This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 22nd


1944 Supertramp vocalist/keyboard player Rick Davies is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

1947 Don Henley of the Eagles is born in Gilmer, Texas.

1973 Daniel Jones (instrumentalist of Savage Garden) is born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, but will be raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 22nd


A few albums that was released....


1966 ● John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers —— Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton ► Blues-Rock

2003 ● Cheap Trick —— Special Case ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

2008 ● Black Sabbath —— The Rules Of Hell► Hard Rock

2013 ● The Rolling Stones —— Hyde Park Live (Live 2013) ► Blues-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 23rd


1944 Dino Danelli (drummer for The Young Rascals) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

1948 John Hall (founder of Orleans) is born in Baltimore, Maryland, but grows up in Elmira, New York.

1950 Blair Thornton (guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1964 Nick Menza (drummer for Megadeth) is born in Munich, Germany. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Don Menza.

1965 Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is born Saul Hudson in Hampstead, London, England. He moves to Los Angeles in 1976.

1977 Foreigner releases "Cold As Ice."

1980 Grateful Dead keyboardist Keith Godchaux, 32, dies of head injuries sustained in a car accident two days earlier. He had been on the way home from his birthday party at the time of the crash.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 23rd


1994 The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter after Frank Zappa who had died the previous December.

2011 Amy Winehouse was found dead at her north London home, she was 27. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained.London Ambulance Service said it had been called to the flat at 1554 BST and sent two vehicles but the woman died.The troubled singer had a long battle with drink and drugs which overshadowed her recent musical career.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 23rd


A few albums that was released....


1965 ● The Moody Blues —— The Magnificent Moodies ► Blues-Rock

1971 ● The Moody Blues —— Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ► Psychedelic Rock

1984 ● Sammy Hagar —— VOA ► Arena Rock

1996 ● The Black Crowes —— Three Snakes And One Charm ► Southern Rock

2012 ● Procol Harum —— MMX ► Prog Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 24th


1990 Pantera released "Cowboys From Hell." It was their first major label release.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 24th


Today in 1982, Survivor started a six-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Eye Of The Tiger," taken from the film Rocky III. The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterik, and was recorded at the request of Sylvester Stallone, after Queen denied him permission to use "Another One Bites the Dust". Fun fact: "Eye of the Tiger" was originally made for the movie The Karate Kid, as the director of both Rocky and The Karate Kid, John G. Avildsen, planned to use the song for a fighting montage towards the end of the feature. Avildsen opted to use "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito for the montage instead. What a journey!


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 24th

2011 Dan Peek, a founding member of the Soft Rock trio America died in his sleep at the age of 60. The group notched eight Top 40 hits in the US between 1971 and 1975, including "Sister Golden Hair", "Ventura Highway", "Tin Man", "Daisy Jane" and Peek's own composition "Lonely People"


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 24th


2003 Johnny Cash picked up six nominations in the MTV Video Music Awards for his remake of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' from his album, American IV: The Man Comes Around. The video, featuring images from Cash's life and directed by Mark Romanek, was also named the best video of the year by the Grammy Awards and CMA Awards, and the best video of all time by NME.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 24th


1972 Bobby Ramirez, the 24-year-old drummer with Edgar Winter's White Trash, is beaten to death in a Chicago barroom brawl after a patron complains about the length of Ramirez's hair.

2011 Dan Peek (multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for America) dies of fibrinous pericarditis in his sleep at age 60.


source: calendarsongfacts