This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 25th


1991, Legendary Rock concert promoter Bill Graham was killed when the Bell 206B JetRanger III helicopter he was riding in struck the top of a Pacific Gas and Electric transmission tower near Sears Point, northwest of Vallejo and exploded. The crash, which left the helicopter’s wreckage dangling near the top of the towering structure, killed Graham, his girlfriend Melissa Gold and pilot Steve Kahn. Graham had founded the Fillmore theaters in San Francisco and New York and had played key roles in supporting such bands as the Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, The Band, Bob Dylan, The J. Geils Band, The Allman Brothers Band and The Rolling Stones.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 25th


A few albums that was released....


1971 ● Jeff Beck Group —— Rough And Ready ► Blues-Rock

1971 ● Chicago —— At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4 (Chicago IV) ► Jazz-Rock

1972 ● Poco —— A Good Feelin’ to Know ► Country-Rock

1985 ● The Cars —— Greatest Hits ► New Wave Pop-Rock

2005 ● Aerosmith —— Rockin’ The Joint ► Hard Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 26th


1944 Alan Henderson (bass guitarist for Them) is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1946 Keith Hopwood (rhythm guitarist for Herman's Hermits) is born in Manchester, England.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 26th


1968 The two day San Francisco Pop Festival was held at Alameda County Fairgrounds. The Animals, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, Jose Feliciano, Deep Purple, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Canned Heat all appeared.

2019 American musician Paul Barrere died age 71. He was a member of Little Feat, which he joined in 1972. Barrere later played with Phil Lesh and Friends and also toured with Bob Dylan.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 26th


1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Sweet Home Alabama” their first and only top ten single in the U.S.

1980: Jefferson Starship guitarist Paul Kantner suffered a stroke during a recording session in Los Angeles. He would make a full recovery.

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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 26th


1969 32-year-old Waylon Jennings marries his fourth wife, 26-year-old Jessi Colter. They would remain married until his death on February 13th, 2002. Mostly remembered as a member of Buddy Holly's band and later a Country music artist, Jennings also placed three songs on the Billboard Top 40, including the #23 hit, "Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard" in 1980. Colter reached the same chart in 1975 with the #4 hit, "I'm Not Lisa".

1970 Elton John's "Your Song" is released. It would be Elton's first international Top 10 single, reaching that chart in Great Britain, Netherlands, Canada and The United States.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: October 26th


A few albums that was released....


1981 ● J. Geils Band —— Freeze-Frame ► Blues-Rock

1987 ● Meat Loaf —— Live At Wembley ► Arena Rock

1993 ● The Velvet Underground —— Live MCMXCIII ► Alt. Rock

1999 ● Genesis —— Turn It On Again: The Hits ► Prog Rock

1999 ● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— Looking Forward ► Folk-Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 27th


1964 The Supremes release "Come See About Me", which would become the third of their five consecutive US number one hits. In the UK, it would reach #27.

1975 In a rare feat for a Rock musician, Bruce Springsteen appears on the cover of both Time and Newsweek magazines.

source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 27th


1945 Mark Ryan (bass guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service) is born.

1949 Byron Allred (keyboardist for The Steve Miller Band) is born in Logan, Utah.

1951 Kenneth "K.K." Downing (guitarist for Judas Priest) is born in West Bromwich, England.

2013 Lou Reed (frontman for The Velvet Underground) dies of liver disease in Southampton, New York, at age 71.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: October 27th


Today in 1982, Prince released his fifth album, 1999. It was a breakthrough, selling well over 5 million copies worldwide, thanks to "Little Red Corvette" and the title track. Following Prince's death in 2016, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 and peaked at number seven, besting its original performance on the chart thirty-three years earlier. A re-release and remaster of the album, including 35 previously unreleased recordings, was released in November 2019.

1980 Steve Took, original percussionist of T. Rex, dies in New Kensington, London, at age 31. Although he had taken drugs, his official cause of death was asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry.


source: thecurrent