HC's Rock Rewind - January 29 - February 11
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HC's Rock Rewind
A look back at the past two weeks in Rock History
by Team HC
Week of January 29th - February 4th
A trove of memorable events occurred during this week in rock history. A rock and roll pioneer began work on his first album, The Beatles staged their last-ever public performance, and Kiss kicked off their career as one of rock’s most dynamic live bands. Read on for a look back at other significant moments that shaped rock and roll during this historically eventful week.
Events
1949 – RCA Records introduces the 45rpm single, thus making possible the advent of the jukebox.
1956 – Elvis Presley begins recording what will eventually become his first album.
1960 – Frank Sinatra launches Reprise Records, the first wholly-artist-owned record label.
1961 – Bob Dylan plays “Song to Woody” to Woody Guthrie during a visit to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey, where Guthrie is being treated for Huntington’s disease.
1963 – Neil Young plays his first show, performing at a country club in Winnipeg.
1964 – The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” begins a seven-week run atop the U.S. singles chart.
1965 – James Brown records “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag.” The song is the first Brown recording to feature his renowned lead guitarist Jimmy Nolen.
1966 – The Who perform their first-ever headlining show.
1969 – The variety show “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour” airs on CBS for the first time.
1969 – The Beatles stage their famous rooftop concert atop the roof of Apple Records. The event constitutes the band’s final public performance.
1969 – Tommy Roe’s “Dizzy” lands on the pop charts.
1969 – Tommy James & the Shondells’ “Crimson and Clover” tops the U.S. singles chart. It holds that position for two weeks.
1971 – Harry Nilsson’s animated feature “The Point!” makes its TV debut on ABC’s “Movie of the Week.”
1973 – Kiss stage their first concert, performing at a club in Queens, New York.
1973 – The rock variety show “The Midnight Special” makes its debut on NBC.
1973 – Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” begins a three-week run atop the U.S. singles chart.
1974 – Grand Funk records “The Loco-Motion.”
1976 – The Ohio Players’ “Love Rollercoaster” tops the U.S. singles chart.
1976 – David Bowie unveils a new persona – The Thin White Duke – on the opening night of a U.S. tour in support of his Station to Station album.
1983 – Men at Work top the singles chart and the album chart in both the America and the U.K., with the hit single “Down Under” and the album Business as Usual.
1985 – John Fogerty performs his first live show in years. Two weeks earlier he had released his landmark solo album, Centerfield.
1988 – The Cars break up.
2007 – Prince stages what’s generally considered one of the greatest Super Bowl halftime shows.
2011 – The White Stripes call it quits after releasing six albums.
2017 – Black Sabbath stage the final concert of the farewell tour, performing in their hometown of Birmingham in the U.K.
Releases
1966 – Gordon Lightfoot: Lightfoot!
1967 – Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow
1968 – The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
1968 – Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf
1969 – Moby Grape: Moby Grape ‘69
1972 – Neil Young: Harvest
1972 – Al Green: Let’s Stay Together
1972 – Flash: Flash
1972 – Jackson Browne: Jackson Browne
1973 – Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
1974 – The Doobie Brothers: What Were Once Vices are Now Habits
1976 -- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets
1976 – Grand Funk Railroad: Born to Die
1976 – Genesis: A Trick of the Tail
1976 – 10cc: How Dare You!
1976 – Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Worlds
1976 – Bad Company: Run with the Pack
1977 – Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
1977 – The Runaways: Queens of Noise
1980 – The Ramones: End of the Century
1983 – Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight
1985 -- Hüsker Dü: New Day Rising
1986 – The Firm: Mean Business
1989 – The Replacements: Don’t Tell a Soul
1991 – Divinyls: Divinyls
1991 – Susanna Hoffs: When You’re a Boy
1994 – Green Day: Dookie
1997 – David Bowie: Earthling
1999 – Blondie: No Exit
2002 – Dream Theater: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2004 – Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters
2008 – Iron Maiden: Live After Death
2012 – Ringo Starr: Ringo 2012
Deaths
Buddy Holly – Feb. 3, 1959
Ritchie Valens – Feb. 3, 1959
Slim Harpo – Jan. 31, 1970
Sid Vicious – Feb. 2, 1979
Professor Longhair – Jan. 30, 1980
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Jan. 30, 1982
Alex Harvey – Feb. 4, 1982
Karen Carpenter – Feb. 4, 1983
John Martyn – Jan. 29, 2009
Lux Interior (The Cramps) – Feb. 4, 2009
Don Cornelius – Feb. 1, 2012
Reg Presley (The Troggs) – Feb. 4, 2013
Rod McKuen – Jan. 29, 2014
Maurice White – Feb. 4, 2016
John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia) – Jan. 31, 2017
Births
Johnny “Guitar” Watson – Feb. 3, 1935
Don Everly – Feb. 1, 1937
Marty Balin – Jan. 30, 1942
Graham Nash – Feb. 2, 1942
Andrew Loog Oldham – Jan. 29, 1944
Charlie Musselwhite – Jan. 31, 1944
Terry Kath – Jan. 31, 1946
David Byron (Uriah Heep) – Jan. 29, 1947
Steve Marriott – Jan. 30, 1947
Dave Davies – Feb. 3, 1947
Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire) – Feb. 2, 1948
Alice Cooper – Feb. 4, 1948
Tommy Ramone – Jan. 29, 1949
Arthur Kane (New York Dolls) – Feb. 3, 1949
Mike Campbell – Feb. 1, 1950
Phil Collins – Jan. 30, 1951
Phil Manzanera – Jan. 31, 1951
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) – Jan. 31, 1956
Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) – Feb. 3, 1956
Jody Watley – Jan. 30, 1959
Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) – Jan. 31, 1964
Jonny Lang – Jan. 29, 1981
Week of January 22nd - 28th
This week packs plenty of major music events in rock history, including Ringo Starr's first performance with the Beatles and the births of Guns N' Roses guys Axl Rose and Diff McKagan. Your week will surely rock with these noteworthy events, historic record releases, births and deaths happening Feb. 5 through 11 in music history.
Events
1958 – George Harrison becomes a member of the Quarrymen. Other members include John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
1962 – Ringo Starr performs with the Beatles for the first time at Liverpool's Cavern Club.
1963 – The Beatles' debut single, “Please Please Me,” arrives in the U.S. via the Vee Jay label.
1966 – Crawdaddy! publishes its first issue. It's the first magazine devoted specifically to rock music.
1969 -- The Who record the great “Pinball Wizard” at Morgan Studios in London.
1972 – Wings play their first concert at England’s Nottingham University.
1972 – David Bowie performs for the first time as Ziggy Stardust at the Tolworth Toby Jug in London.
1977 – The Clash start recording their debut album at CBS Studios in London.
1982 – The J. Geils Band start a six-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Centerfold.”
1983 – Toto's "Africa" hits No. 1.
2006 – David Bowie is given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Releases
The Byrds, Younger Than Yesterday, 1967
The Troggs, Trogglodynamite, 1967
The Beach Boys, 20/20, 1969
The Doors, Morrison Hotel, 1970
Carole King, Tapestry, 1971
Judas Priest, Stained Class, 1978
Van Halen, Van Halen, 1978
Roy Orbison, Mystery Girl, 1989
Elvis Costello, Spike, 1989
Public Image Ltd, That What Is Not, 1992
Social Distortion, Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, 1992
Mick Jagger, Wandering Spirit, 1993
Blur, Blur, 1997
Deaths
Guitar Slim – Feb. 7, 1959
Dave Alexander (The Stooges) – Feb. 10, 1975
Hugh Montenegro – Feb. 6, 1981
Bill Haley – Feb. 9, 1981
Del Shannon – Feb. 8, 1990
Brian Connolly (Sweet) – Feb. 9, 1997
Falco – Feb. 6, 1998
Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) – Feb. 6, 1998
Tim Kelly (Slaughter) – Feb. 5, 1998
Oliver – Feb. 12, 2000
Dave Peverett (Foghat, Savoy Brown) – Feb. 7, 2000
Keith Knudson (The Doobie Brotehrs) – Feb. 8, 2005
Gary Moore – Feb. 6, 2011
Rick Huxley (The Dave Clark Five) – Feb. 11, 2013
Births
Josh White – Feb. 11, 1914
King Curtis – Feb. 7, 1934
Gene Vincent – Feb. 11, 1935
Roberta Flack – Feb. 10, 1939
Brian Bennett (The Shadows) – Feb. 8, 1940
Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Feb. 11, 1940
Cory Wells – Feb. 5, 1941
Tom Rush – Feb. 8, 1941
Carole King – Feb. 9, 1942
Chuck Winfield – Feb. 5, 1943
Fabian – Feb. 6, 1943
Jim Capaldi (Traffic) – Feb. 8, 1944
Bob Marley – Feb. 6, 1945
Joe Ely – Feb. 9, 1947
Jimmy Greenspoon (Three Dog Night) – Feb. 7, 1948
Dan Seals (England Dan & John Ford Coley) – Feb. 8, 1948
Nigel Olsson – Feb. 10, 1949
Simon Phillips (Toto) – Feb. 6, 1957
Vince Neil (Motley Crue) – Feb. 8, 1961
Axl Rose – Feb. 6, 1962
David Bryan (Bon Jovi) – Feb. 7, 1962
Sheryl Crow – Feb. 11, 1962
Travis Tritt – Feb. 9, 1963
Duff McKagan (Michael Andrew McKagan) – February 5, 1964
Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) – February 5, 1968
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