This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1959: The Island Records label was founded in Jamaica by English businessman and producer Chris Blackwell, engineer Graeme Goodall, and producer Leslie Kong. The label was financed by RKO owner Stanley Borden, and its name was inspired by the Harry Belafonte song “Island in the Sun.” Blackwell was among the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska, and Island Records later promoted acts such as Traffic, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens, Free, Fairport Convention, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Melissa Etheridge, The Cranberries, U2, Robert Palmer, Grace Jones, Bob Marley, and many others.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 4th


1970 - Casey Kasem hosted radio’s "American Top 40" for the first time.

1980 - The Beach Boys gave a free outdoor performance to an estimated 500,000 people in Washington.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 4th


A few albums that was released....


1983 ● Yazoo —— You And Me Both ► Synth-Pop

1995 ● Brother Cane —— Seeds ► Hard Rock

1995 ● Foo Fighters —— Foo Fighters ► Grunge Rock

2005 ● Alice Cooper —— Dirty Diamonds ► Hard Rock

2006 ● Johnny Cash —— American V: A Hundred Highways ► Trad Country/Americana


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


1969, The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London’s Hyde Park before an audience of 250,000, as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died two days earlier. Mick Jagger read an extract from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Adonais and released 3,500 butterflies. The event was also guitarist’s Mick Taylor’s debut with the Stones. King Crimson, Family, The Third Ear Band, Screw and Alexis Korner’s New Church also appeared on the day.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


1975 Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Steve Miller and Roy Harper all appeared at The Knebworth Festival, England, tickets cost £3.50. Pink Floyd premiered their new album Wish You Were Here with the help of Spitfires, pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage.

1995 More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were hurt when a wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge in Wentzville, Missouri. Hundreds of people were on or under the deck sheltering from heavy rain. More than 4,000 Deadheads were staying at the campground while attending Grateful Dead concerts in the St. Louis suburb.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 5th



1943 Robbie Robertson (lead guitarist for The Band) is born Jaime Royal Robertson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1950 Michael Monarch (original lead guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1950 Huey Lewis is born Hugh Anthony Cregg III in New York City. He forms Huey Lewis and the News in San Francisco.

1969 The Who release "I'm Free."

1992 Helix guitarist Paul Hackman, age 38, is killed after a concert in Vancouver when the band's van rolls down a 40-foot embankment and throws him from the vehicle.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 5th


1993: U2 released their eighth studio album, Zooropa. Inspired by the band’s experiences on the Zoo TV Tour, the album expanded on many of the tour’s themes of technology and media oversaturation, and was a continuation of their experimentation with alternative and electronic music that began with their previous album, Achtung Baby.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 5th


A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Tyrannosaurus Rex —— My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows ► Psychedelic Folk

1994 ● Hootie & The Blowfish —— Cracked Rear View ► Pop-Rock

1994 ● The Who —— Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B ► British Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1963, James Brown went to No.2 on the US album chart with 'Live At The Apollo'. Recorded on the night of October 24, 1962 at Brown's own expense, it spent 66 weeks on the Billboard Albums chart. In 2003, the album was ranked No.24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

1968, Woburn Music Festival, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire took place. A two-day affair featuring Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alexis Korner, Family, Taste, Tim Rose, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett and Tyrannosaurus Rex, two-day tickets were priced at £2.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 6th


1973 - Queen released their first single, "Keep Yourself Alive."


source: onthisday