HC's Rock Rewind - January 15-31
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HC's Rock Rewind
A look back at the past two weeks in Rock History
by Team HC
January 15th - 22nd
Historically speaking, this week in rock music has been marked by a trove of memorable events. Buddy Holly made his final recordings, a great southern band reunited following a tragic loss, and a British icon achieved his first Number One album in America. A spate of classic albums was released as well, including landmark records by The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Def Leppard. Read on for a look back at other significant moments that shaped rock and roll during this historically eventful week.
Events
1957 – The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool.
1957 – Johnny Cash makes his first appearance on national TV, performing on “The Jackie Gleason Show.”
1959 – TV ratings service Arbitron reveals that “American Bandstand” is the most popular daytime show in the U.S.
1959 – Buddy Holly makes his final recordings, sitting alone with an acoustic guitar in his apartment in Greenwich Village.
1965 – The Rolling Stones and The Kinks make their debut on the pioneering music variety show, “Shindig!” Other guests include the Dave Clark Five and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
1967 – The Monkees perform live for the first time, staging a concert at The Cow Palace in San Francisco. The show is a sell-out.
1970 – Robert Moog unveils his “minimoog” synthesizer. Carrying a retail price of $2,000, the portable synth becomes the first such instrument to be taken out on tour by rock bands.
1973 – Jerry Lee Lewis performs at the Grand Ole Opry for the first time.
1974 – Former Free members Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke team with ex-Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and former King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell to form the super-group, Bad Company.
1975 – Paul McCartney and Wings arrive in New Orleans to begin recording their Venus and Mars album. Sessions take place at Allen Toussaint’s Sea Saint studios.
1979 – Lynyrd Skynyrd reunite to perform for the first time since the horrific 1977 plane crash that took the lives of three band members.
1980 – Iconic southern rock label Capricorn Records files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1980 – Pink Floyd’s The Wall begins a 15-week run atop the U.S. album charts.
1981 – Motley Crue forms when bassist Nikki Sixx begins rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and singer-guitarist Greg Leon. Leon soon departs, with guitarist Mick Mars stepping in as replacement. Singer Vince Neil joins the band in April.
1982 – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat during a performance, believing the animal to be fake. Later it’s reported that Osbourne underwent a series of rabies shots.
1982 – B.B. King donates his 20,000-record album collection to the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Among the albums are 7,000 discs King played during his years as a Memphis disc jockey in the ‘50s.
1988 – Tina Turner performs for a crowd of 182,000 at a concert in Rio de Janeiro. At the time, the show marked the biggest-ever attendance turnout for a concert staged by a solo artist.
1996 – David Bowie, Pink Floyd, and the Velvet Underground are among the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during this year’s ceremony.
2000 – Carlos Santana’s Supernatural begins a multi-week run atop the U.S. album charts. The comeback LP goes on to earn eight Grammy wins.
2008 – Charlie Daniels is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
2016 – David Bowie’s Blackstar reaches Number One on the American album charts. The album is the first LP by Bowie to achieve this distinction.
Releases
1964 – The Beatles: Meet the Beatles!
1966 – Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence
1967 – The Rolling Stone: Between the Buttons
1968 – Dr. John: Gris-Gris
1968 – Iron Butterfly: Heavy
1968 – Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul
1968 – Spirit: Spirit
1971 – ZZ Top: ZZ Top's First Album
1971 – Mountain: Nantucket Sleighride
1972 -- Blue Öyster Cult: Blue Öyster Cult
1974 – Bob Dylan: Planet Waves
1974 – Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets
1974 – Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown
1975 – Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
1976 – Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby
1978 – Journey: Infinity
1980 – The Pretender: Pretenders
1983 – Def Leppard: Pyromania
1984 -- Bon Jovi: Bon Jovi
1987 -- Hüsker Dü: Warehouse: Songs and Stories
1988 – Megadeth: So Far, So Good... So What!
Deaths
Alan Freed – Jan. 20, 1965
Jackie Wilson – Jan. 21, 1984
Colonel Tom Parker – Jan. 21, 1997
Carl Perkins – Jan. 19, 1998
Wilson Pickett – Jan. 19, 2006
Denny Doherty (The Mamas & the Papas) – Jan. 19, 2007
Don Kirshner – Jan. 17, 2011
Johnny Otis – Jan. 17, 2012
Etta James – Jan. 20, 2012
Glenn Frey – Jan. 18, 2016
John Stewart – Jan. 19, 2008
Steve Knight (Mountain) – Jan. 19, 2013
Births
Earl Hooker – Jan. 15, 1930
Bobby Bloom – Jan. 15, 1946
Ronnie Milsap – Jan. 16, 1946
Mick Taylor – Jan. 17, 1949
Leadbelly – Jan. 20, 1888
George Handy – Jan. 17, 1920
Sam Cooke – Jan. 22, 1931
Bob Bogle (The Ventures) – Jan. 16, 1937
Phil Everly -- Jan. 19, 1939
David Ruffin (The Temptations) – Jan 18, 1941
Richie Havens – Jan. 21, 1941
Janis Joplin -- Jan. 19, 1943
Rod Evans (Deep Purple) – Jan. 19, 1945
Dolly Parton – Jan. 19, 1946
Robert Palmer – Jan. 19, 1949
Steve Perry (Journey) – Jan. 22, 1949
Dewey Bunnell (America) – Jan. 19, 1951
Randy California – Jan. 20, 1951
Paul Stanley – Jan. 20, 1951
Ian Hill (Judas Priest) – Jan. 20, 1952
Steve Earle – Jan. 17, 1955
Michael Anthony (Van Halen) – Jan. 20, 1955
Susanna Hoffs – Jan. 17, 1959
Michael Hutchence – Jan. 22, 1960
Steve Adler (Guns N’ Roses) – Jan. 22, 1965
Luther Dickinson – Jan. 18, 1973
Nick Valensi (The Strokes) – Jan. 16, 1981
Orianthi – Jan. 22, 1985
Sam Cooke, January 22, 1931
Nigel Pegrum (The Small Faces), January 22, 1949
Steve Perry (Journey), January 22, 1949
Teddy Gentry (Alabama), January 22, 1952
Michael Hutchence (INXS), January 22, 1960
Steve Adler (Guns N' Roses), born Michael Coletti, January 22, 1965
Orianthi Panagaris, January 22, 1985
January 23nd - 31th
From the birth of Eddie Van Halen to the release of Elvis Presley’s timeless tune “Heartbreak Hotel,” the week of Jan. 23 through 31 is a good one for rock ‘n’ roll. Let’s not forget Nirvana recording a special demo tape with the Melvins’ Dale Crover, to boot. Read on for some major events, historic record releases and births and deaths taking place Jan. 23 through 31.
Events
1962 - Warner Brothers Records signed a deal with Peter, Paul & Mary.
1969 - Jethro Tull performed their debut U.S. concert in New York City. They opened at the show for Led Zeppelin.
1986 - The first musicians were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino.
1988 - Nirvana recorded a 10-track demo tape with producer Jack Endino. Dale Crover from the Melvins played drums.
1990 - "Tom Petty Day" was made official in Petty’s hometown of Gainsville, Florida.
Births
Danny Federici (E Street Band), January 23, 1950
Robin Wayne Zander (Cheap Trick), January 23, 1953
Earl Falconer (UB40), January 23, 1959
Ray Stevens, January 24, 1939
Neil Diamond, January 24, 1941
Etta James, January 25, 1938
Richard Finch (KC and the Sunshine Band), January 25, 1954
Corky Laing (Mountain), January 26, 1948
Lucinda Williams, January 26, 1953
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen), January 26, 1957
Norman Hassan (UB40), January 26, 1958
Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), January 27, 1944
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy), January 27, 1951
Seth Justman (The J. Geils Band), January 27, 1951
Gillian Gilbert (New Order), January 27, 1961
Mike Patton (Faith No More), January 27, 1968
Mark Trojanowski (Sister Hazel), January 27, 1970
Corky Laing (Mountain), January 28, 1948
Tommy Ramone (drummer for Ramones), January 29, 1952
Eddie Jackson (Queensryche), January 29, 1961
Jonny Lang, January 29, 1981
Marty Balin – Jan. 30, 1942
Andrew Loog Oldham – Jan. 29, 1944
Charlie Musselwhite – Jan. 31, 1944
Terry Kath – Jan. 31, 1946
David Byron (Uriah Heep) – Jan. 29, 1947
Tommy Ramone – Jan. 29, 1949
Jonny Lang – Jan. 29, 1981
Steve Marriott – Jan. 30, 1947
Phil Collins – Jan. 30, 1951
Phil Manzanera – Jan. 31, 1951
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) – Jan. 31, 1956
Jody Watley – Jan. 30, 1959
Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) – Jan. 31, 1964
Deaths
Terry Kath (Chicago), January 23, 1978
Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd), January 23, 1990
James "Shep" Sheppard, January 24, 1970
Lamar Williams (The Allman Brothers Band), January 25, 1983
Jim Capaldi (Traffic), January 28, 2005
Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd), January 28, 2009
John Martyn – Jan. 29, 2009
Rod McKuen – Jan. 29, 2014
Professor Longhair – Jan. 30, 1980
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Jan. 30, 1982
Slim Harpo – Jan. 31, 1970
John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia) – Jan. 31, 2017
Releases
Elvis Presley, Heartbreak Hotel, 1956
Prince, Take Me With U, 1985
Van Halen, Balance, 1995
Dream Theater, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 2002
Bruce Springsteen, Working on a Dream, 2009
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Anne Erickson holds years of bylines in Gannett Media publications, as well as music magazines Premier Guitar, Guitar Edge and more. She also hosts radio shows with iHeartRadio and has been syndicated in Seattle, Dayton, Central Coast California and beyond. Anne is a loyal Spartan and holds a Master’s degree from MSU. She resides in Lansing, Michigan.A
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