This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 5th


A few albums that was released....


1980 ● Pat Benatar —— Crimes Of Passion ► Hard Rock

2003 ● Jeff Beck —— Jeff ► Instrumental Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 6th


1928 Andy Warhol, who made his mark on the music world as manager for the The Velvet Underground and designer of the Rolling Stones lips logo, is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 6th


1970 Steppenwolf, Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Poco and Johnny Winter all appeared at the Concert For Peace at New York's Shea Stadium. The concert date coincided with the 25th anniversary of dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

1970 The 10th National Jazz, Blues and Pop four day Festival was held at Plumpton Racecourse in Sussex, England. Featuring, Family, Groundhogs, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple, Fat Mattress, Yes, Caravan, The Strawbs, Black Sabbath, Wild Angles, Wishbone Ash and Daddy Longlegs.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 6th


1966 Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs top the Cashbox Best Sellers list with "Lil' Red Riding Hood", a #2 hit on the Billboard chart. A week later, the RIAA will certify it as a Gold Record, with sales exceeding one million copies.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 6th


A few albums that was released....


1963 ● Johnny Cash —— Ring Of Fire: The Best Of Johnny Cash ► Outlaw Country

1965 ● The Beatles —— Help! [UK] ► Pop-Rock

1991 ● Harem Scarem —— Harem Scarem ► Hard Rock/Glam Metal

1991 ● Yes —— Yesyears ► Prog Rock

1996 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— She’s The One [Sndtrk] ► Heartland Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 7th



1970 The Goose Lake International Music Festival was held in Leoni, Michigan. Over 200,000 fans attended the three day festival. Acts who appeared included, Jethro Tull, 10 Years After, Mountain, Chicago, Bob Seger, John Sebastian, James Gang, Stooges with Iggy Pop, Brownsville Station, MC5, Rod Stewart and Flying Burrito Brothers.

1997 Garth Brooks played to the largest crowd ever in New York's Central Park. An estimated 1 million people attended the live concert with an additional 14.6 million viewing live on HBO.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 7th


1945 Bassist/songwriter Kerry Chater (of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap) is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1951 Pete Way of UFO is born in Enfield, North London.

1952 Bass guitarist/vocalist Andy Fraser (of Free) is born in Paddington, London, England.

1958 Bruce Dickinson (lead vocalist for Iron Maiden) is born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

1981 The animated sci-fi film Heavy Metal is released. Although it shares its name with the hard-rock genre, the film isn't intended to have anything to do with music, but instead is an anthology of various stories from the comic magazine Heavy Metal. Almost as an afterthought, an all-star soundtrack is added, featuring songs by Sammy Hagar, Devo, Blue Öyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Journey, and Black Sabbath, to name a few.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 7th


Today in 1976, Elton John and Kiki Dee were at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," giving Elton his sixth U.S. No. 1. The song was written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche", which was apparently a pun on the expression "an horse and cart, blanche". Fun fact: In 1977, John guest starred on The Muppet Show and performed the track with Miss Piggy.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 7th


A few albums that was released....


1967 ● The Byrds —— The Byrd’s Greatest Hits ► Country-Rock

1970 ● The Moody Blues —— A Question Of Balance ► Psychedelic Rock

1983 ● Black Sabbath —— Born Again ► Hard Rock

1990 ● Jon Bon Jovi —— Blaze Of Glory ► Arena Rock

1999 ● Rory Gallagher —— BBC Sessions ► Blues-Rock

2015 ● Gregg Allman —— Back To Macon, GA ► Southern Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 8th


1992: During a Guns N’ Roses/Metallica concert at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Metallica frontman James Hetfield suffered second & third degree burns to his left arm after stepping too close to the pyrotechnics causing them to end their set early. Guns N’ Roses also cut their set short when Axl Rose claimed he had a sore throat & a riot broke out.

Birthdays:
Anton Fig-drummer for Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, Peter Frampton & Frehley’s Comet born in 1952

source: paulshaffersdayinrock