This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 2nd


A few albums that was released....


1980 ● Rory Gallagher —— Stage Struck ► Blues-Rock

1982 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Long After Dark ► Album Rock

1992 ● Pink Floyd —— Shine On ► Prog Rock

1999 ● The Lovin’ Spoonful —— Live At The Hotel Seville ► Folk-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 3rd


1945 Original Deep Purple bass player Nick Simper is born in Middlesex, England.

1948 Lulu is born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The singer will find international fame with the title songs to the James Bond films To Sir With Love and The Man With the Golden Gun.

1954 Adam Ant is born Stuart Goddard in Marylebone, London, England.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 3rd


1992 Bon Jovi released their fifth studio album, Keep The Faith, which spent a total of 49 weeks on the US chart. The album produced three Top 40 hits: 'Keep The Faith', 'Bed of Roses' and 'In These Arms'.

1991 A free concert was held in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco to honor the memory of promoter Bill Graham, who was killed in a helicopter crash the week before. Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, Grateful Dead, Journey and Joan Baez were the featured acts.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 3rd


2002, Lonnie Donegan, died midway through a UK tour, and shortly before he was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with The Rolling Stones. He was aged 71. Donegan, who launched the skiffle craze in the UK had the 1959 hit “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour,” the 1960 UK number one single “My Old Man’s A Dustman,” “Rock Island Line,” plus over 30 other UK Top Forty singles.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 3rd


1972 - Carly Simon and James Taylor get married, forming a musical power couple not seen until Jay-Z and Beyoncé tie the knot. The marriage lasts 11 years.

1993 - Russian inventor Leon Theremin died. Theremin is best known for the electronic musical instrument that bears his name. He first performed the Theremin with the New York Philharmonic in 1928; in pop music, the Theremin features prominently in the Beach Boys' hit song, "Good Vibrations."

1991 - a large crowd attended the free “Laughter, Love and Music,” concert at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, which celebrated the life and work of Bill Graham. The 60-year-old concert promoter and impresario, who was instrumental in the rise of the ‘60s counterculture movement, was killed a week earlier in a helicopter crash. Many of the acts that Graham had supported performed at the memorial event, including the Grateful Dead, Santana, and a reunited Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 3rd


1992 - Keep The Faith by Bon Jovi was released. It was their first album in 5 years.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: November 3rd


A few albums that was released....


1977 ● Triumph —— Rock & Roll Machine ► Arena Rock

1980 ● Whitesnake —— Live…In The Heart Of The City ► Arena Rock

1997 ● Queen —— Queen Rocks ► Glam Rock

1998 ● Eddie Money —— Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection ► Album Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 4th


1967 Pink Floyd made their US live debut when they appeared at the Winterland Auditorium, San Francisco, California. Floyd shared the bill with local group Big Brother & The Holding Company, featuring singer Janis Joplin and singer / songwriter Richie Havens.

source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 4th


1956 James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitarist for The Pretenders) is born in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.

1965 Jeff Scott Soto (of Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen band) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

2003 Skid Row's Sebastian Bach starts his recurring role on Gilmore Girls in the episode "The Festival of Living Art," as a guitarist who joins Lane Kim's band.

source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: November 4th


1968 - Rock's first supergroup, Cream (featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker) played their final gig on U.S. soil on Long Island.


source: thecurrent