Saturday 3 October 2015

Today in rock history 4th October

Sunday October 4th
1961 – Bob Dylan makes his concert hall debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall, earning $20 for the night. Of the 53 people that attended, most were friends.
1963 – Eric Clapton replaces Anthony Topham in the Yardbirds.
1963 – The Beatles make their first appearance on the UK rock and roll TV show Ready Steady Go!, where they are interviewed by fellow performer, Dusty Springfield.
1968 – One of the original super groups, Cream, a trio consisting of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, set out on their farewell tour.
1969 – “Abbey Road”, the last album recorded by The Beatles, enters the UK charts at number one.
1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival started a four week run at the top of the US album chart with “Green River”, the group’s first number one album.
1970 – Janis Joplin is found dead in a room at the Landmark Motel in Hollywood from an accidental heroin overdose.
1974 – John Lennon releases his “Walls And Bridges” LP, which would go on to top the Billboard album chart a few weeks later
1974 – Irish rockers Thin Lizzy play their first date with the twin-guitar line-up of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson in Aberystwyth, Wales.
1975 – Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” LP hits #1 on the US album chart.
1980 – Queen had their second US number 1 song when “Another One Bites the Dust” hit the top of the Billboard chart.
1980 – Fleetwood Mac members Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood present the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band with a platinum record for their contribution to the album “Tusk”.
1990 – Two separate lawsuits are combined on appeal against CBS Records and Ozzy Osbourne by the parents of 17 year old Harold Hamilton and 16 year old Michael Waller, both of whom are alleged to have committed suicide after listening to Osbourne’s “Suicide Solution”.
1996 – Van Halen announces that former Extreme lead singer Gary Cherone was chosen as the new lead singer of the group, replacing Sammy Hagar.
2005 – Michael Gibbins, drummer for Badfinger on their hits “Come And Get It”, “Day After Day” and “No Matter What”, died in his sleep at the age of 56.
2010- Joe Satriani releases 14th Studio Album ‘Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards”

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