This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 10th


1910 Chicago blues singer Howlin' Wolf is born Chester Arthur Burnett in White Station, Mississippi.

1944 Rick Price (bassist for The Move, Wizzard) is born in Birmingham, England.

1964 Jimmy Chamberlin (drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins) is born in Joliet, Illinois.

1966 Janis Joplin makes her singing debut with Big Brother & the Holding Company at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom

1967 Outdoor rock: California's Magic Mountain Music Festival, considered the first rock music festival, features Jefferson Airplane, The Doors and The Byrds - the crowd of 15,000 will be dwarfed by the 200,000 at the Monterey Pop Festival the following weekend.

1975 The Eagles release their fourth album, One Of These Nights. It includes "Take It to the Limit," one of the few Eagles songs with a lead vocal by Randy Meisner.

2007 In the last scene of the HBO series The Sopranos, "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey plays on the jukebox while Tony Soprano sits at a diner. It cuts to black on the line, "Don't Stop."

2010 Appearing at Milan's PalaSharp Arena to promote his self-titled solo record, Slash, in the midst of performing the Guns N' Roses classic "Sweet Child o' Mine," is tackled by a concertgoer. The guitarist bravely keeps on rocking, eventually switching guitars and finishing the song. Afterward, Slash described the night as "a kick-ass rock show."


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 10th

1969, The Byrds, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Smokey Robinson, and Dionne Warwick performed at California’s Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 10th


Some albums released....

1963 ● Patsy Cline —— The Patsy Cline Story ► Country-Pop

2003 ● Eddie Money —— The Essential Eddie Money ► Album Rock

2003 ● Steely Dan —— Everything Must Go ► Jazz-Rock

2013 ● Black Sabbath —— 13 ► Hard Rock

2016 ● Motörhead —— Clean Your Clo
ck ► Heavy Metal


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th



1947 Born on this day, Richard Palmer-James, English musician who worked with King Crimson in the early 1970s and was a founding member of Supertramp; he sang vocals and wrote the lyrics for their self-titled debut album.

1949, Born on this day, Frank Beard, American drummer with ZZ Top, who had the 1984 US No.8 & 1985 UK No.16 single 'Legs'. Beard is notable as being the only musician in the band without a long beard, an ironic fact considering his last name. The band has had global album sales in excess of 50 million as of 2014.

1952, Born on this day, Donnie Van Zant, American rock vocalist, guitarist best known as having been a member of 38 Special, from its formation in 1974 until 2013. He is the middle of three brothers: his older brother Ronnie was the original lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in a 1977 plane crash.


source: thisdayinmusic

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th


1967, Printed in this week’s music weekly Melody Maker’s ad’s pages, “Freaky lead guitarist, bass and drummer wanted for Marc Bolan’s new group. Also any other astral flyers like with car’s amplification and that which never grows in window boxes, phone Wimbledon 0697.” The band who formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex, went on to release four underground folk albums before becoming known as T Rex.


source: internetfm

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th


1948 Rock drummer Skip Alan (of The Pretty Things, Them) is born in England.

1991 Skid Row release the album Slave To The Grind, the follow-up to their 5-million-selling self-titled debut. It debuts at #1 in America and sells 2 million, but it doesn't have legs: none of the songs catch on with radio or MTV.


source: calendarsongfacts

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 11th


1966 Donovan becomes the first high-profile Rock star busted for drugs by the newly vigilant London drug squad. The singer and his girlfriend were taken to Marylebone Police Station, booked, fingerprinted, and given a cup of tea. When they were finally released around 4 AM, a police sergeant asked for an autograph for his daughter.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: June 11th


Some albums released...


1969 ● Three Dog Night —— Suitable For Framing ► Blue-Eyed Soul

1982 ● Eddie Money —— No Control ► Album Rock

1982 ● REO Speedwagon —— Good Trouble ► Arena Rock

1991 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd —— Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 ► Southern Rock

2013 ● Queen—— Icon ► Glam Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 12th


2011 Carl Gardner, the lead singer of The Coasters on their pioneering Rock 'n' Roll hits "Yakety Yak", "Charlie Brown", "Poison Ivy" and "Searchin'" died of congestive heart failure at the age of 83.


source: classicbands

 

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: June 12th


2015 - In Gothenburg, Sweden, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) fell off the stage and broke his leg. He had his leg set backstage and returned to perform more songs.


source: onthisday