The Buckinghams) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1946 R&B/rock musician Billy Preston is born in Houston, Texas. He would be raised in Los Angeles, California.

1951 Mik Kaminski (violinist for Electric Light Orchestra) is born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.

1957 Steve Porcaro (keyboardist for Toto) is born in Hartford, Connecticut.

1966 Fear Factory guitarist and co-founder, Dino Cazares, is born in El Centro, California.

1971 Grateful Dead releases Grateful Dead.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 2nd


1984: Van Halen performed their final concert with their original lineup as part of the Monsters of Rock tour in Nuremburg, Germany on a bill that included AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio & Motley Crue.

1989: The Jeff Healey Band peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Angel Eyes” which was also used in the movie Road House.

1995: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its doors in Cleveland. Later that night nearby at Cleveland Stadium, The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame took place with artists such as Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Heart, & Lou Reed.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 3rd

1970, Alan Wilson guitarist and songwriter with Canned Heat was found dead at fellow band-members Bob Hite's garden in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles aged 27. With Canned Heat, Wilson performed at two prominent concerts of the 1960s era, The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969. Canned Heat appeared in the film Woodstock, and the band's 'Going Up the Country,' which Wilson sang, has been referred to as the festival's unofficial theme song. Wilson also wrote 'On the Road Again,' arguably Canned Heat's second-most familiar song.

1982, The three day US Festival in San Bernardino, California took place featuring, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, The Cars, Talking Heads, The Kinks, Ramones, B52's, The English Beat, Gang Of Four, The Grateful Dead, Pat Benatar, Jackson Browne. Apple Computers founder Steven Wozniak bankrolled the festival.

2010, Mike Edwards a founding member of ELO was killed in a freak accident when a giant bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van. The 62 year-old cellist died after the 600 kg (1,323 lb) bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed through a hedge and careered on to the road. Edwards played cello with ELO, the seven-piece band led by Jeff Lynne, from their first live gig in 1972 until he left in January 1975. He quit the band in 1975 to become a Buddhist, changing his name to Deva Pramada and making his living by teaching the cello.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 3rd


1942 Al Jardine (of The Beach Boys) is born in Lima, Ohio.

1945 Mike Harrison (lead singer of Spooky Tooth) is born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Known for the 1969 song "Better By You, Better Than Me," later covered by Judas Priest.

1945 George Biondo (bass guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1947 Eric Bell (original guitarist for Thin Lizzy) is born in East Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1948 Donald Brewer (drummer and co-lead singer for Grand Funk Railroad) is born in Flint, Michigan.

1991 Rush releases their 14th studio album, Roll the Bones.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 3rd


1988: Triumph performed their last concert with guitarist and singer Rik Emmett until 2008 at the Kingswood Music Theater at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, ON outside of Toronto.

1992: David Bowie became the first person to appear on the cover of Architectural Digest in four years.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 3rd


1994 Neil Young's album "Sleeps With Angels," the title track referencing Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, is released. Cobain's suicide note contained a reference to Young's "My My, Hey, Hey (Out Of The Blue"). "It's better to burn out than fade away."


2011 The Martin Scorsese-directed documentary George Harrison: Living In The Material World makes its world premiere at the 38th annual Telluride Film Festival. Five-years-in-the-making, the lengthy (over 3 hours) two-part documentary coincides with the 10-year anniversary of Harrison's death in '01 from lung cancer.


source: rockintown