Σαν σήμερα στη μουσική

[rock rock]

12 November 1971...

Genesis —— Nursery Cryme (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1510390901][/DOUBLEPOST]12 November 1977...

The Sex Pistols went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols'. the punk group's only No.1 album. The album was met by a hail of controversy upon its release. The first problems involved the allegedly 'obscene' name of the album, resulting in the prosecution of the manager of the Nottingham Virgin record shop for having displayed it in a window. More outrage was sparked by the lyrics of the songs 'God Save the Queen' and 'Anarchy in the UK.'

 

[rock rock]

13 November 1987 released ...

Sisters Of Mercy —— Floodland (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1510572175][/DOUBLEPOST]13 November 1970...

Syd Barrett released his second solo album Barrett only 10 months after his debut The Madcap Laughs. David Gilmour produced the whole album, which also featured performances by Pink Floyd's Richard Wright on keyboards. The album has since been reissued in remastered form with extra tracks from the sessions.

[DOUBLEPOST=1510572242][/DOUBLEPOST]13 November 1976...

Led Zeppelin scored their seventh UK No.1 with the film soundtrack double album The Song Remains The Same, peaking at No.2 on the US chart. The tracks were recorded at Madison Square Garden, New York City in 1973.

[DOUBLEPOST=1510572299][/DOUBLEPOST]13 November 2016...

Leon Russell died in Nashville, he was 74. He led Joe Cocker’s band Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and appeared at George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Many of his songs became hits for others, among them 'Superstar' (written with Bonnie Bramlett) for the Carpenters, 'Delta Lady' for Joe Cocker and 'This Masquerade' for George Benson. More than 100 acts have recorded 'A Song for You,' which Russell said he wrote in 10 minutes.

 

[rock rock]

25 November 1977 released ...

Eric Clapton —— Slowhand (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1511599650][/DOUBLEPOST]25 November 1974...

UK singer, songwriter NICK DRAKE died in his sleep aged 26 of an overdose of tryptasol an anti-depressant drug. Drake signed to Island Records when he was twenty years old, recorded the classic 1972 album Pink Moon. In 2000, Volkswagen featured the title track from Pink Moon in a television advertisement, and within a month Drake had sold more records than he had in the previous thirty years.

 

[JimFromAndros]

2 November 1980 released...

Rory Gallagher —— Stage Struck (live album)

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[DOUBLEPOST=1509619422][/DOUBLEPOST]2 November 1976 released...

Miles Davis —— Water Babies (album)

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Smiths —— Best 1 & 2

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[DOUBLEPOST=1509620024][/DOUBLEPOST]2 November 1944 born Keith Emerson.

Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016)

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Κανείς εκπληκτικές αναφορές. Μάλλον σου ξεφύγει κάτι στους smiths Κατά τα άλλα μας δείχνεις φοβερές φωτογραφίες και μερικά εξώφυλλα όπως δεν τα έχουμε ξαναδεί ποτέ

 

[rock rock]

1 December 1982...

"Thriller", 6th studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983)

[DOUBLEPOST=1512138667][/DOUBLEPOST]1 December 1967 released...

Jimi Hendrix Experience —— Axis: Bold As Love (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1512138754][/DOUBLEPOST]1 December 1973 released...

Black Sabbath —— Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1512138868][/DOUBLEPOST]1 December 1944...

Eric Bloom (vocalist, "stun" guitarist for Blue Oyster Cult) is born in New York

[DOUBLEPOST=1512138962][/DOUBLEPOST]1 December 1944...

John Densmore (drummer for the Doors) is born in Los Angeles, California.

 

[rock rock]

1 December 1951...

John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius (1 December, 1951 – 21 September, 1987) is born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

 

[AKARL]

Σαν σήμερα, το 1993 πεθαίνει ο Frank Zappa

Ο Φρανκ Ζάπα, ο πιο οξύς μουσικός νους του rock ‘n roll και δαιμόνιος κοινωνικός κριτικός που επηρέασε πολλούς από τους σημερινούς μουσικούς, πέθανε σαν σήμερα το 1993. Ο πιο παραγωγικός μουσικός της γενιάς του, άφησε πίσω του τεράστιο έργο όπου γεφύρωνε, με αξιοσημείωτη άνεση, πλήθος ειδών – από τη ροκ, τη τζαζ, την R&B έως την αβαντ-γκαρντ και την κλασική – αμφισβητώντας τα status quo τόσο στην μουσική όσο και στην κοινωνικοπολιτική σκηνή.

O Frank Vincent Zappa γεννήθηκε στις 21 Δεκεμβρίου του 1940 στην Βαλτιμόρη της πολιτείας Μέριλαντ των ΗΠΑ, πρωτότοκος γιος του ελληνοαραβικής καταγωγής καθηγητή Francis Vincent Zappa και της Ιταλίδας – και κατά ¼ Γαλλίδα - Rose Marie Colimore. Αυτοδίδακτος και λάτρης της μουσικής R&B της δεκαετίας του ’50 αλλά και του έργου συνθετών μοντέρνας κλασικής και αβάντ-γκαρντ όπως οι Stravinsky, Varèse, Bartok, Shoenberg, Webern, ο νεαρός Frank δημιούργησε την πρώτη του μπάντα, The Black-Outs, στο λύκειο. Την ίδια εποχή γνώρισε τον μετέπειτα συνεργάτη του και θρύλο της underground σκηνής Don Van Vliet, τον οποίο φέρεται να βάφτισε ο ίδιος «Captain Beefheart».

To 1963 έγραψε τη μουσική για το γουέστερν Run Home Slow και χρησιμοποίησε τα έσοδα για να φτιάξει στούντιο στην Καλιφόρνια. Γνώρισε και έγινε φίλος με τον Mothers Ray Collins και τον Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood, και μαζί με τον Beefheart έφτιαξε το συγκρότημα The Soots.

Το 1964 συμμετέχει στους Soul Giants και στην συνέχεια στους the Mothers – που αργότερα θα μετονομαστούν σε The Mothers of Invention. Εκείνη τη χρονιά κυκλοφορεί το Freak Out! από την MGM. Το 1965 ο Zappa κατηγορήθηκε για «συνωμοσία με στόχο την πορνογραφία» λόγω μιας ηχογράφησης βογγητών και ήχων τριξίματων κρεβατιού. Καταδικάζεται σε εξάμηνη φυλάκιση και εκτίει 10 μέρες από την ποινή - βγαίνει από τη φυλακή με άλλο βλέμμα για το «Αμερικάνικο όνειρο».

Το 1966 συγκέντρωσε μια ομάδα μουσικών έτοιμων να παίξουν τη μουσική του: «Ποτέ δεν είχα την πρόθεση να γράψω μουσική ροκ. Πάντοτε ήθελα να συνθέσω πιο σοβαρή μουσική που να παίζεται σε συναυλιακούς χώρους, αλλά ήξερα ότι κανείς δεν θα θέλει να την παίξει. Έτσι, σκέφτηκα ότι αν ήταν να ακούσει ποτέ κανείς κάτι που εγώ συνέθεσα, θα έπρεπε να φτιάξω μια μπάντα και να παίξω ροκ. Έτσι ξεκίνησα», είπε ο ίδιος.

Το 1967 κυκλοφορεί τον δίσκο του Absolutely Free που σατιρίζει την «straight» Αμερική αλλά και τις αξιώσεις των χίπις. Την ίδια χρονιά ηχογραφεί το Lumpy Gravy με 50μελή ορχήστρα. Πλέον είναι εμφανές ότι οι Mothers είναι λιγότερο συγκρότημα και περισσότερο το μέσο για την μεταφορά και προώθηση της τέχνης του Zappa. Στο Greenwich Village της Νέας Υόρκης το συγκρότημα, για έξι μήνες, δίνει πρωτοποριακές παραστάσεις ροκ θεάτρου με πολλούς αυτοσχεδιασμούς.

Οι The Mothers διαλύονται προσωρινά το 1970 και ο Zappa ξεκινά τη σύνθεση του σάουντρακ για το 200 Motels ενώ ηχογραφεί και το πρώτο του σόλο άλμπουμ Hot Rats. Ερμηνεύει το 200 Motels σε μια sold-out συναυλία με τη Συμφωνική Ορχήστρα του Λος Άντζελες. Οι Mothers ηχογραφούν ξανά. Το 1971, η ταινία του 200 Motels προκαλεί μικτές αντιδράσεις. Το Μάιο εμφανίζεται με τον Τζων Λένον και τη Γιόκο Όνο.

Τον επόμενο χρόνο το Royal Albert Hall απαγορεύει να παρουσιαστούν οι The Mothers λόγω «χυδαιότητας». Ηχογραφεί χωρίς διακοπή με τους Mothers, μόνος, με φίλους και άλλους συνεργάτες. Στις αρχές του 1980 διευθύνει μάλιστα και συναυλίες με έργα του αγαπημένου του Varèse. Πλέον έχει δική του δισκογραφική, την Barking Pumpkin, εταιρεία παραγωγής συναυλιών, εταιρεία παραγωγής και προώθησης των βίντεό του.

Υπέρμαχος της ελευθερίας της έκφρασης, κατέθεσε ενώπιον επιτροπής της γερουσίας, υπό την προεδρία της συζύγου του Al Gore, Tipper, τη δεκαετία του 1980. Η επιτροπή είχε συγκροτηθεί από πολλές συζύγους πολιτικών για να αντιμετωπίσει το ζήτημα στίχων «με σεξουαλικό ή σατανιστικό περιεχόμενο».

Ο Zappa επιτέθηκε στην επιτροπή και του λογοκριτικού της έργου, χαρακτηρίζοντας την πρότασή τους για ετικέτες που περιγράφουν το περιεχόμενο πάνω στους δίσκους, «εκβιασμό της μουσικής βιομηχανίας». Ως αντίδραση, έβγαλε δική του ετικέτα για τους δίσκους του, η οποία έγραφε τα ακόλουθα: «Προσοχή! Αυτό το άλμπουμ περιέχει υλικό που μια πραγματικά ελεύθερη κοινωνία ούτε θα φοβόταν ούτε θα καταπίεζε. Η γλώσσα και οι αντιλήψεις εδώ μέσα εγγυημένα δεν πρόκειται να προκαλέσουν αιώνια βασανιστήρια στο μέρος όπου ο τύπος με τα κέρατα και το μυτερό ραβδί λειτουργεί την επιχείρησή του. Αυτή η εγγύηση είναι τόσο πραγματική όσο και οι απειλές των φονταμενταλιστών του βίντεο που χρησιμοποιούν τις επιθέσεις προς την μουσική ροκ στην προσπάθειά τους να μετατρέψουν την Αμερική σε ένα έθνος κουτεντέδων (στο όνομα του Ιησού Χριστού). Αν υπάρχει κόλαση, οι φλόγες της περιμένουν αυτούς, όχι εμάς».

Ο Frank Zappa πέθανε στις 4 Δεκεμβρίου 1993, σε ηλικία 52 ετών, από καρκίνο του προστάτη στο σπίτι του στο Λος Άντζελες της Καλιφόρνια. Πρόφτασε ωστόσο να ετοιμάσει αρκετό υλικό για να κυκλοφορήσουν κι άλλοι δίσκοι μετά το θάνατό του. Κατά τη διάρκεια της καριέρας του κυκλοφόρησε 60 άλμπουμ, πολλοί από τους οποίους ήταν διπλοί, καθιστώντας έτσι το μουσικό του έργο εντυπωσιακά μεγάλο. Εκτός της μουσικής, επέδειξε ιδιαίτερες ικανότητες στην τεχνολογία των οργάνων και της ηχογράφησης ενώ ασχολήθηκε και με τη σκηνοθεσία, δημιουργώντας βίντεο που θεωρούνται πρόδρομοι των σημερινών ροκ βίντεο κλιπ.

Σε όλη την καριέρα του, ο Zappa, σατίρισε με το σκοτεινό του χιούμορ το τοπίο της άχρηστης ανθρώπινης προσπάθειας για ουτοπική ευτυχία με κίνητρο συνήθως επιθυμίες για καταναλωτικά αγαθά, σεξ και σπορ. Τα βάρβαρα αστεία του άρχισαν με τον πρώτο δίσκο του και συνεχίστηκαν και μετά το θάνατό του, με την έκδοση των τελευταίων έργων του. Μερικά από τα πιο καυστικά σχόλιά του απευθυνόταν στους δημοσιογράφους που έγραφαν για την ροκ μουσική, τους οποίους χαρακτήριζε «ανθρώπους που δεν ξέρουν να γράφουν, οι οποίοι παίρνουν συνεντεύξεις από ανθρώπους που δεν μπορούν να μιλήσουν, για ανθρώπους που δεν ξέρουν να διαβάζουν».



Πηγές: Rolling Stone Barry Miles: F.Zappa/A biography Rockhall.com

Πηγή: TVXS

 

[Mr Spock]

. . . 6 Δεκεμβρίου 1990

 

[Mr Spock]

. . . γεννιέται ο lizard king . . .

JIM MORRISON - The Lizard King

 

[Mr Spock]

Frank Sinatra - "My Way" -

 

[rock rock]

14 December 1992 released...

NIRVANA —— Incesticide (compilation album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1513251121][/DOUBLEPOST]14 December 1979 released...

CLASH —— London Calling (double album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1513251213][/DOUBLEPOST]14 December 1973 released...

YES —— Tales From Topographic Oceans (double album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1513251305][/DOUBLEPOST]14 December 1971...

LED ZEPPELIN IV was riding high in the Top 10 of the US album charts. In 2006, the album was rated No.1 on Classic Rock magazine's '100 Greatest British Albums' poll, and No.1 in a poll conducted by Guitar World. The album has now sold over 23 million copies in the US. The typeface for the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven, printed on the inside sleeve of the album, was Jimmy Page's contribution. He found it in an old arts and crafts magazine from the late 19th century. He thought the lettering was interesting and arranged for a designer to create a whole alphabet.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513251378][/DOUBLEPOST]14 December 1959 released...

Dave Brubeck Quartet —— Time Out (album)

 

[rock rock]

15 December 1921...

Born on this day, ALAN FREED, American DJ. The man who gave 'Rock 'n' Roll' its name. Died 20th January 1965.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513328116][/DOUBLEPOST]15 December 1943...

American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer FATS WALLER died of pneumonia on a train trip near Kansas City, Missouri. Waller wrote many songs including 'Ain't Misbehavin', 'Your Feet's Too Big' and 'The Reefer Song'. In 1926 Waller was kidnapped at gunpoint in Chicago and driven to a club owned by gangster Al Capone. Inside the club he was ordered to perform at what turned out to be a surprise birthday party for the gangster. He enjoyed success touring the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1930s, appearing on one of the first BBC television broadcasts on September 30, 1938.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513328225][/DOUBLEPOST]15 December 1944...

American big-band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader GLENN MILLER was killed when his aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel while traveling to entertain US troops in France during World War II. Miller was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best-known big bands. In just four years Glenn Miller scored 23 No.1 hits. Miller's recordings include 'In the Mood', 'Moonlight Serenade', 'Pennsylvania 6-5000', and 'Chattanooga Choo Choo'.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513328308][/DOUBLEPOST]15 December 1967 released...

WHO —— The Who Sell Out (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1513328463][/DOUBLEPOST]15 December 1979...

PINK FLOYD started a five week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with "Another Brick In The Wall (part 2)" their only UK chart topper. The song, which was also the final No.1 single of the 1970s, received a Grammy nomination for Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group, but Floyd lost to Bob Seger's Against the Wind.

 

[rock rock]

16 December 1950...

Born on this day, BILL GIBBONS, American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. Moving Sidewalks (who opened for Jimi Hendrix on his first US tour). Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's first album in 1971. He was ranked at number 32 on the 2011 Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513415757][/DOUBLEPOST]16 December 1970...

Five singles and five albums by CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL were certified gold in the US. The singles were: ‘Down on the Corner’, ‘Lookin out My Back Door’, ‘Travelin' Band’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘Up around the Bend’. The LPs were ‘Cosmo's Factory’, ‘Willy and the Poor Boys’, ‘Green River’, ‘Bayou Country’ and ‘Credence Clearwater Revival’.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513415885][/DOUBLEPOST]17 December 1971 released...

DAVID BOWIE —— Hunky Dory (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1513415988][/DOUBLEPOST]17 December 1976 released...

AC/DC —— Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1513416097][/DOUBLEPOST]16 December 1966...

The first JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE single 'Hey Joe', was released in the UK on Polydor records, the track had been rejected by the Decca label. It went on to be a No.6 hit in the UK, but failed to chart in America. Chas Chandler, who was now managing Hendrix had seen Folk singer Tim Rose perform the song at the Cafe Wha? in New York City.

 

[rock rock]

19 December 1955 released...

Bill Haley And His Comets —— Rock Around The Clock (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1513679274][/DOUBLEPOST]19 December 1964...

The Beatles fourth album 'Beatles For Sale' started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK album charts. Recorded when Beatlemania was just past its peak 'Beatles for Sale' was The Beatles' fourth album in just 21 months.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513679363][/DOUBLEPOST]19 December 1915...

Born on this day, EDITH PIAF, French cabaret singer, songwriter and actress and one of France's greatest international stars. Her well known songs include, 'La Vie en rose' (1946), 'Non, je ne regrette rien' (1960), and 'Hymne à l'amour' (1949). After years of alcohol abuse Piaf died on 10 October 1963.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513679448][/DOUBLEPOST]19 December 1940...

Born on this day, PHIL OCHS, US folk singer songwriter. Hung himself on 9th April 1976 suffering from chronic depression.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513679524][/DOUBLEPOST]19 December 1944...

Born on this day, ALVIN LEE, guitar vocals, Ten Years After, (1970 UK No.10 single 'Love Like A Man'). Lee died on 6 March 2013. According to his website, he died from "unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure", he was 68.

 

[rock rock]

Σαν σημερα... 20 December 1969...

The ROLLING STONES went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their 10th release LET IT BLEED. It was the last studio album by the band to feature Brian Jones as well as the first to feature Mick Taylor.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513765489][/DOUBLEPOST] 20 December 1980...

Twelve days after JOHN LENNON was shot dead in New York City, '(Just Like) Starting Over', which was taken from his Double Fantasy album gave the former Beatle his first ever UK solo No.1 single.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513765620][/DOUBLEPOST]20 December 2012...

ADELE was named Billboard's top artist of 2012, while her hit record 21 was named top album of the year in the music magazine's annual review. The 24-year-old was the first to receive both accolades two years in a row and the honours for Adele came in a year which saw her win six Grammy awards and dominate the US charts. Her second album 21 went straight to No.1 when it was released in March 2011 and did not leave the top 10 until the beginning of September 2012, during that time, it spent 24 weeks at the top spot.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513765750][/DOUBLEPOST]20 December 1948...

Born on this day, ALAN PARSONS, British studio audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of The Beatles' Abbey road and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor. Parsons' own group, The Alan Parsons Project released several albums.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513765828][/DOUBLEPOST]20 December 1967...

Ian Anderson & Glenn Cornick form rock group JETHRO TULL.

 

[rock rock]

21 December 1940...

Born on this day, FRANK ZAPPA multi instrumentalist, producer and composer. Recorded with The Mothers Of Invention and solo, 1969 album 'Hot Rats', 1974 album 'Apostrophe', featuring 'Don't Eat The Yellow Snow'. First band was The Blackouts, recorded one of the first concept albums 'Freak Out'. Zappa died of prostate cancer on 4th December 1993.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513849588][/DOUBLEPOST]21 December 1946...

Born on this day, CARL WILSON, American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded The BEACH BOYS. He performed lead vocals on several of their hits, including 'God Only Knows' (1966) and 'Good Vibrations' (1966). Wilson died on 6th February 1998 after a long battle with lung cancer.

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21 December 1947...

Born on this day, PACO DE LUCIA, Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. His collaborations with guitarists John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Larry Coryell in the late 1970s saw him gain wider popularity outside his native Spain and collaborated with jazz pianist Chick Corea on their 1990 album, Zyryab. Lucía died on 25th Feb 2014.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513849778][/DOUBLEPOST]21 December 1992...

American blues singer and guitarist, ALBERT KING died from a heart attack in Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded dozens of influential songs, such as 'Crosscut Saw' and 'As The Years Go Passing By', and the 1967 album, 'Born Under a Bad Sign.'

[DOUBLEPOST=1513849889][/DOUBLEPOST]21 December 1985...

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S album, ‘Born in the USA’ passed Michael Jackson's Thriller to become the second longest-lasting LP on the Billboard US Top 10. It stayed there for 79 weeks. Only ‘The Sound of Music’ with Julie Andrews lasted longer at 109 weeks.

 

[rock rock]

22 December 1967...

Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix Experience,Who, Keith West and Tomorrow, Eric Burdon & The Animals, 1984 (featuring future Queen guitarist Brian May) and Soft Machine all appeared at The Olympia, London at an all night festival 'Christmas On Earth Continued'. The DJ was John Peel plus the venue featured a paddling pool, light shows and a movie theatre, tickets £1.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513951620][/DOUBLEPOST]22 December 1858...

Born on this day, GIACOMO PUCCINI, Italian opera composer (La bohème,Turandot,Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Manon Lescaut), born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1924).

[DOUBLEPOST=1513951719][/DOUBLEPOST]22 December 1949...

Born on this day, Robin and Maurice Gibb, The BEE GEES singers, songwriters, producers, Robin was the eldest by 1 hour. (1967 UK No.1 single 'Massachusetts', 1978 UK & US No.1 single 'Night Fever', over 30 UK Top 40 hits and 9 US No.1's over 4 decades). Maurice died on 12th January 2003 of a heart attack. Robin died of cancer aged 62 on 20 May 2012.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513951868][/DOUBLEPOST]22 December 2002...

Former Clash singer and guitarist JOE STRUMMER (John Graham Mellor) died of a suspected heart attack aged 50. Scored the 1979 UK No. 11 single 'London Calling', 1982 US No. 8 single 'Rock The Casbah, 1991 UK No.1 single 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go', first released 1982, plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles. The Clash's London Calling album was voted best album of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine. Strummer was also a member of the The Mescaleros.

[DOUBLEPOST=1513951956][/DOUBLEPOST]22 December 2014...

JOE COCKER died of lung cancer in Crawford, Colorado aged 70. The Sheffield-born singer was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs of varying genre. Cocker had a career lasting more than 40 years, with hits including his cover of 'With A Little Help From My Friends', 'You Are So Beautiful' and 'Up Where We Belong'. He was made an OBE in 2011. In the early Sixties Cocker was performing as Vance Arnold. The name was a combination of Vince Everett, Elvis Presley's character in Jailhouse Rock (which Cocker misheard as Vance); and country singer Eddy Arnold.

 

[rock rock]

27 December 1967 released...

BOB DYLAN - John Wesley Harding (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1514374035][/DOUBLEPOST]27 December 1967 released...

LEONARD COHEN - The Songs Of Leonard Cohen (debut album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1514374145][/DOUBLEPOST]27 December 1969...

LED ZEPPELIN II album, was at No.1 on the US album charts, (the band's first album to reach No.1 on charts in the UK and the US), it went on to sell over six million copies in the US alone. The album's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.

[DOUBLEPOST=1514374234][/DOUBLEPOST]27 December 1975...

QUEEN started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with A Night At The Opera, the group's first No.1 album.

[DOUBLEPOST=1514374324][/DOUBLEPOST]27 December 1976...

Blues guitarist FREDDIE KING died of heart trouble and ulcers aged 42. Eric Clapton covered his 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman' on his Layla album. Major influence on British and American blues-rock musicians such as Jimmy Vaughan, Ronnie Earl, Peter Green and Eric Clapton.

 

[rock rock]

28 December 1968...

Τhe BEATLES went to No.1 on the US album chart with the The White Album the group's 12th US No.1 album. A double album, its plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed, which was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's earlier Sgt. Pepper's. No singles were issued from the album in Britain and the United States, the songs 'Hey Jude' and 'Revolution' originated from the same recording sessions and were issued on a single in August 1968.

[DOUBLEPOST=1514457380][/DOUBLEPOST]28 December 1978...

Rolling Stone magazine voted Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones 'Album of the Year.' The cover designed by Peter Corriston, featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe who all threatened legal action.

[DOUBLEPOST=1514457509][/DOUBLEPOST]28 December 2005...

Pink Floyd were voted the greatest rock stars ever in a survey of 58,000 listeners from UK radio station Planet Rock. Led Zeppelin were voted into second place, 3rd was The Rolling Stones, 4th The Who, 5th, AC/DC, 6th, U2, 7th, Guns N’ Roses, 8th, Nirvana, 9th, Bon Jovi and in 10th place Jimi Hendrix. Listeners also named the 1970s as the golden age of rock, followed by the 1960’s.

[DOUBLEPOST=1514457744][/DOUBLEPOST]28 December 1937...

MAURICE J RAVEL, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62

[DOUBLEPOST=1514457937][/DOUBLEPOST]28 December 2015...

LEMMY [Ian Kilmister], British heavy metal musician (Motörhead), dies from terminal illness at 70

 

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3 January 1945...

STEPHEN STILLS, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash), born in Dallas, Texas.

[DOUBLEPOST=1514980455][/DOUBLEPOST]3 January 1946...

JOHN PAUL JONES, [John Baldwin], English rock bassist and songwriter (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven), born in London.
John Baldwin, stage name John Paul Jones, had a successful career as a session musician arranging and performing with such acts as the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck and Dusty Springfield before joining The Yard Birds, later Led Zeppelin.

[DOUBLEPOST=1514980543][/DOUBLEPOST]3 January 1968 released...

BYRDS - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1514980636][/DOUBLEPOST]3 January 1970 released...

SYD BARRETT - The Madcap Laughs (album)

[DOUBLEPOST=1514980723][/DOUBLEPOST]3 January 1987...

ARETHA FRANKLIN became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.