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On This Day – Bowie Makes it to US TV!
It seems strange now to think that it was not until this day in 1975 that Bowie made it to national US TV. He appeared on The Cher Show singing ‘Fame’. Looking back it is easy for us to think that Bowie’s rise to fame was easy and virtually instant but that is far from […]
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Tagged as: bowie, classic rock music, On This Day, rock and blues
Arrivals – 9 November
Born this day, any more? 1941 Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revivial) 1943 Lee Graziano (American Breed) 1948 Joe Bauchard (Blue Oyster Cult) 1944 Phil May (Pretty Things) 1969 Pepa (Salt and Pepa)
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Tagged as: born on this day, Joe Bauchard, Lee Graziano, Phil May, rock and blues, Tom Fogerty
On This Day – Elvis Hits 3,000,000!
On this day in 1958 “Hound Dog” by Elvis exceeded 3 million sales in the US alone. His was the 3rd record to sell more than 3 million copies in the States. Any Idea of what the other 2 were? While you think about it here a clip of Elvis. Worked it out yet? The […]
Arrivals – 6 November
Born on this day, any more? 1916 Ray Conniff (orchestra leader) 1933 Joseph Pope (Tams) 1937 Eugene Pitt (The Jive Five) 1938 P.J. Proby (Hold Me) 1942 Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet) 1947 George Young (Easybeats) 1948 Glenn Frey (Eagles) 1950 Chris Glen (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
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Tagged as: born on this day, Chris Glen, Doug Sahm, Eugene Pitt, George Young, Glenn Frey, Joseph Pope, P.J. Proby, Ray Conniff, rock and blues
On This Day – Townshend Loses It
On this day in 1973 The Who were playing Quadrophenia at Newcastle City Hall, UK. That is they were until Townshend lost it completely attacking their long standing principal sound engineer, Bob Pridden. His crime? He started a prerecorded tape 15 seconds late. Townshend grabbed Pridden by the neck dragged him to wards the mixing […]
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Tagged as: bob pridden, On This Day, pete townshend, rock and blues, the who
Arrivals – 5 November
Born on this day, any more? 1942 Art Garfunkel (Simon and Garfunkel) 1946 Gram Parsons (Grievous Angel) 1946 Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits) 1948 Pete Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator) 1948 Don McDougall (Guess Who) 1957 Mike Score (A Flock Of Seagulls) 1959 Bryan Adams 1961 David Bryson (Counting Crows) 1971 Jon Greenwood (Radiohead)
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Tagged as: Art Garfunkel, born on this day, Bryan Adams, David Bryson, Don McDougall, Gram Parsons, Jon Greenwood, Mike Score, Peter Noone, rock and blues
Wanna be in The Beatles?
There is a letter going to be actioned that shows that The Beatles were looking for a drummer who would have replaced Pete Best. In 1960 a drummer placed an advert in the Liverpool Echo the advert said “Drummer-Young-Free.” McCartney replied and the letter that going to auction is his reply; It is interesting because […]
On This Day – Elvis Slapped and Fights Back!
“I’ll regret this day as long as I live. I guess lots of people were waiting for this kind of thing to happen. It’s getting where I can’t even leave the house without something happening to me.” (The New York Post, October 19, 1956) So said Elvis after having an altercation with a Petrol station […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, elvis, elvis presley, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues
On This Day – The Kinks Hit The USA, at Last!
After a 4 year ban the inks started their second US tour on this day in 1969. The origins of the ban have been said to be the rowdy behaviour of the band and their fans during the first tour in 1964. There was some comment that the ban was in some way connected to […]
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Tagged as: classic rock music, kinks, love rock music, mick avory, On This Day, ray davies, real rock and blues, rock and blues, rock music
On This Day – Don’t Knock The Rock
On this day in 1957 (no I don’t remember it) A film called “Don’t Knock The Rock” opened. In the late 50s and during the 60s rock was regarded with suspicion (to say the least) by the establishment. As a consequence films trying to show the positive side of real rock and blues tried to […]
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Tagged as: alan freed, Bill Haley & His Comets, classic rock music, love rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock and blues, the treniers