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Robert Joseph's Blog – August 2009 Archive (34)

The Day in Rock 8/11 (Sorry for the delay)

1968 – The Beatles launch their own record label, Apple Records.



1973 – Producer, Bill Acoin, first sees Kiss playing at a New York hotel and offers them a record contract in two weeks.



1975 – Aerosmith is awarded a gold album for “Toys in the Attic”.



1976 – Keith Moon is hospitalized after collapsing in a Miami hotel. This is the second time Moon is hospitalized during their tour of the US.



RECORD RELEASES



1962 - The Beach Boys with… Continue

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Rare Rolling Stones video on the way!!!!

This is it! It has arrived! The Holy Grail of Stones Fans around the globe. Never released! The first reality film ever. The Rolling Stones granted 24/7 all access during their 1972 tour of the United States. This movie contains sex, drugs and rock and roll even. See the Stones in the most outrageous rock film ever. 90 minutes of what life of a Stone was all about.

For a sneak peek, stop by my homepage for 8 minute trailer. If you like what you see, and want to see the whole video, please… Continue

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The Day in Rock 8/10

1970 – The State of Florida VS. Jim Morrison case begins. Jim was arrested for indecent exposure when he pulled his pants down on stage in Miami 18 months earlier.



1972 – Paul and Linda McCartney are accused of drug possession by police in Sweden.



RECORD RELEASES

1968 – The Band with the debut Lp “Music From Big Pick” and the Who with “Magic Bus”.



BIRTHDAYS

Ian Anderson, Edinburgh Scotland,1947. Vocalist and flutist, he formed Jethro Tull from the… Continue

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The Day in Rock 8/9

1963 – Britain’s “Ready Steady Go” rock and roll television program airs for the first time. The show jump stats the careers of the Rolling Stones, The Who, Bob Dylan and others.



1964 – Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sing together for the first time in a concert in New York.



1966 – Gold Record awarded to the Rolling Stones for the lp “Aftermath”.



1969 – Actress Sharon Tate, and four others are victims in a bizarre night of murder. Charles Manson who is charged and… Continue

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The Day in Rock 8/8

1966 – The Beatles album “Revolver” is released in the United States.



1967 – Patti and George Harrison, walk the streets of Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco unrecognized until George borrows a guitar and starts playing.



RECORD RELEASES

1964 – “House of the Rising Sun” by the Animals



1970 – Diana Ross with “Ain’t no Mountain High Enough” and Creedance Clearwater Revival with “Looking Out My Back Door”



BIRTHDAY



Joe Tex, Baytown,… Continue

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The Day in Rock 8/7

1970 – Christie McVie, wife of bassist, John McVie joins Fleetwood Mac.



1971 – Zappa and The Mothers of Intervention record “Just Another Band from LA” live at UCLA.



1974 – Peter Wolf of the J Geils Band marries actress, Faye Dunaway, in Beverly Hills after dating for nearly a year.



1979 – A crazed Marshal Tucker Band fan in California steals a car from the parking lot outside the Long Beach Arena and drives right in , smashing down two rows of metal doors and a… Continue

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The Day In Rock 8/6

1966 – British record charts put the Troggs at #1 with “With A Girl Like You, and The Beach Boys just entering the charts with “God Only Knows”

1973 – Stevie Wonder is hospitalized in a coma after a car accident with a logging truck in North Carolina.

RECORD RELEASES
1966 – The Kinks with “Sunny Afternoon” and “Dangling Conversation” by Simon & Garfunkel.
1977 – The Little River Band with “Help is on the Way”

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The Day in Rock 8/5

1967 – Pink Floyd’s first album “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” is released. Lead guitarist Syd Barrett wrote ten of the eleven tracks on it.



1974 – Joan Jett forms The Runaways, an all girl, jailbait band.



1975 – Stevie Wonder signs a $13 million deal with Motown Records, the biggest recording contract to a musician.



RECORD RELEASES

1967 – Eric Burden and The Animals “San Francisco Nights” and Bobby Gentry with “Ode to Billy Joe”

1972 – The Moody… Continue

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The Day in Rock 8/4

1970 – Jim Morrison is arrested and charged with public drunkenness in Los Angeles when he falls asleep on a old woman’s front porch.



1975 – Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, his wife and two children are seriously injured in a car accident while vacationing in Greece. Plant later records the vocals for the album “Presence” from a wheelchair.



1980 – John and Yoko begin recording the album which will become “Double Fantasy”



RECORD RELEASES

1974 - Paul Simon with… Continue

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Stones in the Studio Part 6

It's up, and waiting for you to watch. I hope you enjoy this episode! Peace RJ

Added by Robert Joseph on August 3, 2009 at 2:15pm — No Comments

The Day in Rock 8/3

1963 – The Beatles make there 249 the and last appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.



1966 – The Rolling Stones record “Have You Seen Your Mother Baby” at RCA Studios in London.



1968 – The Doors “Hello I Love You” is #1 in America



1971 – Paul McCartney announces the formation of his new band Wings, which includes his wife Linda and Denny Laine, an original member of the Moody Blues.



RECORD RELEASE

1963 – The Beach Boys with “Surfer Girl”,… Continue

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The Day in Rock 8/2

1972 – Brian Cole, 28,one of the original members of the Association, dies of a heroin overdose.



1973 – Singer John Phillips of the Mamas and Papa sues ABC/Dunhill Records for $9 million, claiming that the label cheated him in royalties. The financially strapped company does not survive the decade.



GOLD RECORDS

1971 – Rod Stewart for “Every Picture Tells a Story”.

1972 – Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show with “Sylvia’s Mother”



BIRTHDAYS

Garth Hudson,… Continue

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The Day in Rock 8-1

1964 – Singer Johnny Burnette (“You’re Sixteen”) dies at the height of his career in a boating accident in Clear Lake, near San Francisco.



1970 – Performance, starring Mick Jagger, premieres two years after it’s completion when the distributor insists that a scene in which Mick and co-star Anita Pallenberg have sexual intercourse be cut.



1971 – One of the greatest indoor rock concerts of all time is held in Madison Square Garden when George Harrison’s Concert for… Continue

Added by Robert Joseph on August 1, 2009 at 6:42am — No Comments

The Day in Rock 7/31

1964 – A Rolling Stones concert in Belfast, Ireland is stopped by police just after twelve minutes into the show due to rioting fans.



1967 – Mick Jagger and Keith Richard are released from jail after spending a month behind bars for possession of dangerous drugs. Public outcry over their imprisonment succeeds in overturning Keith’s conviction completely, while Mick is given a condititional discharge.



1971 – James Taylor has the #1 record in the US with “You’ve Got a… Continue

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