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The Day in Rock 8/12

1877 – Thomas Edison invents sound recording. He rocks out with an intense version of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”

1966 – The Beatles start their American tour.

1967 – Fleetwood Mac makes their stage debut at Great Briton’s Nations Blues and Jazz Festival. Also on the bill, Pink Floyd, Cream, Small Faces, Ten Years After and Donavan.

1978 – Former Who manager, Pete Meaden commits suicide.

REACORD RELEASES

1967 – Dianna Ross and the Supremes… Continue

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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

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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

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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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The Day in Rock 7/30

A lazy day in rock history.

1968 – The Beatles owned Apple Boutique closes its doors.

BIRTHDAYS
Paul Anka. Ottawa, Ontario,1941

Added by Robert Joseph on July 30, 2009 at 1:27pm — 1 Comment

Stones in the Studio - Parts 4 & 5 now up!

Another installment of the 14 part series. I hope all you Stones fans enjoy it! Also Please stop by my homepage and give my songs a click. The more plays I get, the higher in the charts I rise. Its classic style rock, and I'm sure there is something there you will enjoy. Thanks and peace to all my fellow rockers! RJ

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The Day in Rock 7/29

1962 – Bob Dylans first radio appearance is on WRVR-FM in New York, as part of a 21 hour Saturday Special.

1965 – The Beatles second film Help! has its world premier at the London Pavilion.

1966 – Bob Dylan is badly injured when he crashes his motorcycle on the way to a repair shop near his home in Woodstock, Ny.

1970 – The Rolling Stones announce that Allen Klein and his ABKCO Industries will no longer represent them.

1971 – A would be gate crasher… Continue

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The Day in Rock 7/28

1970 – Mick Jagger makes his acting debut in the title role of the film Ned Kelly, which premieres in Glenrowan, near Melbourne Australia, home of the real life Ned Kelly.

1972 – Gold Record awarded to Cheech and Chong for their debut LP.

1973 – 600,000 people gather at Watkins Glenn Raceway for “Summer Jam”.Unlike Woodstock, there was no politicking, births or murders. There was a single death though, a skydiver who’s parachute caught fire.

1979 – Ted Nugent,… Continue

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The Day in Rock 7/27

1971 – George Harrison announces his plans to organize a benefit concert for the starving people of Bangladesh.

1974 – Neil Young’s “On The Beach” LP is released on Reprise Records.

1976 – John Lennon’s fight to stay in the United States finally ends when his application to become a permanent resident is approved. United States Immigration Service lawyers state that the government no longer objects to John’s presence and awards him a green card,… Continue

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