This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 13th


1994 - Members from Oasis and The Verve were arrested after smashing up a hotel bar and breaking into a church to steal communion wine. Both bands had been appearing at Hulsfred Festival in Sweden.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 13th


1966 "Summer In The City" by The Lovin' Spoonful hit the top of the Billboard singles chart and the Cashbox Best Sellers list. The song started out as a poem written by John Sebastian's brother, Mark, before the band changed some words and then set it to music. The record reached #8 in the UK.

2024 Greg Kihn of The Greg Kihn Band died at the age of 75 after a struggle with Alzheimer's disease. His group placed seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including "The Breakup Song" (#15 in 1981) and "Jeopardy" (#2 in 1983).


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 13th


1964: 17-year-old Marianne Faithfull debuted on the British singles chart with one of the first original compositions by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, “As Tears Go By.” Faithfull had been offered the ballad by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, and though it was originally recorded as a B-side, the song’s success caused her record company, Decca, to switch it to the A-side. The single reached #9 in September and launched Faithfull’s career as a major singer. By the end of November, it had entered the US Billboard Hot 100, where it later reached #22.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 13th


A few albums that was released....


1973 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Pronounced, Leh-nerd Skin-nerd ► Southern Rock

1979 ● Chicago —— Chicago 13 ► Jazz-Rock

2002 ● James Taylor —— October Road ► Folk-Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 14th


1970 The first day of the three day UK Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival at Krumlin, Yorkshire took place featuring Atomic Rooster, Pink Floyd, (who didn't appear after being fog bound at Paris Airport), The Kinks, Elton John, Mungo Jerry, Yes, Alan Price, Georgie Fame, Juicy Lucy, Pretty Things and The Groundhogs. Weekend tickets, £3.

2020 English hard rock and heavy metal bass player Pete Way died age 69 following life-threatening injuries he had sustained in an accident two months earlier. He was bassist for UFO and was also a founding member of Waysted and Fastway and notably played with Michael Schenker Group and Ozzy Osbourne.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 14th


1967 - All U.K. offshore pirate radio stations were closed down when the marine broadcasting act came into force. A fictionalized account of these offshore stations is told in the 2009 film Pirate Radio (called The Boat that Rocked in the U.K.), featuring an ensemble cast that included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Chris O'Dowd, January Jones, Jack Davenport, Gemma Arterton and others.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 14th


1940 Dash Crofts (of Seals and Crofts) is born Darrell Crofts in Cisco, Texas.

1941 Folk rocker David Crosby (of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1946 Bass guitarist Larry Graham (of Sly and the Family Stone) is born in Beaumont, Texas.

1974 Drummer Neil Peart makes his debut with Rush at a show in Pittsburgh where they are the support act for Manfred Mann and Uriah Heep.

1988 Robert Calvert (frontman for Hawkwind) dies of a heart attack at age 43 in Ramsgate, England.

2013 Allen Lanier (keyboardist/rhythm guitarist for Blue Öyster Cult) dies of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C.O.P.D) in Manhattan, New York, at age 67.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: August 14th


A few albums that was released....


1983 ● The Who —— Rarities Volume I & Volume II ► British Rock

1992 ● Motörhead —— March Ör Die ► Heavy Metal

2012 ● Loverboy —— Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival ► Arena Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1969 Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie, and Joe Cocker. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1970 "Looking Out My Back Door" by Credence Clearwater Revival enters the Billboard Hot 100 on its way to #2. Although some fans speculate that the song is about drugs because of its colorful, dream-like lyrics, writer John Fogerty said it was actually written for his then three-year old son, Josh.


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