This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1966: The debut album by Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, was released. Original female vocalist Signe Toly Anderson and drummer Skip Spence both left the group shortly after the album’s release and were replaced by Grace Slick and Spencer Dryden.

1969: Fleetwood Mac released the UK compilation album, The Pious Bird of Good Omen, which consists of the band’s first four non-album UK singles and their B-sides, two other tracks from their previous two albums, and two tracks by the blues artist Eddie Boyd with backing by members of Fleetwood Mac. The album’s title, taken from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1798 epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the albatross on the cover both reference the group’s #1 UK hit, “Albatross.”

1987: John Cougar Mellencamp released “Paper in Fire,” the lead single from his ninth studio album, The Lonesome Jubilee. It became his eighth top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and third #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1942 Pete York (drummer for The Spencer Davis Group) is born in Redcar, Yorkshire, England.

1948 Tom Johnston (frontman for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Visalia, California.

1957 Notorious Californian groupie Sable Starr is born. As well as counting Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart and David Bowie among her conquests, she is the muse for Iggy Pop's 1996 song "Look Away."

1979 Led Zeppelin release their eighth and final studio album, In Through The Out Door. It is last album released by the band while John Bonham is still alive.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 15th


1991 Paul Simon gave a free concert in Central Park, New York in front of a reported crowd of 600,000 people. It was later determined that the maximum number who could fit in the park was 48,500. The performance was released later in the year as "Paul Simon's Concert in the Park", which only rose to #60 on the Hot 200, staying on the chart for just one week.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 15th


A few albums that was released....


1972 ● The Band —— Rock Of Ages ► Folk-Rock

1980 ● America —— Alibi ► Folk-Rock

1980 ● The Cars —— Panorama ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1981 ● The Kinks —— Give The People What They Want ► British Rock

1983 ● AC/DC —— Flick Of The Switch ► Hard Rock

1983 ● Cheap Trick —— Next Position Please ► Hard Rock/Power Pop

1988 ● Glenn Frey —— Soul Searchin’ ► Pop-Rock

1989 ● The Rolling Stones —— Singles Collection: The London Years ► Blues-Rock

1995 ● Blind Melon —— Soup ► Alt. Rock


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1966 - The Monkees' first single "Last Train to Clarksville" was released.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1977 Elvis Presley was found dead lying on the floor in his bathroom by his girlfriend Ginger Alden, he had been seated on the toilet reading 'The Scientific Search For Jesus'. He died of heart failure at the age of 42. His first record for RCA, 'Heartbreak Hotel' was also his first US No.1. He starred in 31 films. Elvis holds the record for the most entries on the US Hot 100 chart with 154. Elvis became the first rock 'n' roll artist to be honoured by the US Postal Service with a stamp.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


2018 American singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin died in Detroit at the age of 76. Known as ‘The Queen of Soul’ and one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide was diagnosed with cancer in 2010. During her career she scored over 15 Top 40 hits and won 18 Grammy Awards. Hits include the 1967 US No.1 & UK No.10 single 'Respect', the 1968 UK No.4 single 'I Say A Little Prayer' and the 1987 UK No.1 single with George Michael, 'I Knew You Were Waiting'. In 2010 Rolling Stone magazine ranked her number one on their list of the ‘100 Greatest Singers of All Time’.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1946 Gordon Fleet (drummer for The Easybeats) is born in Merseyside, England.

1948 Barry Hay (frontman for Golden Earring) is born in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

1957 INXS lead guitarist Tim Farriss is born in Perth, Western Australia.

1986 At a soggy Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donington, England, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen gets a huge ovation when he takes the stage with the band. Twenty months earlier, Allen's left arm was severed in a car accident, and after extensive rehab and some warm-up gigs, he makes a triumphant return at the festival, playing barefoot behind a drum kit modified with electronic pedals. Scorpions and Motörhead are also on the bill, which is headlined by Ozzy Osbourne.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


1969 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young perform together for the first time, playing two shows at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Their next gig comes two days later when they take the stage at Woodstock.


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[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: August 16th


2024 A Missouri woman, 53-year-old Lisa Jeanine Findley, was arrested on charges she orchestrated a scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family by trying to auction off his iconic Graceland property. Police said she fabricated loan documents and then published a bogus foreclosure notice in a Memphis newspaper announcing that Graceland would be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Riley Keough, Presley's granddaughter, inherited ownership of the home after the death of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, in 2023.


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