HC's Rock Rewind — May 7 -20
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HC's Rock Rewind
A look back at the past two weeks in Rock History
by Anne Erickson
Week of May 7th - 13th
This week in rock music history was marked by abundance of significant events. “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band” recorded their very first single, England’s most influential punk band signed a record contract, and a beloved ‘60s pop band kicked off their final reunion tour. A trove of classic albums was released as well, including landmark records by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Heart and Frank Zappa. Read on for a look back at other noteworthy moments that shaped rock and roll during this historically eventful week.
Events
1963 – The Rolling Stones record their first single, a cover version of Chuck Berry’s “Come On.”
1965 – The Byrds appear on American television for the first time, performing their cover of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” on NBC’s “Hullabaloo.”
1967 – Pink Floyd stages the first rock concert to feature quadraphonic sound, employing the technology for a show at Queen Elizabeth Hall in England.
1972 – Billy Preston headlines New York’s Radio City Music Hall, becoming the first rock and roll artist to do so.
1974 – Led Zeppelin launch their own record label, Swan Song Records. Bad Company and Dave Edmonds are among the label’s highest-profile artists. The label shuts down in 1983.
1975 – Apple Records officially comes to an end as a corporation.
1977 – The Sex Pistols ink a record deal with Virgin Records. The group had previously been signed—and dropped—by the labels EMI and A&M. Their deal with Virgin yields the punk classic, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.
1985 – The Go-Go’s announce they are breaking up. Five years later the classic lineup reunites for several shows.
1993 – Aerosmith enter the U.S. album charts at the Number One spot, with Get a Grip. The album goes on to sell more than 20 million copies and earns the band two Grammys.
2006 – The Rolling Stones cancel an upcoming European tour when Keith Richards undergoes emergency brain surgery. The Stones guitarist had suffered a mild concussion after falling out of a tree while on vacation in Fiji.
2011 – The Monkees, sans Michael Nesmith, kick off a 45th Anniversary tour in Liverpool, England. The trek becomes their final reunion tour, as singer Davy Jones passes away the following year.
Releases
1966 – Small Faces: Small Faces
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced
1969 – Muddy Waters: After the Rain
1969 – Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
1970 -- The Jackson 5: ABC
1970 – The Beatles: Let It Be
1970 – Various: Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More
1971 -- Pink Floyd: Relics
1972 – The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street
1973 – Wishbone Ash: Wishbone Four
1974 – New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon
1974 – Bill Wyman: Monkey Grip
1974 – The Kinks: Preservation Act 2
1975 – Hawkwind: Warrior on the Edge of Time
1977 – Roger Daltrey: One of the Boys
1977 – Heart: Little Queen
1980 – Elton John: 21 at 33
1980 – Devo: Freedom of Choice
1981 – Frank Zappa: Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar
1982 – Duran: Rio
1982 – The Clash: Combat Rock
1984 – Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry
1984 – Chicago: Chicago 17
1985 – New Order: Low-Life
1985 – Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms
1988 – Prince: Lovesexy
1989 – John Mellencamp: Big Daddy
1990 – The Bangles: Greatest Hits
1991 – Elvis Costello: Mighty Like a Rose
1992 – Iron Maiden: Fear of the Dark
1992 – The Black Crowes: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
1993 – Blur: Modern Life is Rubbish
1994 – Sonic Youth: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
1994 – Weezer: Weezer (aka “The Blue Album”)
1996 – Def Leppard: Slang
1996 – Peter Wolf: Long Line
1998 – Widespread Panic: Light Fuse, Get Away
2000 – The Jayhawks: Smile
2001 – The Black Crowes: Lions
2001 – R.E.M.: Reveal
2002 – Rush: Vapor Trails
2003 – Fall Out Boy: Take This to Your Grave
2003 – Marilyn Manson: The Golden Age of Grotesque
2005 – Dave Matthews Band: Stand Up
2006 – Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
2006 – The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers
2006 – Neil Young: Living with War
2010 – The Dead Weather: Sea of Cowards
2014 – The Black Keys: Turn Blue
Deaths
Martin Lamble (Fairport Convention) – May 12, 1969
Graham Bond – May 8, 1974
Bob Wills – May 13, 1975
Keith Relf (The Yardbirds) – May 14, 1976
Lester Flatt – May 11, 1979
Bob Marley – May 11, 1981
Chet Baker – May 13, 1988
Frank Sinatra – May 14, 1998
Noel Redding – May 11, 2003
Jack Richardson (producer) – May 13, 2011
Donald Dunn (Booker T and the MG's) – May 13, 2012
Ed Gagliardi (Foreigner) – May 11, 2014
B.B. King – May 14, 2015
Births
Robert Johnson – May 8, 1911
Burt Bacharach – May 12, 1928
Bobby Darin – May 14, 1936
Sonny Curtis (The Crickets) – May 9, 1937
Ricky Nelson – May 8, 1940
Eric Burdon – May 11, 1941
Richie Valens – May 13, 1941
Ian Dury – May 12, 1942
Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse) – May 8, 1943
Paul Samwell-Smith (The Yardbirds) – May 8, 1943
Jack Bruce – May 14, 1943
Bill Legend (T.Rex) – May 8, 1944
Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield) – May 9, 1944
Donavan Leitch – May 10, 1946
Graham Gouldman (10cc) – May 10, 1946
Dave Mason (Traffic) – May 10, 1947
Butch Trucks – May 11, 1947
Pete “Overend” Watts – May 13, 1947
Steve Winwood – May 12, 1948
Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) – May 9, 1950
Billy Squier – May 12, 1950
Stevie Wonder – May 13, 1950
Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) – May 8, 1951
Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) – May 8, 1951
Paul Thompson (Roxy Music) – May 13, 1951
Sly Dunbar – May 10, 1952
David Byrne – May 14, 1952
Alex Van Halen – May 8, 1953
John Edwards (Status Quo) – May 9, 1953
Dave Mason – May 10, 1956
Sid Vicious – May 10, 1957
Eric Singer (Kiss) – May 12, 1958
Billy Dufy (The Cult) – May 12, 1959
Paul Hewson (aka Bono) – May 10, 1960
Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) – May 9, 1962
C.C. Deville – May 14, 1962
Ian Astbury (The Cult) – May 14, 1962
Darius Rucker – May 13, 1966
Joe Bonamassa – May 8, 1977
Week of May 14th - 20th
This week in rock history brims with memorable events, both positive and negative, from the births of Trent Reznor and Krist Novoselic to the passing of Ronnie James Dio. Read on for some major events, historic record releases and births and deaths happening May 15 through May 20.
Events
1963 - The debut Monterey Folk Festival takes place, featuring Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary and Joan Baez.
1964 - The Animals start recording "House of the Rising Sun."
1975 - Fleetwood Mac performs for the first time with new members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in El Paso, Texas.
1980 - Drummer Peter Criss exits Kiss but returns to the fold, with Ace Frehley, in 1996.
1991 - Paul McCartney issues Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) in the U.K., marking the first album released from an MTV Unplugged performance.
1993 - Depeche Mode kick off their Devotional tour in Lille, France.
2000 - The Artist Formerly Known As Prince publicly states he will start using his name again.
2010 - Inspiring vocalist Ronnie James Dio passes away from stomach cancer. He was 67 years old.
Releases
Bill Haley and His Comets, “Rock Around the Clock” (single), 1954
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds, 1966
Bob Dylan, Blonde On Blonde, 1966
The Who, Live at Leeds, 1970
Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram, 1971
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On, 1971
Uriah Heep, Demons and Wizards, 1972
Elton John, Honky Château, 1972
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, 1973
The Kinks, Soap Opera, 1975
Elton John, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, 1975
Rainbow, Rising, 1976
David Bowie, Lodger, 1979
Run-DMC, Raising Hell, 1986
Foo Fighters, The Colour and The Shape, 1997
John Fogerty, Blue Moon Swamp, 1997
Pearl Jam, Binaural, 2000
Motörhead, We Are Motörhead, 2000
The Go-Go's, God Bless the Go-Go's, 2001
Weezer, Weezer (aka The Green Album), 2001
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Vicious Cycle, 2003
Lenny Kravitz, Baptism, 2004
Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown, 2009
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Apocalyptic Love, 2012
Deaths
Frank Sinatra – May 14, 1998
Bob Flanigan, May 15, 2011
Django Reinhardt, May 16, 1953
Sammy Davis, Jr, May 16, 1990
Ronnie James Dio, May 16, 2010
Johnny “Guitar” Watson, May 17, 1996
Donna Summer, May 17, 2012
Elvin Jones, May 18, 2004
Robin Gibb, May 20, 2012
Ray Manzarek, May 20, 2013
Births
Dan Auerbach – May 14, 1979
Brian Eno, May 15, 1948
Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen (Toto), May 15, 1951
Robert Fripp, May 16, 1946
Jonathan Richman, May 16, 1951
Krist Novoselic, May 16, 1965
Jesse Winchester, May 17, 1944
Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson), May 17, 1949
Steve Earle, May 17, 1955
Trent Reznor, May 17, 1965
Josh Homme, May 17, 1973
Rick Wakeman, May 18, 1949
Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), May 18, 1950
Pete Townshend, May 19, 1945
Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), May 19, 1949
Joey Ramone, May 19, 1951
Joe Cocker, May 20, 1944
-HC-
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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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