07-21-2016, 05:07 PM
On This Day in Rock History
2007: Don Arden, the man once dubbed “the Al Capone of pop”, father of Sharon Osbourne and manager of acts such as The Small Faces, Black Sabbath, and Electric Light Orchestra died of Alzheimer’s disease in Beverly Hills. He was 81 years old.
1990: Roger Waters staged a live performance of The Wall at the Berlin Wall along with such guests as Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Van Morrison, and The Scorpions.
1987: Guns N’ Roses released their landmark debut album Appetite for Destruction which would later spend five weeks on top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart and be certified eighteen times Platinum in September 2008.
1986: The Police began sessions to record the follow-up album to Synchronicity but soon abandon the sessions as Sting insisted on pursuing a solo career and acting interests.
1984: ZZ Top peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Legs” which was their first and only top ten single in the U.S.
1982: Queen kicked off their final North American tour with Freddie Mercury at the Montreal Forum, in support of their album Hot Space.
1979: Cheap Trick peaked at number seven for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “I Want You to Want Me” their first top ten single.
1971: Black Sabbath released their third album Master of Reality which went on to sell two million copies in the U.S. And reach number eight on the Billboard 200 Album Chart becoming their first and only top ten album in the U.S.
1969: The Beatles recorded “Come Together” at EMI Studios in London. The song later went on to be covered by artists such as Aerosmith and Michael Jackson.
Today's Birthdays:
Howie Epstein-bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers born in 1955
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2007: Don Arden, the man once dubbed “the Al Capone of pop”, father of Sharon Osbourne and manager of acts such as The Small Faces, Black Sabbath, and Electric Light Orchestra died of Alzheimer’s disease in Beverly Hills. He was 81 years old.
1990: Roger Waters staged a live performance of The Wall at the Berlin Wall along with such guests as Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Van Morrison, and The Scorpions.
1987: Guns N’ Roses released their landmark debut album Appetite for Destruction which would later spend five weeks on top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart and be certified eighteen times Platinum in September 2008.
1986: The Police began sessions to record the follow-up album to Synchronicity but soon abandon the sessions as Sting insisted on pursuing a solo career and acting interests.
1984: ZZ Top peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Legs” which was their first and only top ten single in the U.S.
1982: Queen kicked off their final North American tour with Freddie Mercury at the Montreal Forum, in support of their album Hot Space.
1979: Cheap Trick peaked at number seven for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “I Want You to Want Me” their first top ten single.
1971: Black Sabbath released their third album Master of Reality which went on to sell two million copies in the U.S. And reach number eight on the Billboard 200 Album Chart becoming their first and only top ten album in the U.S.
1969: The Beatles recorded “Come Together” at EMI Studios in London. The song later went on to be covered by artists such as Aerosmith and Michael Jackson.
Today's Birthdays:
Howie Epstein-bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers born in 1955
Semper Fidelis
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