This Day In Rock History

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 20th


2000, The Evergreen Ballroom in Lacey, Washington was destroyed by a fire. During the ballroom's heyday in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, many of music's greats played there: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Duke Ellington, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ike & Tina Turner and Fats Domino. Glen Campbell had lived in the kitchen at the venue for a while before he became famous.

source: thisdayinmusic

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 20th


1943 John Lodge (bass guitarist for The Moody Blues) in Erdington, Birmingham, England.

1945 Kim Carnes is born in Los Angeles, California.

1947 Carlos Santana (of Santana) is born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico.

1964 Chris Cornell (lead singer of Soundgarden, Audioslave) is born Christopher John Boyle in Seattle, Washington.

1966 Stone Gossard (rhythm guitarist for Pearl Jam) is born in Seattle, Washington.

1975 Steven Van Zandt makes his first appearance in concert with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

1976 Wolfmother lead singer Andrew Stockdale is born in Brisbane, Australia.

1986 Santana celebrate their 20th anniversary with a massive group reunion, as all 17 current and former members play a concert in San Francisco.

2017 Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, 41, is found dead, a suicide by hanging. Bennington was close friends with Chris Cornell, who died in similar fashion two months earlier.

source: calendarsongfacts

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 20th


1968: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida the second album by Iron Butterfly entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart. The album would go on to peak at number four & sell four million copies in the U.S.

1979: Electric Light Orchestra released “Don’t Bring Me Down” as a single & dedicated it to NASA’s Skylab, which re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere nine days earlier. It went on to become their biggest hit in the U.S., peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

Birthdays:
John Lodge-bassist for The Moody Blues born in 1945
Jay Jay French-guitarist for Twisted Sister born in 1952
Paul Cook-drummer for The Sex Pistols born in 1956


source: paulshaffersdayinrock

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 20th


Some albums released....


1964 ● The Beatles —— Something New ► Pop-Rock

1972 ● Jefferson Airplane —— Long John Silver ► Psychedelic Rock

1973 ● Mott The Hoople —— Mott ► Hard Rock

1976 ● Parliament —— The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein ► Funk

1979 ● REO Speedwagon —— Nine Lives ► Arena Rock

1981 ● The Ramones —— Pleasant Dreams ► Punk-Rock

1993 ● Bachman-Turner Overdrive —— The Anthology ► Album Rock

1993 ● The Rascals —— The Very Best Of The Rascals ► Blue-Eyed Soul

2004 ● Van Halen —— The Best Of Both Worlds ► Hard Rock

2010 ● Big Head Todd & The Monsters —— Rocksteady ► AA Pop-Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1973, Canned Heat, Nazareth, Edgar Broughton Band, Groundhogs, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Medicine Head, all appeared at Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England. Hell's Angels arrived in force and proceeded to drink the site dry. Initially they paid for the booze, but when the money ran out a deputation was sent into the audience to collect donations of 10p per person. About 20 minutes into his set Chuck Berry was showing one of the Angels how to do his duck-walk properly. He did one from one end of the stage to the other and disappeared into the wings. The band played on, the Angels bopped, and Chuck legged it to his car and drove off at high speed, never to return.

1987, Guns N’ Roses released their debut album on Geffen Records: Appetite For Destruction featured the singles 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Sweet Child o' Mine', and 'Paradise City'. The album now has worldwide sales in excess of 28 million, 18 million of which are in the US, making it the best-selling debut album of all time there.

1990, Roger Waters' The Wall took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier. Over 350,000 people attended and the event was broadcast live throughout the world, Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor and others took part.

2005, UK singer Long John Baldry died of a chest infection. He was one of the founding fathers of British Rock 'n' Roll in the 1960s performing with Blues Incorporated and Cyril Davies' R&B All Stars. He later fronted the Hoochie Coochie Men, with Rod Stewart and then Steam Packet with Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll. Also a member of Bluesology with Elton John. He also narrated on Winnie The Pooh recordings for Disney and was the voice for Robotnik on the Sonic The Hedgehog computer game.

2007, Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father Don Arden died in a Los Angeles nursing home at the age of 81. Dubbed the Al Capone of Pop for his uncompromising business practices, he steered Small Faces, Black Sabbath and ELO to stardom.

source: thisdayinmusic

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1976 - KISS released the album "The Originals."

1980 - Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) was injured in a car accident. He died two days later.

source: onthisday

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 21st


1946 Barry Whitwam (drummer for Herman's Hermits) is born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England

1948 Cat Stevens is born Steven Demetre Georgiou in Marylebone, London, England.

1955 Howie Epstein (bassist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.



source: calendarsongfacts

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 21st



1971: Black Sabbath released their third album Master of Reality which went on to sell two million copies in the U.S. & reach number eight on the Billboard 200 Album Chart becoming their first and only top ten album in the U.S.


source: paulshaffersdayinrock

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 21st


Some albums released....


1972 ● T. Rex —— The Slider ► Glam Rock

1972 ● Rod Stewart —— Never A Dull Moment ► Blues-Rock

1974 ● Rory Gallagher —— Irish Tour ’74 ► Blues-Rock

1980 ● Chicago —— Chicago XIV ► Jazz-Rock

1981 ● Bryan Adams —— You Want It, You Got It ► Pop-Rock

1984 ● Stryper —— The Yellow And Black Attack ► Heavy Metal/Christian

1986 ● Neil Young —— Landing On Water ► Folk-Rock

1987 ● Dio —— Dream Evil ► Heavy Metal

1992 ● Sonic Youth —— Dirty ► Indie Rock


source: drrocksblog&roll

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 22nd


1944, Born on this day, Rick Davies, vocalist and keyboardist with Supertramp, who had the 1979 UK No.7 and US No.6 single with 'The Logical Song' and the 1979 US No.1 and UK No.3 album Breakfast In America. Davies is the only member of Supertramp to have been with the group for their entire history, and has composed many of their most well-known songs, including 'Goodbye Stranger', and 'Bloody Well Right'.

1947, Born on this day, Don Henley, singer, songwriter, and drummer with The Eagles, who had the 1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Hotel California', plus 5 US No.1 albums. The Eagles 'Greatest Hits 1971-1975' is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m. Henley had the 1985 solo US No.5 & UK No.12 single 'The Boys of Summer'.

source: thisdayinmusic

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 22nd

1963 - The Beach Boys released the single "Surfer Girl."

1967 - Vanilla Fudge made its concert debut in New York.

2003 - KISS released the album "Symphony: Alive IV."

source: onthisday

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 22nd


1967 Pat Badger (bassist for Extreme) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1973 Daniel Jones (instrumentalist of Savage Garden) is born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, but will be raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

2008 Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor foots the bill for the band's seventh studio album, The Slip, which is released digitally on their website for free with the tag, "This one's on me." Fans wanting a physical copy, however, will have to shell out their money for a limited-edition two months later. (NIN also did this four months earlier with the free digital release of Ghosts I–IV, an album made up of almost entirely instrumental, unnamed tracks).

source: calendarsongfacts

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 22nd


Some albums released....

1966 ● John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers —— Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton ► Blues-Rock

1974 ● Stevie Wonder —— Fulfillingness’ First Finale ► Pop-R&B

1974 ● Commodores —— Machine Gun ► Soul-Funk

1977 ● Elvis Costello —— My Aim Is True ► New Wave Pop-Rock

1997 ● Kreator —— Outcast ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal

2003 ● Jane’s Addiction —— Strays ► Alt. Rock

2008 ● Counting Crows —— iTunes Live From Soho ► AA Pop-Rock

2008 ● Black Sabbath —— The Rules Of Hell ► Hard Rock

2008 ● Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young —— Déjà Vu Live ► Folk-Rock

2013 ● The Rolling Stones —— Hyde Park Live (Live 2013) ► Blues-Rock

source: drrocksblog&roll

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 23rd


1979, Keyboard player with The Grateful Dead Keith Godchaux died after being involved in a car accident aged 32. He co-wrote songs with Lowell George (of Little Feat) and was a member of The New Riders of the Purple Sage.

1994, The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter after Frank Zappa who had died the previous December.

2009, On the afternoon of tonight's concert at First Energy Park, Lakewood, New Jersey, Bob Dylan was picked up by a young policewoman who had been alerted of a man who was 'acting suspiciously'. The police officer drove up to Dylan, who was wearing a blue jacket, and asked him his name, but she did not recognise him. When he was unable to produce any identification, Dylan was driven to his hotel where staff were able to vouch for him. The incident happened when Dylan decided to go for a walk in the afternoon while on tour with Willie Nelson who were due to perform at the local baseball stadium with John Mellencamp.

2011, Amy Winehouse was found dead at her north London home, she was 27. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained. London Ambulance Service said it had been called to the flat at 1554 BST and sent two vehicles but the woman died. The troubled singer had a long battle with drink and drugs which overshadowed her recent musical career.

source: thisdayinmusic

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 23rd


1944 Dino Danelli (drummer for The Young Rascals) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

1950 Blair Thornton (guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1964 Nick Menza (drummer for Megadeth) is born in Munich, Germany. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Don Menza.

1965 Slash (lead guitarist for Guns N' Roses) is born Saul Hudson in Hampstead, London, England.

1977 Foreigner releases "Cold As Ice."

source: calendarsongfacts

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Music History: July 23rd


Some albums released....

1965 ● The Moody Blues —— The Magnificent Moodies ► Blues-Rock

1965 ● The Supremes —— More Hits By The Supremes ► Soul – Motown

1971 ● The Moody Blues —— Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ► Psychedelic Rock

1973 ● Jethro Tull —— A Passion Play ► Prog Rock

1984 ● Sammy Hagar —— VOA ► Arena Rock

1996 ● Fiona Apple —— Tidal ► Alt Pop-Rock

1996 ● The Black Crowes —— Three Snakes And One Charm ► Southern Rock



source: drrocksblog&roll

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 24th


1971, Paul Revere and the Raiders went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Indian Reservation'. The song was first recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater and released as 'The Pale Faced Indian' and then later by Don Fardon in 1968.

1972, Bobby Ramirez drummer with Edger Winters White Trash was killed after becoming involved in a brawl in a Chicago bar. The fight started after comments were made about the length of his hair.


source: thisdayinmusic

[CrazyConnie]

This Day In Rock History: July 24th


1987 - The movie biography of Ritchie Valens, "La Bamba," opened.

1990 - Pantera released "Cowboys From Hell." It was their first major label release.

source: onthisday