This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 10th


1965 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann was released in the U.K.


1985 The Prince song "Poplife" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 10th


1942 Heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (of Black Sabbath, Rainbow) is born Ronald James Padavona in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

1959 Sandy West is born Sandy Pesavento in Long Beach, California. Together with Joan Jett, she is a founding member of the teenage all-female rock band The Runaways, playing drums. After the band splits she leaves the music industry, and dies at the age of 47 from lung cancer.

2016 Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry suffers a cardiac arrest while performing with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp, fellow members of the supergroup The Hollywood Vampires, in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The 65 year old is rushed to Coney Island hospital, where's he's listed in stable condition.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 10th


2016 - Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry suffered a cardiac arrest while performing with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp, fellow members of the supergroup The Hollywood Vampires, in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The 65-year-old was rushed to Coney Island hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 10th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● The Yardbirds —— Little Games ► Blues Rock

1971 ● Steppenwolf —— For Ladies Only ► Heavy Metal

1972 ● Nilsson —— Son Of Schmilsson ► Folk-Rock

1972 ● Peter Frampton —— Wind Of Change ► Pop-Rock

1972 ● Chicago —— Chicago V ► Jazz-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th


1946 John Lawton, lead vocalist for Uriah Heep from 1976 to 1979, is born in Halifax, England.

1994 The Rolling Stones release Voodoo Lounge, with the tracks "Love Is Strong" and "You Got Me Rocking."


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th



1992 A range of eight ties, designed by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead went on sale in the US. President Bill Clinton bought a set. The collection grossed millions in the US by the end of the year.

2014 Producer and drummer Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi), from the influential punk rock band the Ramones died aged 65 following unsuccessful treatment for bile duct cancer. He was the last surviving original member of the Ramones before his death. Erdelyi was also an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th


2011 Rob Grill, lead singer and bassist for the 1960s rock band The Grass Roots, whose hits included "Midnight Confessions", "Temptation Eyes" and "Let's Live for Today", died after suffering a head injury from a fall caused by a s.t.r.o.k.e. He was 67.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 11th


A few albums that was released....



1975 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Fleetwood Mac ► Pop-Rock

2000 ● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Live At The Savoy, New York October 27, 1981 ► Southern Rock

2000 ● Mötley Crüe —— New Tattoo ► Heavy Metal

2000 ● Kansas —— Somewhere To Elsewhere ► Prog/Arena Rock

2012 ● The Rolling Stones —— Live At The Tokyo Dome (Live 1990) ► Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1969 After being released just three weeks earlier, the futuristic ballad "In The Year 2525" was Billboard's number one song. After getting a lot of requests to sing the song that they included in their live act, Denny Zager and Rick Evans had invested just $500 to press 1000 copies of the tune. After a Texas radio station added it their play list, RCA signed the duo, but the record would prove to be their only US chart entry. It did however stay at #1 in the US for 6 weeks, which was longer than any other song that year and earned it the distinction of #1 record of the year 1969.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1943 Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac is born Christine Anne Perfect in Bouth, Lancashire, England.

1950 Eric Carr (drummer for KISS) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1952 Philip Taylor Kramer (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Youngstown, Ohio.

1967 John Petrucci, guitarist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, is born in Long Island, New York.

1983 Chris Wood (flute and sax player for Traffic) dies of pneumonia at age 39.

1992 After a European tour, Axl Rose is arrested at JFK airport in New York, charged with inciting a riot at a Guns N' Roses show in St. Louis the previous year. He gets two years' probation and a $50,000 fine.


source: calendarsongfacts