Today in rock history Tuesday 5th January
1950 – Chris Stein of Blondie is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
1954 – Elvis Presley cuts a 10-minute long demo tape at Memphis Recording Studio.
1962 – The Beatles release their single “My Bonnie.” When a fan in
Liverpool asks record shop owner Brian Epstein for the single, Epstein
further investigates the Fab Four and has his life changed: he becomes
their manager.
1963 – In today’s issue of Billboard an interview with Leonard Chess
finds the Chicago-based label boss opining that “as it stands today,
there’s virtually no difference between rock ‘n’ roll, pop and rhythm
& blues. The music has completely overlapped.”
1963 – Bob Dylan flies from London to Rome in
pursuit of his girlfriend Suze Rotolo. He’s accompanied by the
folksinger Odetta. Once in Italy, Dylan discovers that Rotolo has
returned to the United States. He scores a gig at a folk club in Rome
and writes both “Girl from the North Country” and “Boots of Spanish
Leather.”
1966 – The Beatles record overdubs onto the film The Beatles at Shea
Stadium. That night, John Lennon goes nightclubbing with ’50s rocker
P.J. Proby.
1967 – During The Beatles Sgt Pepper sessions at Abbey Road in London, Paul McCartney recorded his vocal track on ‘Penny Lane.’
1977 – Led Zeppelin rehearse at Emerson Lake & Palmer’s studio in preparation for a North American tour.
1978 – The Sex Pistols make their U.S. debut at the Great Southeast Music Hall in Atlanta.
2000 – Former Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford announces that he’s
written his old band-mates a letter of conciliation, fanning rumors of a
reunion.
2001 – The Kentucky Court of Appeals reverses the conviction of a woman
arrested for wearing a Marilyn Manson T-shirt. She was accused of
harassment because her shirt bore the legend, “I am the God of ****.
2003 – Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong was arrested on
suspicion of drink driving after being stopped in California speeding in
a black BMW convertible. He failed a breath test and was taken to
Berkeley county jail and was later released on $1,053 (£657) bail.
2004 – Kinks singer Ray Davies was shot in the leg while on holiday in
New Orleans. The 59-year-old singer-songwriter was shot when running
after two men who stole his girlfriend’s purse at gunpoint. Davies was
admitted to the Medical Centre of Louisiana but his injuries were not
considered serious.
2005 – Danny Sugerman, longtime manager of the Doors, dies in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He is 50.
Monday, 4 January 2016
Today in rock history 4th January
Today in rock history Monday 4th January
1947 – Progressive rock drummer Chris Cutler, who has played with Pere Ubu and the Residents, is born in Washington, D.C.
1960 – Michael Stipe of R.E.M. is born.
1962 – In a sign of their burgeoning local popularity, the as-yet-unsigned Beatles top Mersey Beat‘s poll for best group.
1963 – In London, Bob Dylan spends his second day shooting the TV play Madhouse in Castle Street.
1965 – Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million.
1970 – George Harrison records the second guitar solo for “Let It Be.” It’s the last Beatles recording session to feature Harrison, Paul McCartney and George Martin, as well as the last recording session of the Beatles as a band.
1971 – At London’s Abbey Road studios, Pink Floyd begin sessions for Meddle, the follow-up to their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother. The same month director Stanley Kubrick asks the band if he can use Atom Heart Mother as the soundtrack for his A Clockwork Orange. The band say no.
1973 – Australia announces that they have placed an “entry ban” on an un-named member of the Rolling Stones. The Immigration Ministry lifts the ban five days later, but the Stone’s identity is never revealed.
1973 – Rolling Stone magazine announces that The Allman Brothers Band has hired Lamar Williams as the replacement for Berry Oakley, who died in a motorcycle crash in 1972.
1976 – Beatles road manager Mal Evans comes to a bizarre end in Los Angeles. He’s shot by LAPD marksmen after threatening them with a rifle at his girlfriend’s apartment.
1977 – The Sex Pistols shocked passengers and airline staff at Heathrow Airport when they spat and vomited boarding a plane to Amsterdam.
1986 – Thin Lizzy’s bassist-singer Phil Lynott dies aged 35 in the intensive care unit of Salisbury Infirmary in England. His kidneys, liver and heart failed due to blood poisoning and multiple internal abscesses caused by drug abuse.
2000 – Carlos Santana’s remarkable 1999 comeback receives further validation when the veteran Latin rocker is nominated for 10 Grammy Awards.
2001 – Police raid a record store in Glasgow, Scotland and confiscate T-shirts promoting the Goth metal band Cradle of Filth.
2001 – Courtney Love filed a lawsuit against her alleged stalker claiming that Lesley Barber, the ex-wife of her current boyfriend Jim Barber, drove over her foot. This had forced her to forfeit her role in a forthcoming film and lost her the £200,000, ($340,000) fee that went with it.
2004 – Ray Davies of the Kinks is shot in the leg in New Orleans. Ray was pursuing two men who stole his lady companion’s purse.
2006 – the house where Johnny Cash lived for 35 years was bought by Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb.
1947 – Progressive rock drummer Chris Cutler, who has played with Pere Ubu and the Residents, is born in Washington, D.C.
1960 – Michael Stipe of R.E.M. is born.
1962 – In a sign of their burgeoning local popularity, the as-yet-unsigned Beatles top Mersey Beat‘s poll for best group.
1963 – In London, Bob Dylan spends his second day shooting the TV play Madhouse in Castle Street.
1965 – Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million.
1970 – George Harrison records the second guitar solo for “Let It Be.” It’s the last Beatles recording session to feature Harrison, Paul McCartney and George Martin, as well as the last recording session of the Beatles as a band.
1971 – At London’s Abbey Road studios, Pink Floyd begin sessions for Meddle, the follow-up to their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother. The same month director Stanley Kubrick asks the band if he can use Atom Heart Mother as the soundtrack for his A Clockwork Orange. The band say no.
1973 – Australia announces that they have placed an “entry ban” on an un-named member of the Rolling Stones. The Immigration Ministry lifts the ban five days later, but the Stone’s identity is never revealed.
1973 – Rolling Stone magazine announces that The Allman Brothers Band has hired Lamar Williams as the replacement for Berry Oakley, who died in a motorcycle crash in 1972.
1976 – Beatles road manager Mal Evans comes to a bizarre end in Los Angeles. He’s shot by LAPD marksmen after threatening them with a rifle at his girlfriend’s apartment.
1977 – The Sex Pistols shocked passengers and airline staff at Heathrow Airport when they spat and vomited boarding a plane to Amsterdam.
1986 – Thin Lizzy’s bassist-singer Phil Lynott dies aged 35 in the intensive care unit of Salisbury Infirmary in England. His kidneys, liver and heart failed due to blood poisoning and multiple internal abscesses caused by drug abuse.
2000 – Carlos Santana’s remarkable 1999 comeback receives further validation when the veteran Latin rocker is nominated for 10 Grammy Awards.
2001 – Police raid a record store in Glasgow, Scotland and confiscate T-shirts promoting the Goth metal band Cradle of Filth.
2001 – Courtney Love filed a lawsuit against her alleged stalker claiming that Lesley Barber, the ex-wife of her current boyfriend Jim Barber, drove over her foot. This had forced her to forfeit her role in a forthcoming film and lost her the £200,000, ($340,000) fee that went with it.
2004 – Ray Davies of the Kinks is shot in the leg in New Orleans. Ray was pursuing two men who stole his lady companion’s purse.
2006 – the house where Johnny Cash lived for 35 years was bought by Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb.
Saturday, 2 January 2016
Today in rock history 3rd January
Today in rock history Sunday 3rd January
1926 – George Martin, who produced most of the Beatles’ most memorable recordings, is born in London.
1945 – Stephen Stills is born in Dallas.
1946 – Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is born in Sidcup.
1963 – The Beatles begin their first headlining tour in Scotland at the Two Red Shoes Ballroom in Elgin. The promoter bills them as “The ‘Love Me Do’ Boys – The Beatles.”
1964 – The Beatles’ “She Loves You” is heard for the first time in the United States when Jack Paar screens footage of the group on his television show.
1964 – Guitarist Raymond McGinley of Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub is born.
1967 – Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys refuses to be sworn in after receiving a U.S. Army draft notice, saying he is a conscientious objector.
1967 – Benjamin Darvill, harmonica player with the Crash Test Dummies, is born.
1969 – Two Virgins arrives at Newark Airport in New Jersey. However, the shipment of 30,000 copies of the album is confiscated by police, who object to what they call the “pornographic” picture of the naked couple on the front cover.
1974 – Bob Dylan and the Band open a landmark 39-date U.S. tour in Chicago.
1992 – Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr marries British actress Patsy Kensit in London. The actress was previously married to Big Audio Dynamite ex-keyboardist Dan Donovan. Kerr ended a six-year marriage to Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde.
2003 – Kevin MacMichael, guitarist with the Cutting Crew dies aged 51.
2011 – The white two-piece suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album is been sold at auction in Connecticut for $46,000.
1926 – George Martin, who produced most of the Beatles’ most memorable recordings, is born in London.
1945 – Stephen Stills is born in Dallas.
1946 – Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is born in Sidcup.
1963 – The Beatles begin their first headlining tour in Scotland at the Two Red Shoes Ballroom in Elgin. The promoter bills them as “The ‘Love Me Do’ Boys – The Beatles.”
1964 – The Beatles’ “She Loves You” is heard for the first time in the United States when Jack Paar screens footage of the group on his television show.
1964 – Guitarist Raymond McGinley of Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub is born.
1967 – Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys refuses to be sworn in after receiving a U.S. Army draft notice, saying he is a conscientious objector.
1967 – Benjamin Darvill, harmonica player with the Crash Test Dummies, is born.
1969 – Two Virgins arrives at Newark Airport in New Jersey. However, the shipment of 30,000 copies of the album is confiscated by police, who object to what they call the “pornographic” picture of the naked couple on the front cover.
1974 – Bob Dylan and the Band open a landmark 39-date U.S. tour in Chicago.
1992 – Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr marries British actress Patsy Kensit in London. The actress was previously married to Big Audio Dynamite ex-keyboardist Dan Donovan. Kerr ended a six-year marriage to Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde.
2003 – Kevin MacMichael, guitarist with the Cutting Crew dies aged 51.
2011 – The white two-piece suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album is been sold at auction in Connecticut for $46,000.
Today in rock history 2nd January
Today in rock history Saturday 2nd January
1942 – Born on this day, Chick Churchill, keyboards, Ten Years After.
1955 – Five thousand people attend Johnny Ace’s funeral in Memphis. The R&B star accidentally killed himself in a game of Russian roulette.
1964 – The Rolling Stones perform their new single “I Wanna Be Your Man” on Top of the Pops TV programme.
1968 – the entire shipment of John and Yoko’s album ‘Two Virgins’ was seized by authorities in New Jersey due to the full frontal nude photograph of the couple on the cover. The album was eventually wrapped in plain brown paper in record stores.
1969 – Led Zeppelin played the first of four nights at the Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles during the bands first North American tour. Support group was the Alice Cooper band.
1969 – Shooting for the Beatles documentary Let It Be begins as the band meet at London’s Twickenham Studios to rehearse songs for a worldwide satellite broadcast.
1971 – the George Harrison album ‘All Things Must Pass’ started a seven week run at No.1 on the US album chart, making Harrison the first solo Beatle to score a US No.1 album.
1972 – Syd Barrett plays an unannounced solo gig at King’s College Cellar, Cambridge.
1975 – Born on this day, Douglas Seann Robb, Hoobastank.
1975 – The Allman Brothers Band is named “Outstanding Community Organization” by the Georgia Department of Corrections.
1975 – In efforts to defend himself from deportation, John Lennon and his lawyers are granted access to Department of Immigration files. Lnnn wants to find out if he’s been barred from the U.S. because of drug use, or his remarks about President Richard Nixon.
1976 – Bad Company, Nazareth, Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance, The Pretty Things and Be Bop Deluxe all appeared at the second day of the Great British Music Festival at London’s Olympia.
1979 – Sid Vicious went on trial in New York accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen three months earlier.
1994 – Meat Loaf started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Bat Out Of Hell 2-Back Into Hell.’
2005 – Green Day top the first UK albums chart of the year with American Idiot.
2009 – According to official US sales figures AC/DC were the biggest sellers of 2008 with over 3.4m sales.
1942 – Born on this day, Chick Churchill, keyboards, Ten Years After.
1955 – Five thousand people attend Johnny Ace’s funeral in Memphis. The R&B star accidentally killed himself in a game of Russian roulette.
1964 – The Rolling Stones perform their new single “I Wanna Be Your Man” on Top of the Pops TV programme.
1968 – the entire shipment of John and Yoko’s album ‘Two Virgins’ was seized by authorities in New Jersey due to the full frontal nude photograph of the couple on the cover. The album was eventually wrapped in plain brown paper in record stores.
1969 – Led Zeppelin played the first of four nights at the Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles during the bands first North American tour. Support group was the Alice Cooper band.
1969 – Shooting for the Beatles documentary Let It Be begins as the band meet at London’s Twickenham Studios to rehearse songs for a worldwide satellite broadcast.
1971 – the George Harrison album ‘All Things Must Pass’ started a seven week run at No.1 on the US album chart, making Harrison the first solo Beatle to score a US No.1 album.
1972 – Syd Barrett plays an unannounced solo gig at King’s College Cellar, Cambridge.
1975 – Born on this day, Douglas Seann Robb, Hoobastank.
1975 – The Allman Brothers Band is named “Outstanding Community Organization” by the Georgia Department of Corrections.
1975 – In efforts to defend himself from deportation, John Lennon and his lawyers are granted access to Department of Immigration files. Lnnn wants to find out if he’s been barred from the U.S. because of drug use, or his remarks about President Richard Nixon.
1976 – Bad Company, Nazareth, Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance, The Pretty Things and Be Bop Deluxe all appeared at the second day of the Great British Music Festival at London’s Olympia.
1979 – Sid Vicious went on trial in New York accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen three months earlier.
1994 – Meat Loaf started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Bat Out Of Hell 2-Back Into Hell.’
2005 – Green Day top the first UK albums chart of the year with American Idiot.
2009 – According to official US sales figures AC/DC were the biggest sellers of 2008 with over 3.4m sales.
Friday, 1 January 2016
Today in rock history 1st January
Today in rock history Friday 1st January
1942 – Singer Joe McDonald of Country Joe & the Fish is born in El Monte, Calif.
1945 – Born on this day, Jim Gordon, American drummer, one of the most requested session drummers in the late 1960s and 1970s. Gordon co-wrote Layla with Eric Clapton.
1950 – Morgan Fisher is born. As well as playing keyboards for English acts like the Love Affair and Mott the Hoople, Fisher also produced albums by the Dead Kennedys, Wayne/Jayne County and Cherry Vanilla.
1962 - The Beatles perform their first audition for Decca Records in London. However, the company’s A&R man is unimpressed by their 15-song set of standards and originals. He passes on them, and signs the Tremeloes instead.
1965 – The New Musical Express reports that the Nashville Teens, the Zombies and the Hullabaloos have all been denied work visas that would permit them to perform in the United States. Unfortunately, the English groups have already entered the country to start a tour
1967 – The Grateful Dead and Big Brother & the Holding Company perform at the New Year’s Wail/Whale in San Francisco. Hell’s Angels hosts the bash to thank Haight-Ashbury hippies for bailing Angel Chocolate George from jail.
1976 – Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant walks unassisted for the first time since his August 1975 car accident in Greece.
1984 – Alexis Korner, whose band Blues Incorporated gave many English musicians their start in the business, dies aged 55 of lung cancer in London.
1999 – Club Days by Van Halen is released.
2000 – George Harrison leaves hospital following a knife attack at his English mansion by a crazed fan. Doctors tell him that he will be able to play the guitar again, despite suffering a hand wound.
2002 – Bush leader Gavin Rossdale proposes to his longtime girlfriend Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. She says “Yes.”
2002 – Veteran rock guitarist Eric Clapton marries Melia McEnery, his 25-year-old American girlfriend, in a private ceremony that includes the christening of his two daughters.
2011 - Rock ‘n’ roll great Chuck Berry was feeling fine and headed back to his hometown of St. Louis, associates said on Sunday, hours after the musician fell ill during a New Year’s performance in Chicago.
1942 – Singer Joe McDonald of Country Joe & the Fish is born in El Monte, Calif.
1945 – Born on this day, Jim Gordon, American drummer, one of the most requested session drummers in the late 1960s and 1970s. Gordon co-wrote Layla with Eric Clapton.
1950 – Morgan Fisher is born. As well as playing keyboards for English acts like the Love Affair and Mott the Hoople, Fisher also produced albums by the Dead Kennedys, Wayne/Jayne County and Cherry Vanilla.
1962 - The Beatles perform their first audition for Decca Records in London. However, the company’s A&R man is unimpressed by their 15-song set of standards and originals. He passes on them, and signs the Tremeloes instead.
1965 – The New Musical Express reports that the Nashville Teens, the Zombies and the Hullabaloos have all been denied work visas that would permit them to perform in the United States. Unfortunately, the English groups have already entered the country to start a tour
1967 – The Grateful Dead and Big Brother & the Holding Company perform at the New Year’s Wail/Whale in San Francisco. Hell’s Angels hosts the bash to thank Haight-Ashbury hippies for bailing Angel Chocolate George from jail.
1976 – Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant walks unassisted for the first time since his August 1975 car accident in Greece.
1984 – Alexis Korner, whose band Blues Incorporated gave many English musicians their start in the business, dies aged 55 of lung cancer in London.
1999 – Club Days by Van Halen is released.
2000 – George Harrison leaves hospital following a knife attack at his English mansion by a crazed fan. Doctors tell him that he will be able to play the guitar again, despite suffering a hand wound.
2002 – Bush leader Gavin Rossdale proposes to his longtime girlfriend Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. She says “Yes.”
2002 – Veteran rock guitarist Eric Clapton marries Melia McEnery, his 25-year-old American girlfriend, in a private ceremony that includes the christening of his two daughters.
2011 - Rock ‘n’ roll great Chuck Berry was feeling fine and headed back to his hometown of St. Louis, associates said on Sunday, hours after the musician fell ill during a New Year’s performance in Chicago.
Thursday, 31 December 2015
Today in rock history 31st December
Today in rock history Thursday 31st December
1942 – Police guitarist Andy Summers is born
1943 – Kinks bassist Peter Quaife is born in Tavistock
1947 – The Guess Who’s singer Burton Cummings is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1951 – Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is born in Colorado Springs, Colo.
1965 – The Beatles begin a European tour in Paris.
1965 – John Lennon’s father Alfred releases a U.K. single today, titled “That’s My Life (My Love And My Home).”
1961 – Janis Joplin has her first singing engagement at Beaumont, Texas’ Halfway House.
1966 – George Harrison’s New Year’s plans are foiled when London nightclub Annabel’s bars him from admission because he’s not wearing a tie.
1968 – Vanilla Fudge and an unknown Led Zeppelin perform a New Year’s Eve gig in Portland, Ore.
1969 – Jimi Hendrix unveils his new group Band of Gypsys at New York’s Fillmore East. The concert, featuring the rhythm section of Billy Cox and Buddy Miles backing Hendrix, later appears on the album Band of Gypsys.
1969 – BBC television broadcast the program Man of the Decade, who is … John Lennon! Rolling Stone names Lennon its man of the year, while Lennon himself admits to the New Musical Express that he’s considering leaving the Beatles.
1970 – Paul McCartney files suit against John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison as the Beatles Co., effectively ending the band.
1971 – Bob Dylan makes a special appearance at the Band’s New Year’s Eve concert at the New York Academy of Music.
1973 – Having only recorded three tracks, Pink Floyd abandon their idea to make an album using only household objects and settle for recording Wish You Were Here instead.
1974 – Ron Wood denies reports that he will join the Rolling Stones as a replacement for the recently departed Mick Taylor.
1974 – A document signed by all the Beatles confirms the dissolution of their partnership.
1978 – San Francisco’s Winterland Theater closes its doors after a farewell performance by the Grateful Dead and the Blues Brothers.
1982 – The E Street Band’s guitarist Miami/Little Steven Van Zandt marries Maureen Santora in Asbury Park, N.J. His boss Bruce Springsteen is the best man. Little Richard, who conducted the ceremony, duets with Percy Sledge on “When a Man Loves a Woman” at the reception.
1985 – Teen idol and country artist Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash with his fiance. The pair were on their way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Dallas. He was 45.
1991 – Guns N’ Roses play a New Year’s Eve show at the Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami.
1996 – Paul McCartney is awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
1999 – John Fogerty sues his lawyer. He alleges that he was provided with incompetent legal advice during a 1985 copyright infringement lawsuit during which he was accused of plagiarizing himself.
2003 – Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Elton John and Kiss perform on Dick Clark’s 32nd annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
2003 – The White Stripes and the Flaming Lips play a New Year’s Eve gig in Chicago. At midnight, both bands jam on the Stripes’ “We’re Going to Be Friends.”
2003 – Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and drunken violent behavior at a New Year’s Eve party at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, Fla. Officers say a stun gun was needed to subdue the Canadian prog rock great.
2004 – The Who’s Roger Daltrey is made a Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music and charity work.
2009 – Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi from Status Quo were both appointed OBEs for services to music and charity.
1942 – Police guitarist Andy Summers is born
1943 – Kinks bassist Peter Quaife is born in Tavistock
1947 – The Guess Who’s singer Burton Cummings is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1951 – Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is born in Colorado Springs, Colo.
1965 – The Beatles begin a European tour in Paris.
1965 – John Lennon’s father Alfred releases a U.K. single today, titled “That’s My Life (My Love And My Home).”
1961 – Janis Joplin has her first singing engagement at Beaumont, Texas’ Halfway House.
1966 – George Harrison’s New Year’s plans are foiled when London nightclub Annabel’s bars him from admission because he’s not wearing a tie.
1968 – Vanilla Fudge and an unknown Led Zeppelin perform a New Year’s Eve gig in Portland, Ore.
1969 – Jimi Hendrix unveils his new group Band of Gypsys at New York’s Fillmore East. The concert, featuring the rhythm section of Billy Cox and Buddy Miles backing Hendrix, later appears on the album Band of Gypsys.
1969 – BBC television broadcast the program Man of the Decade, who is … John Lennon! Rolling Stone names Lennon its man of the year, while Lennon himself admits to the New Musical Express that he’s considering leaving the Beatles.
1970 – Paul McCartney files suit against John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison as the Beatles Co., effectively ending the band.
1971 – Bob Dylan makes a special appearance at the Band’s New Year’s Eve concert at the New York Academy of Music.
1973 – Having only recorded three tracks, Pink Floyd abandon their idea to make an album using only household objects and settle for recording Wish You Were Here instead.
1974 – Ron Wood denies reports that he will join the Rolling Stones as a replacement for the recently departed Mick Taylor.
1974 – A document signed by all the Beatles confirms the dissolution of their partnership.
1978 – San Francisco’s Winterland Theater closes its doors after a farewell performance by the Grateful Dead and the Blues Brothers.
1982 – The E Street Band’s guitarist Miami/Little Steven Van Zandt marries Maureen Santora in Asbury Park, N.J. His boss Bruce Springsteen is the best man. Little Richard, who conducted the ceremony, duets with Percy Sledge on “When a Man Loves a Woman” at the reception.
1985 – Teen idol and country artist Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash with his fiance. The pair were on their way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Dallas. He was 45.
1991 – Guns N’ Roses play a New Year’s Eve show at the Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami.
1996 – Paul McCartney is awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
1999 – John Fogerty sues his lawyer. He alleges that he was provided with incompetent legal advice during a 1985 copyright infringement lawsuit during which he was accused of plagiarizing himself.
2003 – Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Elton John and Kiss perform on Dick Clark’s 32nd annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
2003 – The White Stripes and the Flaming Lips play a New Year’s Eve gig in Chicago. At midnight, both bands jam on the Stripes’ “We’re Going to Be Friends.”
2003 – Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and drunken violent behavior at a New Year’s Eve party at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, Fla. Officers say a stun gun was needed to subdue the Canadian prog rock great.
2004 – The Who’s Roger Daltrey is made a Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music and charity work.
2009 – Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi from Status Quo were both appointed OBEs for services to music and charity.
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Today in rock history 30th December
Today in rock history Wednesday 30th December
1928 – Bo Diddley (Otha Ellas Bates McDaniel) is born in McComb, Miss.
1946 – Patti Smith is born in Chicago.
1947 – Jeff Lynne is born in Birmingham, England. The singer-songwriter is a member of Electric Light Orchestra and the Traveling Wilburys.
1965 -The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Man, The Hollies and Gerry and the Pacemakers all appeared on tonight’s UK TV pop show ‘Shindig!’
1966 – Pink Floyd and Soft Machine appeared at the UFO presents Night Tripper at the Blarney Club, London.
1968 – Led Zeppelin appeared at Gonzaga University Gymnasium, Spokane on their first North American tour supporting Vanilla Fudge.
1972 – Brownsville Station, Sha-Na-Na and Bruce Springsteen (who was the opening act), all appeared of the Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio.
1978 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer announce their break-up.
1989 – Krist Novoselic of Nirvana marries Shelli Dilley in Tacoma, Wash.
1991 – Bruce Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa have a daughter, Jessica Rae Springfield. She is the couple’s second child.
2001 – Nickelback went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘How You Remind Me’.
2002 – The funeral of former Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer took place in London. Strummer had died of a suspected heart attack on 22nd December.
2006 – Veteran British singer Rod Stewart is among the music industry stalwarts feted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Stewart is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to music.
2010 – Rocker Axl Rose has been voted the best frontman of all time, ahead of stars including Freddie Mercury and John Lennon.
The Guns N’ Roses singer gained the most votes to take the top spot in a Musicradar.com poll, fighting off competition from Queen star Mercury, who landed in second place.
Led Zeppelin icon Robert Plant came in third place, while Ronnie James Dio – who passed away earlier this year – claimed the fourth spot as the frontman of Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell. Beatles legend Lennon rounded out the top five.
2011 – Iron Maiden’s Number Of The Beast narrator Barry Clayton passes away.
1928 – Bo Diddley (Otha Ellas Bates McDaniel) is born in McComb, Miss.
1946 – Patti Smith is born in Chicago.
1947 – Jeff Lynne is born in Birmingham, England. The singer-songwriter is a member of Electric Light Orchestra and the Traveling Wilburys.
1965 -The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Man, The Hollies and Gerry and the Pacemakers all appeared on tonight’s UK TV pop show ‘Shindig!’
1966 – Pink Floyd and Soft Machine appeared at the UFO presents Night Tripper at the Blarney Club, London.
1968 – Led Zeppelin appeared at Gonzaga University Gymnasium, Spokane on their first North American tour supporting Vanilla Fudge.
1972 – Brownsville Station, Sha-Na-Na and Bruce Springsteen (who was the opening act), all appeared of the Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio.
1978 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer announce their break-up.
1989 – Krist Novoselic of Nirvana marries Shelli Dilley in Tacoma, Wash.
1991 – Bruce Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa have a daughter, Jessica Rae Springfield. She is the couple’s second child.
2001 – Nickelback went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘How You Remind Me’.
2002 – The funeral of former Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer took place in London. Strummer had died of a suspected heart attack on 22nd December.
2006 – Veteran British singer Rod Stewart is among the music industry stalwarts feted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Stewart is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to music.
2010 – Rocker Axl Rose has been voted the best frontman of all time, ahead of stars including Freddie Mercury and John Lennon.
The Guns N’ Roses singer gained the most votes to take the top spot in a Musicradar.com poll, fighting off competition from Queen star Mercury, who landed in second place.
Led Zeppelin icon Robert Plant came in third place, while Ronnie James Dio – who passed away earlier this year – claimed the fourth spot as the frontman of Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell. Beatles legend Lennon rounded out the top five.
2011 – Iron Maiden’s Number Of The Beast narrator Barry Clayton passes away.
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