Events in Music
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Music Concert
1957-07-06 John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at St. Peter's, Woolton's Parish Church in Liverpool, introduced by mutual friend Ivan Vaughn
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
1957-12-01 Seminal rock band Buddy Holly & The Crickets make their "Ed Sullivan Show" debut, performing "That'll Be The Day" and "Peggy Sue"; singer Sam Cooke also performs after getting bumped due to time constraints on November 3rd - he sings "You Send Me" and “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons” [1] [2]
Music History
1963-09-01 Cliff Richard and the Shadows 1st British rock group to perform in Israel
- 1964-11-24 British rock band "The Who" begins a 22-week Tuesday night residency at the influential Marquee Club in London, England
- 1965-06-17 British rock band The Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
- 1965-07-06 Psychedelic rock band "Jefferson Airplane" forms in San Francisco, California
- 1965-07-24 Rock group "The Animals" 1st time in British charts
- 1965-09-04 Rock group The Who's van is vandalized with $10,000 worth of equipment stolen; group was inside the Battersea Dogs Home, buying a guard dog at the time
- 1965-12-05 Brunswick Records releases "My Generation", the debut album of British rock group The Who, in the UK and Australia
Music History
1966-03-03 Canadian-American rock band "Buffalo Springfield" forms (Stephen Stills, Neil Young, et al)
- 1967-07-16 American pop-rock group "The Monkees" perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, with psychedelic rock Jimi Hendrix Experience as opening act;
- 1967-07-16 British rock band "The Who" begin 1st full US tour, appearing at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California, and then going coast-to-coast opening for Herman's Hermits
TV Show Appearance
1967-09-17 American rock band "The Doors" appear for 1st and last time on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; singer Jim Morrison reneges on promise to change a lyric, prompting producers to offer no further invitations [1]
Television Debut
1967-09-17 British rock band "The Who" make US television debut, performing "My Generation" on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", and detonating Keith Moon's drum kit
- 1967-12-20 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group "Jethro Tull" in Blackpool, England
Music History
1968-02-18 British guitarist David Gilmour joins progressive rock group Pink Floyd
Silent Sun
1968-02-22 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun"
- 1968-04-20 British rock band billed as "Roundabout" debuts in Kastrup, Denmark; after a brief tour of Scandinavia, they change their name to "Deep Purple"
- 1968-07-07 Rock group "Yardbirds" disband
- 1968-07-09 BBC-TV broadcasts "Farewell", folk-rock band The Seekers final performance, draws 10 million viewers
- 1968-09-06 American rock band "The Doors" open their first European tour with four sold-out shows over two days at London's 2.500 seat Roundhouse
Music History
1968-09-28 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving the rock band "Big Brother & Holding Co"
- 1968-11-26 Rock band Cream gives "final" concert at Royal Albert Hall, London, England - but re-unites briefly for a short tour in 2005
- 1969-02-07 British rock band The Who record their song "Pinball Wizard" at Morgan Studio's, London
- 1969-04-28 British progressive rock band King Crimson with Robert Fripp, Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
- 1969-07-02 American guitarist Leslie West and producer, bassist Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
- 1969-10-10 British progressive rock band King Crimson releases their debut album "In The Court Of The Crimson King"
Music History
1969-10-18 British singer Rod Stewart joins rock band Small Faces
- 1970-06-07 British rock band The Who's perform their rock opera "Tommy" at the Metropolitan Opera House at NYC's Lincoln Center [1]
- 1970-06-17 British rock band Led Zeppelin begin their last European tour
Music History
1970-08-07 British keyboard playing singer-songwriter Christine McVie (née Perfect) joins rock band Fleetwood Mac
The Yes Album
1971-02-19 Progressive rock band Yes release their break-through third studio album "The Yes Album"
- 1971-05-23 American rock group Iron Butterfly ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") disbands
Music Concert
1971-12-04 Montreux Casino, in Montreux, Switzerland, burns down to the ground after a fan fires a flare gun during concert by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention; incident inspires rock band Deep Purple's song "Smoke on the Water"
- 1972-05-18 American pop rock band Looking Glass release their single "Brandy"
- 1972-10-16 Rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival break up
- 1973-01-30 Rock band Kiss plays their 1st show at the Coventry Club in Queens, NY
Music History
1973-08-09 Northern Irish guitarist Henry McCullough quits rock band Wings, founded by Paul McCartney
- 1973-08-28 "Smoke on the Water" single by British rock band Deep Purple goes gold
- 1973-08-30 Drummer Danny Seiwell quits rock band Wings, which he co-founded with Paul McCartney
Pretzel Logic
1974-02-20 ABC records releases "Pretzel Logic", the third studio album by rock band Steely Dan; it features hit single "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
- 1974-03-28 Rock group Raspberries breakup
- 1974-06-08 Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group "Yes" (for the first time)
- 1974-08-05 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways in England
Music Concert
1974-08-16 American punk rock band "The Ramones" concert debut at CBGB's in New York City
- 1974-11-18 "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" album by English progressive rock band Genesis is released, their last to feature original frontman Peter Gabriel
- 1975-04-19 British rock band Queen begins concert tour of Japan
- 1975-08-16 British singer Peter Gabriel announces his departure from the rock group Genesis
- 1975-09-10 Rock band Kiss release their 1st live album "Alive!"
- 1976-07-19 British rock group Deep Purple disbands
Music History
1976-09-17 British punk rock band the Sex Pistols play before a captive audience at Chelmsford Prison, Essex, England
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1976-09-20 Albert Records releases rock band AC/DC's third studio album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" in Australia and Europe
Music History
1976-09-25 Bono, David Evans, his brother Dik, and Adam Clayton respond to an advertisement on a bulletin board at Mount Temple posted by fellow student Larry Mullen Jr. to form a rock band, which becomes U2
Music History
1976-10-08 EMI signs British punk rock band "Sex Pistols"
- 1977-01-06 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
- 1977-02-18 American rock band KISS play their first concert in their hometown venue of Madison Square Garden in New York City
Kiss
1977-06-30 Marvel Comics publish "Kiss" comic book feting rock group Kiss
Music History
1977-10-07 Guitarist Steve Hackett quits progressive rock band Genesis
- 1977-10-14 American rock band Kiss release their 2nd live album "Alive II"
- 1977-10-20 Plane chartered by rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd runs out of fuel and crashes in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi. Six people are killed, including band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gains, and Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick
Sex Pistol's Final Concert
1978-01-14 British punk rock band Sex Pistols hold what becomes their final concert at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California
- 1978-06-28 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as Ambassadors of Goodwill
Music History
1978-07-25 John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image
- 1978-10-20 British ska-rock band The Police perform 1st US concert at CBGBs in NYC
- 1979-06-14 Rock group "Little Feat" disbands
- 1979-08-11 British rock band Led Zeppelin performs for what becomes the final time in England at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, before over 200,000 fans
- 1979-08-24 Rock band "The Cars" play concert at the Wollman Rink in NYC's Central Park
- 1979-09-18 Briitish rock band "The Who" plays first of five concerts at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Music History
1979-10-10 Rock band Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood
- 1979-12-30 Rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up
Music History
1980-05-16 Brian May of rock band Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
- 1980-05-20 Drummer Peter Criss quits rock band Kiss
- 1980-08-26 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of American rock band Cheap Trick
- 1980-09-04 Progressive rock group Yes performs its last concert at Madison Square Garden, NYC
- 1981-04-27 Paul McCartney's rock band Wings breaks-up
- 1981-06-21 Donald Fagen and Walter Becker disband their rock group Steely Dan
Under Pressure
1981-10-26 British rock band Queen and David Bowie release their serendipitous collaborative single "Under Pressure"
- 1982-03-31 American rock group The Doobie Brothers split up
- 1983-12-16 Spokesperson for rock band "The Who" announces the group is disbanding
"1984"
1984-01-09 Rock band Van Halen release their most successful album "1984"
Slippery When Wet
1986-08-18 American rock band Bon Jovi release their 3rd album "Slippery When Wet" (Billboard's top selling album of 1987)
- 1988-06-21 American rock band The Rascals begin their 1st tour in 20 years
- 1988-09-16 Fish leaves rock group Marillion
Smells like Teen Spirit
1991-09-10 Rock band Nirvana release their single "Smells like Teen Spirit", often dubbed the anthem of Generation X
Nevermind
1991-09-24 Rock band Nirvana release their second studio album "Nevermind"
- 1992-08-29 Irish rock band U2 plays the 1st of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NYC
Rage Against the Machine
1992-11-03 Rock band Rage Against the Machine releases their debut album "Rage Against the Machine" featuring single "Killing in the Name"
- 1993-11-18 American rock band Nirvana films a mostly acoustic set at Sony Music Studios in New York City, for the television series MTV Unplugged
- 1993-12-16 Television series MTV Unplugged broadcasts American rock band Nirvana performing a mostly acoustic set NYC
- 1994-05-10 DGC Records releases "Weezer" (known as The Blue Album), the debut album of rock band Weezer
The Grateful Dead Break Up
1995-12-07 American rock band The Grateful Dead break up after the death of Jerry Garcia
- 1996-08-06 American punk rock band "The Ramones" perform for the last time, at the Palace in Hollywood, California
Word Gets Around
1997-08-25 Welsh rock band Stereophonics release their debut studio album "Word Gets Around"
- 1999-08-11 American rock group "KISS" receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Two Against Nature
2000-02-29 Giant Records releases American rock band Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature", their eighth studio album, and first in 20 years; it wins four Grammy Awards.
- 2000-10-18 Zack de la Rocha announces he is leaving rock band Rage Against the Machine
- 2003-02-20 Pyrotechnics display sets 'The Station' nightclub ablaze during a concert by rock band Great White; kills 100 and injuries over 300 others (West Warwick, Rhode Island)
- 2008-11-23 Geffen Records releases rock band Guns N" Roses sixth, and to date last, studio album, "Chinese Democracy"; 8 years in production, with costs over $13 million, it is the most expensive rock album ever made
Oasis Splits Up
2009-08-28 British pop-rock band Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher quits the band, citing inability to be with his brother Liam
- 2010-11-13 Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage
Birthdays in Music
- 1928-07-12 Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
- 1932-04-10 Adrian Henri, British poet and founder of poetry-rock group (Liverpool Scene), born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (d. 2000)
- 1935-04-05 Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), born in South Norwood, England (d. 1995)
- 1940-08-24 Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues), born in Epsom, Surrey, England (d. 1995)
Roger Daltrey (80 years old)
1944-03-01 English singer and founder of the rock band "The Who", born in East Acton, London, England
- 1947-09-23 Neal Smith, American musician and drummer for rock group "Alice Cooper", born in Akron, Ohio
- 1947-11-03 Joe Lala, American drummer, percussionist, singer ("Blues Image"), and actor, born in Ybor City, Florida (d. 2014)
- 1950-02-03 John Schlitt, American Christian rock singer (Petra), born in Lincoln, Illinois
- 1951-05-19 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman], American punk rock singer and musician (The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"; Blitzkrieg Bop"; solo -"What a Wonderful World"), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 2001)
- 1981-06-22 Chris Urbanowicz, British rock guitarist (The Editors, 2002-12), born in Aslockton, England
- 1986-05-07 Matt Helders, English musician and drummer (Arctic Monkeys), born in Sheffield, England
- 1991-02-07 Spencer Elden, baby and model on grunge rock band Nirvana's "Nevermind" album cover (1991), born in Los Angeles, California
Weddings in Music
- 1967-06-23 British bassist John Entwistle (22) of rock group Who weds Alison Wise
- 1982-07-29 British "Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor (21) weds hair stylist and photographer Tracy Wilson in Los Angeles, California
Jon Bon Jovi
1989-04-29 Rock band Bon Jovi lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (27) weds high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley (26) at Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
Liv Tyler
2003-03-25 American "Lord of the Rings' actress Liv Tyler (25) weds English "Spacehog" rock vocalist Royston Langdon (30) at a private villa in St James, Barbados; divorce in 2008
- 2008-05-17 American singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (23) weds American rock band Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz (28) in Encino, California; divorce in 2011
- 2009-09-12 Platinum-selling rock band "3 Doors Down" lead singer Brad Arnold weds horseback rider Jennifer Sanderford in Escatawpa, Mississippi
- 2011-08-27 American Oscar winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola (41) weds vocalist of French indie rock band "Phoenix" Thomas Mars (34) at her family's villa, Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda, Italy
Divorces in Music
- 2011-11-22 American singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (27) divorces American "Fall Out Boy" bassist Pete Wentz (32) due to irreconcilable differences after two and a half year of marriage
Deaths in Music
- 1985-01-31 Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), dies of emphysema at 56
- 1985-12-23 James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18) attempt suicide (Belknap dies). Their families later sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages in song "Better By You, Better Than Me".
- 1995-02-12 Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues), dies at 54
- 1995-11-21 Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), dies of a heart attack at 60
- 2000-12-20 Adrian Henri, British poet and founder of poetry-rock group (Liverpool Scene), dies at 68
Johnny Ramone (1948-2004)
2004-09-15 American punk rock guitarist and songwriter (Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"), dies of prostate cancer at 55
- 2007-09-18 Pepsi Tate [Huw Smith], Welsh glam-rock bassist (Tigertailz), dies of pancreatic cancer at 42
- 2010-06-28 Bill Aucoin, American rock band manager(KISS, 1973-82; Billy Idol, 1981-86), dies of prostate cancer surgey complications at 66
- 2010-09-20 Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at 77
- 2014-03-18 Joe Lala, American drummer, percussionist, singer ("Blues Image"), and actor, dies from complications of lung cancer at 66