This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 19th


2020 Spencer Davis, one of the key figures of the 60s beat scene, died at the age of 81. The Welsh guitarist was the driving force behind The Spencer Davis Group, who scored transatlantic hits with 'Keep On Running' and 'Somebody Help Me'. The band, which also featured a teenage Stevie Winwood, toured with The Who and The Rolling Stones in the 60s.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 19th


1968: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Fire” which was their first and only top ten single in the U.S.

1979: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their third album Damn the Torpedoes which went on to be their breakthrough album reaching number two on the Billboard 200 Album Chart & selling two million copies in the U.S.


Birthdays:
Keith Reid-lyricist for Procol Harum born in 1946

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 19th


1948 Patrick Simmons (of The Doobie Brothers) is born in Aberdeen, Washington.

1970 Working from a design sketched out by his wife and himself, Elvis Presley orders a dozen 14-karat gold pendants from a Beverly Hills jeweler featuring the letters "TCB" set around a lightning bolt. Designed as totems for the Memphis Mafia (and also for security issues), the symbol stands, in Elvis' words, for "Taking Care of Business in a Flash." They would eventually come to symbolize the '70s era for Presley.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 19th



1973 David Bowie released his seventh album Pin Ups. The album, which features supermodel Twiggy on the front cover, is a collection of cover versions of some of the singer’s favorite songs, including tracks by Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Who, The Yardbirds and The Kinks.

1997 Glen Buxton, an original guitarist for Alice Cooper’s band died from pneumonia at age 49. He was born in Akron, Ohio, but attended High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he met Dennis Dunaway and Vincent Furnier, soon to be known as Alice Cooper. Buxton co-wrote several classic Cooper hits, including “School’s Out,” “I’m Eighteen,” and “Elected.”


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 19th


1961 The Beatles and Gerry And The Pacemakers combined into one band called The Beatmakers for a show at the Litherland Town Hall in Liverpool. George Harrison played lead guitar and Paul McCartney played rhythm, with the drumming duties split between Pete Best and Freddie Marsden. Les Chadwick played bass and John Lennon sat at the piano with Karl Terry joining in the vocals. Finally, Gerry Marsden played guitar and sang, while Les Maguire played the saxophone.

1966 The Yardbirds arrive in New York for their first US tour with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars. After two shows, Beck developed acute tonsillitis and quit the group. He would go on to form The Jeff Beck Group that gave Rod Stewart his first major exposure.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 19th


A few albums that was released....


1979 ● Styx —— Cornerstone ► Prog/Art Rock

1981 ● INXS —— Underneath The Colours ► New Wave Synth-Pop

1993 ● Rush —— Counterparts ► Arena Rock

2004 ● Twisted Sister —— Still Hungry ► Hair Metal


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 20th


1950 Tom Petty (of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys) is born in Gainesville, Florida.

1951 Al Greenwood (keyboardist for Foreigner) is born in New York.

1962 "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers hits #1 on its way to becoming the most famous Halloween song of all time. Pickett's vocals are his impression of Boris Karloff, who was known for his role as Frankenstein's monster.

1997 Canned Heat guitarist Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine, age 52, dies of respiratory and heart failure in a Paris hotel room just after finishing a European tour with the band.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 20th


2008 AC/DC's "Black Ice," with the single "Rock N' Roll Train," is issued. The album, AC/DC's first studio effort in eight years, is available exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 20th


1969: John Lennon released his second solo single “Cold Turkey” which went on to reach number thirty on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.


Birthdays:
Ric Lee-drummer for Ten Years After born in 1945

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 20th


1977 Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd were all killed along with manager Dean Kilpatrick when their rented plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of a swamp in Gillsburg, Mississippi. The crash seriously injured the rest of the band and crew who were due to play at Louisiana University that evening.

2018 On what would have been Tom Petty's 68th birthday, the city of Gainesville renamed the former Northeast Park, a park where a young Petty had often visited, as Tom Petty Park.


source: thisdayinmusic