HC's Rock Rewind: August 14 - 27
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HC's Rock Rewind
A look back at the past two weeks in Rock History
by Team HC
Week of August 14th - 20th
A trove of memorable events occurred during this week in rock history. The Beatles kicked off their first America tour, the final episode of “The Monkees” aired, and one of rock and roll’s pioneering legends passed away. Read on for a look back at other significant moments that shaped rock and roll during this historically eventful week.
Events
1962 – Drummer Pete Best is fired from The Beatles by manager Brian Epstein. Best has been a member of the band for two years and four days. He is replaced by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes’ drummer Ringo Starr.
1964 – The Beatles begin their first American tour, performing a 33-minute show at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
1965 -- Sonny & Cher enjoy the first of a three-week run atop the U.S. singles chart with their single, “I Got You Babe.”
1968 – A trio called Earth, who play blues and rock, makes their performance debut in a coffee house in a small town in New Jersey. The guitarist and singer is an 18-year-old named Bruce Springsteen.
1968 – The final episode of the TV show ‘The Monkees” airs on NBC. The series had won two Emmy Awards the previous year: one for Outstanding Comedy Series, and the other for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy.
1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival is staged at a 600-acre farm in Bethel, New York. More than 500,000 people attend the three-day festival.
1969 – The Beatles gather for the last time at EMI Studios in London. They wrap up the mixes for “I Want You,” and discuss the song sequence for the Abbey Road album.
1971 – Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May” is released.
1971 -- Led Zeppelin kick off a North American tour, performing in front of 17,000 fans in Vancouver, Canada.
1972 – “The Midnight Special,” hosted by Wolfman Jack, makes its debut on NBC. The show features War performing their current million-seller, “Slippin’ into Darkness.”
1972 – Chicago’s Chicago V album tops the U.S. album chart.
1975 – Peter Gabriel announces he is leaving the prog-rock band, Genesis. Over the next year and a half, the group auditions more than 400 singers before deciding that Phil Collins, their drummer since 1970, will step into the frontman spot left by Gabriel.
1977 – Elvis Presley is found dead at his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. The rock and roll icon was just 42 years old. At the time of his death, Presley’s estate was valued at $4.9 million. By 1993, its value is more than $50 million.
1979 – Led Zeppelin releases their final studio album, In Through the Out Door.
1980 – John Lennon begins recording the Double Fantasy album. The record will later be awarded a Grammy for “Album of the Year.”
1987 -- Guns N' Roses kick off their first North American tour, performing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as opening act for The Cult.
1987 – Lindsey Buckingham leaves Fleetwood Mac, after refusing to tour behind the band’s latest album, Tango in the Night.
1991 – Nirvana performs a concert at The Roxy in Los Angeles, where they invite fans to attend the shoot for the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” When filming begins two days later, the response is so massive that hundreds of fans have to be turned away.
1995 -- Foo Fighters make their U.S. network television debut, performing “This is a Call” on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
1997 – The Rolling Stones announce plans for their “Bridges to Babylon” tour by driving up to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York in a red ’55 Cadillac, with Mick Jagger at the wheel.
2005 – Sly Stone makes a rare public appearance, when he shows up the Knitting Factory in Hollywood to watch his little sister, Vet, perform with a Sly and the Family Stone tribute band.
Releases
1966 – Jefferson Airplane: Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
1970 -- The Band: Stage Fright
1971 – Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame
1971 – The Who: Who’s Next
1974 -- Harry Nilsson: Pussy Cats
1975 -- Rod Stewart: Atlantic Crossing
1976 -- Burning Spear: Man in the Hills
1977 -- Doobie Brothers: Livin’ on the Fault Line
1978 -- The Who: Who Are You
1979 – Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door
1979 -- Bob Dylan: Slow Train Coming
1979 – XTC: Drums and Wires
1980 -- The Cars: Panorama
1980 – Yes: Drama
1981 -- The Pretenders: Pretenders II
1983 -- Cheap Trick: Next Position Please
1983 – Heart: Passionworks
1983 -- AC/DC: Flick of the Switch
1984 – Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Red Hot Chili Peppers
1985 -- John Cougar Mellencamp: Scarecrow
1989 – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mother’s Milk
1990 -- Prince: Graffiti Bridge
1990 – Black Sabbath: Tyr
1991 – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Notorious
1991 -- Julian Lennon: Help Yourself
1992 – Motorhead: March or Die
1992 -- Eric Clapton: Unplugged
1994 – Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Sleeps with Angels
1997 – Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
2002 -- Black Sabbath: Past Lives
2003 -- Neil Young: Greendale
2003 -- Kings of Leon: Youth and Young Manhood
Deaths
Robert Johnson – Aug. 16, 1938
Elvis Presley – Aug. 16, 1977
Norman Petty (producer) – Aug. 15, 1984
Roy Buchanan – Aug. 14, 1988
Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) – Aug. 14, 1988
Tony Williams (The Platters) – Aug. 14, 1992
Betty Everett – Aug. 19, 2001
Vassar Clements – Aug. 16, 2005
Jerry Wexler (producer) – Aug. 15, 2008
LeRoi Moore (Dave Matthews Band) – Aug. 19, 2008
Jim Dickinson – Aug. 15, 2009
Richie Hayward (Little Feat) – Aug. 14, 2010
Scott McKenzie – Aug. 18, 2012
Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult) – Aug. 14, 2013
Births
Ginger Baker – Aug. 19, 1939
Dash Crofts (Seals and Crofts) – Aug. 14, 1940
Johnny Nash – Aug. 19, 1940
David Crosby – Aug. 14, 1941
Isaac Hayes – Aug. 20, 1942
Kevin Ayers (The Soft Machine) – Aug. 16, 1944
Ian Gillan – Aug. 19, 1945
Larry Graham (Sly and The Family Stone) – Aug. 14, 1946
Jimmy Webb – Aug. 15, 1946
Ralf Hutter (Kraftwerk) – Aug. 20, 1946
James Pankow (Chicago) – Aug. 20, 1947
Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers) – Aug. 15, 1948
Robert Plant – Aug. 20, 1948
Scott Asheton (The Stooges) – Aug. 16, 1949
Phil Lynott – Aug. 20, 1949
Slim Dunlap (The Replacements) – Aug. 14, 1951
John Deacon – Aug. 19, 1951
John Hiatt – Aug. 20, 1952
Colin Moulding (XTC) – Aug. 17, 1955
Tim Farris (INXS) – Aug. 16, 1957
Belinda Carlisle – Aug. 16, 1958
Gilby Clarke – Aug. 17, 1962
Tanya Donnelly – Aug. 14, 1966
Dimebag Darrell – Aug. 20, 1966
Fred Durst – Aug. 20, 1970
Emily Robison (Dixie Chicks) – Aug. 16, 1972
Week of August 21st - 27th
This week is a major one for rock anniversaries. From the releases of Pearl Jam's Ten and Metallica: ...And Justice for All to the birthdays of Keith Moon and Rob Halford, it's obvious this week in rock history truly rocks. Keep reading for some major events, historic record releases and notable births and deaths happening Aug. 21 – 27.
Events
1965 - The Rolling Stones' record "Out of Our Heads" reaches No. 1 in the U.S.
1965 - During a break on a U.S. tour, the Beatles visited Elvis Presley at his residence in Beverly Hills.
1967 - The great Keith Moon of the Who drove a car in to a hotel swimming pool by accident. He was attempting elude the police who had arrived to shut down his birthday party. While some say the story isn't true, Roger Daltrey stands behind it.
1968 - The final day of recording the Beatles' "Sexy Sadie" takes place.
1970 - The Velvet Underground played their final show with Lou Reed at the Manhattan venue Max's Kansas City.
1970 - Elton John performs in the U.S. for the first time. It's at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.
1982 - Bono of U2 gets married to his high school sweetheart Alison Stewart at the Guinness Church of Ireland.
2016 - The Tragically Hip perform their final concert.
Releases
1968 - Fleetwood Mac, Mr. Wonderful
1972 - The Kinks, Everybody's in Show-Biz
1975 - Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
1976 - Boston, Boston
1976 - Eric Clapton, No Reason to Cry
1979 - The Alan Parsons Project, Eve
1981 - The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You
1982 - Alice Cooper, Zipper Catches Skin
1983 - Rainbow, Bent Out of Shape
1985 - The Cure: The Head on the Door
1986 - Paul McCartney: Press to Play
1987 - The Cars, Door to Door
1988 - Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
1988 - Metallica, ...And Justice for All
1991 - Pearl Jam, Ten
1996 - Pearl Jam, No Code
1997 - Oasis, Be Here Now
1998 - Rob Zombie, Hellbilly Deluxe
2002 - Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
2002 - Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
2002 - Stone Sour, Stone Sour
2008 - Slipknot: All Hope Is Gone
2008 - B.B. King, One Kind Favor
2010 - The Pretty Reckless, Light Me Up
2012 - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Last of a Dyin' Breed
2014 - Royal Blood, Royal Blood
Deaths
Brian Epstein (manager of the Beatles) - August 27, 1967
Stevie Ray Vaughan - August 27, 1990
Bob Stegmeyer (bassist) - August 25, 1995
Jack Nitzsche (producer) - August 25, 2000
Sid Bernstein (promoter for the Beatles and manager for various artists) - August 21, 2013
Births
John Lee Hooker - August 22, 1920
Kenny Rogers - August 21, 1938
Tom Coster (Santana) - August 21, 1941
Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) - August 24, 1945
Keith Moon - August 23, 1946
Rick Springfield - August 23, 1949
Gene Simmons - August 25, 1949
Jimi Jamison (Survivor) - August 23, 1951
Rob Halford - August 25, 1951
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) - August 21, 1952
Alex Lifeson - August 27, 1953
Elvis Costello - August 25, 1954
Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) - August 27, 1956
Vernon Reid (Living Colour) - August 22, 1958
Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) - August 23, 1961
John Bush (Anthrax) - August 24, 1963
Dan Vickrey (Counting Crows) - August 26, 1966
Shirley Manson (Garbage) - August 26, 1966
Layne Staley - August 22, 1967
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) - August 25, 1967
Adrian Young (No Doubt) - August 26, 1969
Tony Kanal (No Doubt) - August 27, 1970
Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) - August 23, 1978
Kacey Musgraves - August 21, 1988
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