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Born This Week in Rock History:
Grace Slick with Jefferson Airplane.
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane
Charlie Daniels: October 28, 1936 (guitar, The Charlie Daniels Band)
Denny Laine: October 29, 1944 (vocals and guitar, The Moody Blues)
Peter Green: October 29, 1946 (vocals and guitar, Fleetwood Mac)
Grace Slick: October 30, 1939 (lead vocals, Jefferson Airplane)
Timothy B. Schmit: October 30, 1947 (bass, The Eagles)
Ric Grech: November 1, 1946 (bass, Blind Faith and Traffic)
Keith Emerson: November 2, 1944 (keyboards, Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Died This Week in Rock History:
Duane Allman: October 29, 1971 (guitar, The Allman Brothers Band)
Mississippi John Hurt: November 2, 1966 (blues vocalist and guitarist)
Music releases and top of the charts:
The Beatles’ Abbey Road
John Lennon, “Mind Games” and the LP of the same name was released: October 29, 1973
The John Lennon LP Imagine hits #1: October 30, 1971
Pink Floyd release Meddle: October 30, 1971
James Taylor’s LP Fire and Rain is certified gold: October 31, 1970
Led Zeppelin III hits #1 on the charts: October 31, 1970
Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was released: October 31, 1975
The Beatles Abbey Road hits #1: November 1, 1969
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young hit #1 with So Far: November 2, 1974
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Great Balls Of Fire” was released: November 3, 1957
This Week in Rock History:
Jim Morrison of The Doors.
Wilson Pickett, The Byrds, and John Lee Hooker are welcomed into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, representing a diversity of music: soul, folk-rock and blues: October 29, 1990
After Jim Morrison was arrested for exposing himself at a show in Miami, he is sentenced to six months in jail and fined: October 30, 1970
Elton John performs for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at her annual Royal Command Variety Performance in London. He is the first rocker to perform for the Queen since The Beatles: October 30, 1972
The original Black Sabbath lineup reunites on The David Letterman Show. They play their song “Paranoid:” October 30, 1998
Early proto-punk band Iggy and the Stooges make their live debut. The show takes place in Detroit, Michigan at a Halloween party: October 31, 1967
The members of legendary blues rock band Led Zeppelin launch their new artist-owned label, Swan Song. Among the attendees at the event, held at the Chislehurst Caves in Kant, England, are Bill Wyman and Groucho Marx. Also, several dozen naked models. Among the interesting sights to see included nuns wearing suspenders serving drinks, naked male wrestlers, and a nude woman lying in a coffin while covered in jelly. Just another day at the office for Led Zeppelin: October 31, 1974
The Beatles begin their first British headlining tour as headliners. The tour starts with two shows at the Odeon in Gloucestershire, England. The band earned 300 pounds per night for their services. The set list included classic tunes like “From Me to You”, “All My Loving”, and “I Saw Her Standing There:” November 1, 1963
A Rolling Stones concert held in Rochester, New York, ends abruptly when 3,000 overexcited fans charge the stage 7 minutes after the show began. Although the band attempts to re-start the show several times, the police wind up cancelling the event. Only 6 songs were played that night: November 1, 1965
Metal Hammer Magazine publishes a list of the top ten rock moustaches. Who made the cut? Frank Zappa, everyone in Black Sabbath other than Ozzy Osbourne, and ranked #1 – of course – would be Freddy Mercury: November 1, 2012
Carly Simon and James Taylor get hitched at Simon’s apartment in Manhattan. Later on at a show at Radio City Music Hall, Taylor jokes “I don’t know whether to be more nervous about the concert or the marriage.” The marriage lasts eleven years: November 3, 1972
Elton John announces his retirement. The announcement came during a concert at London’s Empire Pool. However, disappointed fans would soon find relief when he returned to the music business before a year and a half was up: November 3, 1977
Eric Clapton is made a CBE – Commander of the Order of the British Empire – by Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace. He should be a knight! November 3, 2004
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