This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th


1969, Led Zeppelin performs at The Laurel Pop Festival along with Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Al Kooper, Buddy Guy, and the Edwin Hawkins Singers at the Laurel Race Couse on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland. Ticket prices ranged from $4.75 – $10 (£3 – £6.75).

1975, Fleetwood Mac release their self titled tenth album under the Fleetwood Mac name. It was the first to feature Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 over a year after entering the chart, spent 37 weeks within the top 10, and more, than fifteen months within the top 40. It launched three top twenty singles, “Over My Head,” “Rhiannon,” and “Say You Love Me,” the last two falling just short of the top ten, both at number eleven.

1981, Def Leppard releases High ‘n’ Dry, their second album. It was the last to feature Pete Willis as a full member. He was sacked during the “Pyromania” sessions in July 1982. It featured the title track, plus “Let It Go”, “Another Hit and Run,” and “Switch 625.”


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 11th


1969: “Space Oddity” by David Bowie was released as a 7-inch single. The release coincided with the Apollo 11 moon landing, which occurred five days later, though it wasn’t aired by the BBC until after the Apollo 11 crew had safely returned. The song became Bowie’s first to chart in the UK, where it peaked that fall at #5. It also won Bowie the 1970 Ivor Novello Special Award for Originality. In 1975, the song was re-released as part of a maxi-single, and later that year became Bowie’s first UK #1 single.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 11th


A few albums that was released....


2000 ● Atlanta Rhythm Section —— Live At The Savoy, New York October 27, 1981 ► Southern Rock

2000 ● Mötley Crüe —— New Tattoo ► Heavy Metal

2000 ● Kansas —— Somewhere To Elsewhere ► Prog/Arena Rock

2012 ● The Rolling Stones —— Live At The Tokyo Dome (Live 1990) ► Blues-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1969 - Blind Faith began their one and only tour in the U.S. with a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


2020 - English singer-songwriter Judy Dyble died age 71. She was a founding member of Fairport Convention and Trader Horne. In addition, she and multi-instrumental Ian McDonald joined and recorded several tracks with Giles, Giles and Fripp, who later became King Crimson. During Fairport's early live shows in London in the late 1960s Dyble shared stages with acts such as Jimi Hendrix, and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1969 After being released just three weeks earlier, the futuristic ballad "In The Year 2525" was Billboard's number one song. After getting a lot of requests to sing the song that they included in their live act, Denny Zager and Rick Evans had invested just $500 to press 1000 copies of the tune. After a Texas radio station added it their play list, RCA signed the duo, but the record would prove to be their only US chart entry. It did however stay at #1 in the US for 6 weeks, which was longer than any other song that year and earned it the distinction of #1 record of the year 1969.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1943 Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac is born Christine Anne Perfect in Bouth, Lancashire, England.

1950 Eric Carr (drummer for KISS) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1952 Philip Taylor Kramer (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Youngstown, Ohio.

1967 John Petrucci, guitarist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, is born in Long Island, New York.

1983 Chris Wood (flute and sax player for Traffic) dies of pneumonia at age 39.

1992 After a European tour, Axl Rose is arrested at JFK airport in New York, charged with inciting a riot at a Guns N' Roses show in St. Louis the previous year. He gets two years' probation and a $50,000 fine.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1970, Pink Floyd headlined on the third and final day of the 1st Open Air Pop Festival, at Reiterstadion Soers, in Aachen, West Germany. Among the other acts on the bill were Deep Purple, Amon Duul II, Traffic, and Tyrannosaurus Rex.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 12th


1962: The original Rolling Stones lineup played their first gig at London’s Marquee Jazz Club. Vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones were joined by bass player Dick Taylor, pianist Ian Stewart, and future Kinks drummer Mick Avory. Their material included Chicago Blues as well as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs. Bassist Bill Wyman joined the following December and drummer Charlie Watts was added to the group in January.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 12th


A few albums that was released....


1978 ● Kenny Loggins —— Nightwatch ► Pop-Rock

1994 ● Alice Cooper —— The Last Temptation ► Hard Rock

1994 ● Kansas —— The Kansas Boxed Set ► Prog/Arena Rock


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