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Tag Archives: On This Day
On This Day – Chas Newby Joins The Beatles 17th December 1960
When The Beatles returned from their first stint in Hamburg Sutcliffe decided to stay behind. That gave them a problem, no bass player. Pete best suggested a friend Chas Newby. Newby joined The Beatles on stage for the first time on this day in 1960. The first of 4 gigs he played with them was […]
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Tagged as: beatles, chas newby, classic rock music, john lennon, love rock music, On This Day, paul mccartney, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the beatles
On This Day – Sam Cooke Killed 11 December 1964
On this day, 11th December 1964 Sam Cooke, the popular R&B singer was shot dead and later a verdict of justifiable homicide was recorded. He was shot dead by Berth Franklin who was working late night reception at a $3 an hour hotel frequented by prostitutes. He was shot after attacking Franklin who feared for […]
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Tagged as: bertha franklin, classic rock music, eliza boyer, love rock music, On This Day, r&b, real rock and blues, sam cooke, sam cooke's murder
Jon Lord Passes Away.
When did I stop saying “died”? Jon Lord died today. Born in 1941 Lord was a huge influence on keyboard players that followed him. (You may detect that I am not the biggest fan of keyboard players, never as sexy as guitar players, let alone sax players) having said that, he was one of rock […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, deep purple, jon lord, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the artwoods
On This Day – Carol Dryden Posts Herself, to The Beatles!
14th June 1964. A girl, Carol Dryden tried to post herself to The Beatles. (Luckily she did not suffer the same fate as Waldo Jeffers in The Gift by The Velvet Underground). Although there are plenty of references to the incident the details are vague. The basic story is that a girl known as Carol […]
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Tagged as: beatles, carol dryden, classic rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock music, velvet underground
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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Tagged as: big joe turner, bill haley, billie holiday, Blues, classic rock music, elvis, elvis presley, love rock music, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, rock, rock and blues, rock music
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