This Day In Rock History

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This Day In Music History: Sept 4th


A few albums that was released....


1979 ● Trooper —— Flying Colors ► Hard Rock

1981 ● Meat Loaf —— Dead Ringer ► Arena Rock

1982 ● The Who —— It’s Hard ► British Rock

1990 ● Rush —— Chronicles ► Arena Rock

2001 ● April Wine —— Back To The Mansion ► Arena Rock

2012 ● Korn —— The Path Of Totality Tour – Live At The Hollywood Palladium ► Post-Grunge/Nu Metal

2015 ● Iron Maiden —— The Book Of Souls ► Heavy Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 5th


2016 An asteroid was named after Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been the singer's 70th birthday. The Queen frontman has had his name attached to Asteroid 17473, which was discovered in 1991 - the year he died. Queen guitarist Brian May told a gathering of 1,250 fans at Montreux Casino in Switzerland that the asteroid would now be known as Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 5th


1946 Rock drummer Buddy Miles (of The Electric Flag and Jimi Hendrix's Band Of Gypsys) is born George Allen Miles Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. His grandmother calls him "Buddy" after jazz drummer Buddy Rich.

1946 Dean Ford (lead singer for Marmalade) is born Thomas McAleese in Coatbridge, Scotland.

1946 Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar (a set of islands off the coast of Africa).

1949 Rock guitarist Dave "Clem" Clempson (of Humble Pie) is born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 5th


1964 The Animals had their only number one hit on Billboard's Hot 100 when "House of the Rising Sun" reached the top. To promote the group in the US, disc jockeys were sent boxes of animal crackers wrapped with special promotional material. The band would continue to turn out hits like "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (#13), "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (#13), "It's My Life" (#23), "Don't Bring Me Down" (#12), "See See Rider" (#10), "San Franciscan Nights" (#9) and "Monterey" (#15) before splitting up at the end of the decade.

1978 Joe Negroni, vocalist for Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, died of a brain hemorrhage just four days shy of his 38th birthday.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 5th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Poco —— From The Inside ► Country-Rock

1975 ● Jethro Tull —— Minstrel In The Gallery ► Prog Rock

1978 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Skynyrd’s First And…Last ► Southern Rock

1987 ● Y & T —— Contagious ► Heavy Metal/Glam Metal

2011 ● Queen —— Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984-1995) ► Glam Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 6th


1942 Trombonist/tuba player Dave Bargeron (of Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Athol, Massachusetts.

1944 Roger Waters (bassist and co-lead vocalist for Pink Floyd) is born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey, England.

1990 Tom Fogerty (rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival) dies from an AIDS-related tuberculosis infection in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 48. He contracted H.I.V from blood transfusions.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 6th


1970 Jimi Hendrix makes his last major concert appearance at the Love and Peace Festival in Puttgarden, Germany.

1989 Neil Young's "This Note's For You" was named Best Video of the Year at the sixth annual MTV Rock Video Awards. The video had been initially banned by the music video station because it mentioned corporate sponsors by name.

1997 While an estimated 2.5 billion people watched on television, Elton John sings a re-worked version of "Candle In The Wind" at the funeral of England's Princess Diana. After the song is re-recorded and released as a single, it would become the largest selling record in history since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, with sales topping 33 million.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: September 6th


A few albums that was released....


1974 ● Hawkwind —— Hall Of The Mountain Grill ► Space Rock

1974 ● Judas Priest —— Rocka Rolla ► Heavy Metal

1985 ● John Cale —— Artificial Intelligence ► Art Rock

1994 ● Widespread Panic —— Ain’t Life Grand ► Southern Rock

2005 ● The Rolling Stones —— A Bigger Bang ► Blues-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: September 7th


1968 Iron Butterfly's LP, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" enters Billboard's album chart, where it will reach #10. Today it is a multi-Platinum album which has sold over 25 million copies and was Atlantic Records' biggest selling LP until it was surpassed by 1971's "Led Zeppelin IV".


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: Sept 7th


1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin but billed as The New Yardbirds at Teen Club in Gladsaxe (a suburb in the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark). Around 1,200 youngsters attended the show at Egegard School. Teen Club President Lars Abel introducing 'The New Yardbirds' on stage introduced Robert Plant as Robert Plat. A local review stated; 'Their performance and their music were absolutely flawless, and the music continued to ring nicely in the ears for some time after the curtains were drawn after their show. We can therefore conclude that the new Yardbirds are at least as good as the old ones were'.

1978, Keith Moon drummer with The Who, died of a overdose of heminevrin prescribed to combat alcoholism. A post-mortem confirmed there were 32 tablets in his system, 26 of which were undissolved. Moon had attended a party the night before organised by Paul McCartney for the launch of the The Buddy Holly Story movie. He played on all The Who albums from their debut, 1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before his death.

2003, US singer, songwriter, Warren Zevon died. He had worked as a session musician, was the piano player and band leader for the Everly Brothers. His 1969 song 'She Quit Me' was included in the soundtrack for the film Midnight Cowboy. Jackson Browne, The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt all appeared on his albums. He recorded over 15 solo albums, had the 1978 US No.21 single 'Werewolves Of London'.

2010, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was voted the greatest ‘lighter in the air song of all time’ by lighter company Zippo. Led Zeppelin’s 'Stairway To Heaven', was voted in at No. 2 and Meat Loaf's ‘I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)’ was at No. 3 in the survey.

source: thisdayinmusic