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Category Archives: On This Day
On This Day – Big Joe Turner Dies
On this day in 1985 Big Joe Turner died. Sadly, he is little remembered today but he had a huge influence on the growth of Rock and Roll. Born in 1911 Turner performed from 1920 until 1980. A Blues shouter he played with or on the same bill as many wonderful musicians such as Duke […]
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On This Day – Blue Suede Shoes
On this day in 1955 one of the all time rock classics was recorded by Carl Perkins at Sun Records in Memphis. It later went on to reach number 2 in the US and number 10 in the UK. It has been covered by loads of artists including Elvis (also a Sun Recording artist) and […]
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Tagged as: Blues, carl perkins, classic rock, classic rock music, elvis presley, john lennon, king of rockabilly, love rock music, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, rock, rock music, sam phillips, sun records
On This Day – Coz I Luv You
On this day in 1971 “Coz I Luv You” hit the number 1 spot in the UK. It was Slade’s first number one and was followed by another 5. Slade were a jobbing band in the West Midlands of the UK. After adopting a skinhead persona that was ill judged (skinheads had associations with football […]
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Tagged as: Blues, classic rock, classic rock music, Coz I Luv You, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Jim Lea, merry xmass everybody, Noddy Holder, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, rock, rock and blues, rock music, Slade
On This Day – Johnny and The Moondogs
On this day in 1959 Johnny and The Moondogs played an audition for a talent show. Sadly they did not win. Why should we be bothered about a failed band? Simply because they later became The Silver Beetles, then The Silver Beats and eventually The Beatles. It seems that Lennon took names seriously as The […]
On This Day – Vince Martel Born
On This Day in 1945 Vince Martel was born. He was the lead guitar player in a proto hard rock band Vanilla Fudge who recorded “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”. The Fudge, formed in 1966 by Mark Stein and Tim Bogert were originally called The Pigeons. (There must be a series of posts about band’s […]
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Tagged as: Blues, classic rock, classic rock music, love rock music, Mark Stein, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, rock, rock and blues, rock music, Tim Bogert, vanilla fudge, vince martel, you just keep me hanin' on
On This Day – Tin Machine Play Cambridge
OK, not really a red letter day for Rock but on this day in 1991 Tin Machine played the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, UK. It was part of the It’s My Life tour and was the second version of Tin Machine (Eric Schermerhorn joined the band on guitar). Tin Machine was a strange animal. Fronted […]
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Tagged as: bowie, classic rock, classic rock music, david bowie, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rock music, tin machine
On This Day – Eddie Cochran Has The Summertime Blues, in November!
On this day in 1958 the Wonderful Eddie Cochran made the UK Charts with Summertime Blues, one of the classic rock songs that has been covered by many, many artists. Sadly, EC died just some 2 years later. He was in a taxi with Gene Vincent and his girlfriend Sharon Sheeley when it left the […]
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Tagged as: classic rock, classic rock music, eddie Cochran, gene vincent, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rock music, sharon sheeley, summertime blues
Bob died 30 Years Ago – But Danny Did NOT Do It!
30 years ago today Bob Marley died of acral lentiginous melanoma. ALM is a form of skin cancer that unlike other melanomas is not related to exposure to sun light. During a charity football match in 1977 Danny Baker (a fine broadcaster and music lover) trod on BM’s toe, breaking it. The ALM was first […]
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Tagged as: bob marley, On This Day, reggae, rock and blues, rock steady, ska
On This Day – Patti Turns 61 (Sort of)
No not Patti Smith, Patti Santos. Patti who? The Patti with the wonderful voice that fronted the best West Coast band in the 60s. It’s A beautiful day. (Or she would have turned 61 if she had not died in a car accident in1989) Granted, most of you will not have heard of them but […]
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Tagged as: david La Flame, its a beautiful day, On This Day, Patti Santos, rock and blues, white bird
On This Day – Bowie Makes it to Network US TV!
On this day, in 1975, Bowie made it to US network TV for the first time! (Just why did it take so long for the yanks to catch up?) Anyway, the album that made it for him was “Young Americans” not one of his greatest (in my opinion) and one that marked another of his […]
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Tagged as: bowie, cher, classic rock music, defries, fame, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, thin white duke, young americans