This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 3rd


1939 Ian Hunter (lead singer of Mott the Hoople) is born Ian Hunter Patterson in Shropshire, England, to a Scottish father.

1942 Curtis Mayfield is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1947 T. Rex drummer Mickey Finn is born Michael Norman Finn outside of London, England.

1950 Glam rocker Suzi Quatro is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1952 Billy Powell (keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Corpus Christi, Texas.

1964 Kerry King (guitarist for Slayer) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1965 Mike Gordon (bass guitarist for Phish) is born in Sudbury, Massachusetts.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 3rd


Some albums released...


1977 ● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Exodus ► Roots Reggae

1983 ● America —— Your Move ► Folk-Rock

1986 ● Queen —— A Kind Of Magic ► Glam Rock

1990 ● Supertramp —— The Very Best Of Supertramp ► Prog/Art Rock

1994 ● Bruce Dickinson —— Balls To Picasso ► Heavy Metal

1996 ● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Soft Vengeance ► British Rock

1997 ● Pat Benatar —— Innamorata ► Hard Rock

1997 ● Rush —— Retrospective II ► Prog/Art Rock

2003 ● John Mellencamp —— Trouble No More ► Roots Rock

2008 ● Journey —— Revelation ► AOR Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 4th



2013 Drummer Joey Covington, who played with Jefferson Airplane from 1970-72 and later in the offshoot band Hot Tuna, died in a car crash in Palm Springs. He was 67 years old.

2020 Steve Priest, bassist and co-founder of the Glam Rock band Sweet, died at the age of 72. Between 1971 and 1984, the group placed 16 songs on the UK Top 40 and 5 in the US Top 40.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 4th


1944 Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas is born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California.

1945 Gordon Waller (of Peter & Gordon) is born in Braemar, Scotland.

1953 Jimmy McCulloch (guitarist for Thunderclap Newman, lead guitarist, bassist for Wings) is born in Dumbarton, Scotland.

1994 Derek Leckenby (lead guitarist for Herman's Hermits) dies of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 51.

1997 Ronnie Lane (bass guitarist of The Small Faces, The Faces) dies at age 51 after a 21-year battle with multiple sclerosis.

2003 A grandfather who set up his own pirate radio station in Wakefield, Yorkshire, is under investigation by local broadcasting authorities. The man known as Ricky Rock had erected a 32-foot transmitter in his garden and had been playing hits by The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and Elvis Presley. Ricky said he set the station up because "talent-less boy bands and dance music" featured on local stations did not cater to the tastes of his generation.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 4th


1997 - Jeff Buckley's body was discovered in the Mississippi River. Buckley had disappeared when swimming on May 29 in Wolf River Harbor in Memphis, while wearing boots, all of his clothing, and singing the chorus of "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin. An autopsy ruled Buckley's death an accidental drowning.


source: thecurrent

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 4th


1976 Columbia Records releases Boz Scaggs' single, "Lowdown", which would climb to #3 on the Hot 100 the following October. Written by Scaggs and future Toto founder David Paitch, the recording also included two other members of that band, drummer Jeff Porcaro and bass player David Hungate. The tune went on to win the 1976 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, making Scaggs the first White artist to win that prize. (Leo Sayer was the second, taking the trophy the next year for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing".) "Lowdown" was included on Scagg's album "Silk Degrees", which would peak at #2, selling over five million copies.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 4th


1984, Bruce Springsteen released the album, Born In The USA, which became the best-selling album of 1985 in the United States, and Springsteen’s most successful album ever. The album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles, tying him with Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 4th


1996 - The Metallica album "Load" was released.


source: onthisday

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 4th


Some albums released.....


1980 ● The Kinks —— One For The Road ► Pop-Rock

1983 ● Motörhead —— Another Perfect Day ► Heavy Metal/Speed Metal

1996 ● Bryan Adams —— 18 Til I Die ► Pop-Rock

2007 ● Paul McCartney —— Memory Almost Full ► Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 5th



1990 American drummer Jim Hodder drowned in his swimming pool aged 42. He was the original drummer with Steely Dan and also worked with Sammy Hagar and David Soul.

2002 Dee Dee Ramone, (Douglas Glenn Colvin), bass guitarist with the Ramones died at his Hollywood, California apartment of a heroin overdose aged 49. He was the group's primary songwriter, penning songs such as 'Rockaway Beach', '53rd & 3rd', and 'Poison Heart'.


source: thisdayinmusic