Wednesday 10 August 2016

Today in rock history 11th August

1943 – Guess Who bassist Jim Kale is born this day 1949 – Eric Carmen is born in Cleveland. 1954 – Bill Haley & the Comets crash into the top 40 with “Shake, Rattle and Roll.” 1957 – Richie Ramone, who drummed with his brothers from 1984 to 1987, is born. He was really Richard Beau of the Velveteens. 1963 – The Rolling Stones perform at the third National Jazz & Blues Festival in Richmond 1964 – The High Numbers, (later to become The Who), played at The Railway Hotel in Harrow, England. Just before the band were due on stage, Roger Daltry’s father-in law came into the venue and dragged the singer outside and hit him. 1966 – John Lennon tries to put out the fire he started when he noted that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus by apologizing at a televised press conference. Meanwhile, the city of Memphis asks the Beatles not to play any concerts there and the price of Capitol Records’ stock drops. 1966 – The Beatles arrive at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to start their last tour of the United States. 1967 – Pink Floyd spend the day at Abbey Road Studios, where they work on recording “Apples and Oranges.” The song would later become their third single. 1967 – Appearing at this years’ UK Reading festival, The Small Faces, The Move, Marmalade, Paul Jones, Pink Floyd, Amen Corner, Donovan, Zoot Money, Cream, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. An advance 3 day ticket cost £2. 1973 – Bill Aucoin approaches Kiss after seeing them play in New York to offer his services as manager. He also promises them a record deal, which they later make with Casablanca. 1976 – The Who’s drummer, Keith Moon, is admitted into a Miami hospital after collapsing. 1979 – The Knack started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Get The Knack’. 1987 – Rolling Stone declares the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band the best album of the last 20 years. 1989 – The Moscow Music Peace Festival kicks off. The two-day bill of metal acts was corralled by manager Doc McGhee, who hopes to make a judge forget his role in a drug-smuggling scam with this charity concert. All proceeds from the gigs, which feature Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, and the Scorpions, go to fighting drug abuse in the U.S. and USSR. 1993 – At a U2 concert in London, the band is joined onstage by author Salman Rushdie. Rushdie had been in hiding since a fatwa was declared against him by Iran. 1995 – In Belvedere, Calif., the funeral of Jerry Garcia is held at an Episcopal church. 1999: Kiss received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2001 – Appearing at the Ozzfest at PNC Bank Arts Centre, New Jersey, Black Sabbath, Linkin Park, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson. 2002 – Bruce Springsteen started a two week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘The Rising’, the singers fifth US No.1. Also No.1 in the UK.

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