This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 1st


1995 - Nearly $1 million was raised at the Farm Aid concert in Louisville, KY. The musicians that performed were Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Hootie and the Blowfish, and The Dave Matthews Band.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 1st


A few albums that was released....


1975 ● Rory Gallagher —— Against The Grain ► Blues-Rock

1976 ● John Mellencamp (Johnny Cougar) —— Chestnut Street Incident ► Folk-Rock

1976 ● Styx —— Crystal Ball ► Prog/Art Rock

1977 ● The Runaways —— Waitin’ For The Night ► Punk Rock

1978 ● Rory Gallagher —— Photo-Finish ► Blues-Rock

1979 ● Slade —— Return To Base ► Hard Rock

1984 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth ► Punk-rock

1990 ● Iron Maiden —— No Prayer For The Dying ► Heavy Metal

1991 ● Cheap Trick —— The Greatest Hits ► Hard Rock/Power Pop


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1941 Ron Meagher (bass guitarist for The Beau Brummels) is born in Oakland, California

1951 Sting is born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland, England. He earns his nickname when a fellow musician says he looks like a bee in his yellow-and-black striped sweater. He is working as a schoolteacher when his band The Police hit the big time.

1965 "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys hits #1 in America. The song was originally released the previous year as "My Girl Sloopy" by the R&B group The Vibrations. That version went to #26.

2017 Tom Petty, 66, goes into cardiac arrest at his Malibu home. He is taken to UCLA medical center, but cannot be revived. Later that night, after his friends and family gather, he is taken off life support.

2018 Geoff Emerick, the engineer on most Beatles' recordings, dies of a heart attack at 72.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1976 John Belushi came out on stage with Joe Cocker while he was performing on Saturday Night Live.

1978 The single "Hold The Line" was released by Toto.

1985 The Prince single "America" was released.

1995 Iron Maiden's tenth album The X Factor was released. It was the first album to include Blaze Bayley as vocalist.


source; onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


1983 Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Total Eclipse Of The Heart." The song, which was Tyler's biggest hit of her career, made her the only Welsh artist to score a U.S. No. 1 hit. Worldwide, the single has sales in excess of 6 million copies. Fun fact about the song -- it was written and produced by Jim Steinman, who said of the song in an interview with Playbill: "with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song. Its original title was 'Vampires in Love' because I was working on a musical of Nosferatu, the other great vampire story. If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark."


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 2nd


2012, British session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan (born James George Tomkins) died at the age of 71. Sullivan started his career in 1959 as a member of Marty Wilde’s band and when Wilde bought Sullivan a Gibson Les Paul guitar, it was allegedly the first in Britain. Sullivan taught future Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore to play guitar, as well as helping Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe on his road to success. He was featured on 55 No.1 hits, and worked with George Harrison, Frank Zappa, Thunderclap Newman, Love Affair, Long John Baldry, Marmalade, and The Tremeloes. During Jimmy Page’s session career, he was known as “Little Jim,” to differentiate him from Big Jim.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 2nd


A few albums that was released....


1978 ● Chicago —— Hot Streets ► Jazz-Rock

1981 ● The Police —— Ghost In The Machine ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1995 ● Iron Maiden —— The X Factor ► Heavy Metal

2001 ● Machine Head —— Supercharger ► Heavy Metal/Groove Metal

2012 ● Heart —— Fanatic ► Album Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 3rd


2003 "School of Rock" opened in theaters, starring Jack Black as a musician who poses as a substitute teacher and forms a band with the students. Classic rock abounds in the film, with teachable moments soundtracked to "Highway to Hell," "Smoke on the Water" and even "Immigrant Song" - a track secured after Black made a video begging Led Zeppelin to let them use it.

2014 Seventeen years after its release, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album is certified Double Diamond by the RIAA for sales of over 20 million in the U.S. It is the ninth album to achieve the certification.



source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 3rd


1949 Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac is born in Palo Alto, California.

1954 Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan is born in Dallas, Texas.

1962 Tommy Lee (drummer for Motley Crue) is born Thomas Lee Bass in Athens, Greece.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 3rd


1970: Rare Earth peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their cover of “(I Know) I’m Losing You” which was their second top ten single in the U.S.

1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” which was their ninth top ten single in the U.S.


source: paulshaffersdayinrock