HC's Rock Rewind: January 1 - 14
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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 1st - 7th
Another Auld Lang Syne of memorable events occurred during this week in rock history. Fleetwood Mac took on two new members, a key member of the Rolling Stones announced his departure from the band, and Gibson launched one of the company’s most visually striking guitars. Read on for a look back at other significant moments that shaped rock and roll during this historically eventful week.
Events
1950 – Sam Phillips opens the Memphis Recording Service, later to be renamed Sun Studio.
1958 – Gibson launches the legendary “Flying V” electric guitar. Albert King, Dave Davies and Lonnie Mack are among the many renowned players who come to be associated with the instrument.
1959 – ABC’s “American Bandstand” leads the daytime television ratings for the first time.
1966 – Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” tops the U.S. singles chart.
1969 – The Beatles begin rehearsals for what will eventually become their Let It Be album.
1970 – B. J. Thomas’s recording of “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” tops the U.S. singles chart. It remains in the top spot for four weeks.
1971 – George Harrison’s triple album, All Things Must Pass, begins a seven-week run atop the U.S. album chart.
1973 – Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” reaches the Number One spot on the Hot 100 chart.
1975 – Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac. Among the songs the two bring to the band are “Landslide” and “Rhiannon.”
1979 – The soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever” tops 25 million in worldwide sales, making the double-LP the best-selling album in history at that point.
1979 – Prince makes his live debut, performing at the Capri Theatre in Minneapolis.
1980 – David Bowie makes his final appearance in the title role of “The Elephant Man” at the Booth Theatre on Broadway.
1987 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1989 – Nirvana enters into a one-year recording contract with the Sub Pop record label.
1993 – The Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman announces he is leaving the band. Wyman had been the group’s bassist for 30 years.
2010 – Chris Cornell announces via a tweet than Soundgarden are reuniting. The group had split up 13 years earlier, in 1997.
Releases
1967 – The Doors: The Doors
1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country
1970 – Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs
1973 – Thin Lizzy: Vagabonds of the Western World
1973 – Aerosmith: Aerosmith
1973 – Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band: Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
1974 – Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark
1976 – Journey: Look into the Future
1976 – Bob Dylan: Desire
1976 – Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive!
1979 – Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Armed Forces
1979 – Joe Jackson: Look Sharp!
1983 – Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1986 – The Bangles: Different Light
1988 – L.A. Guns: L.A. Guns
1993 – Neil Young: Lucky Thirteen
2006 – The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth
2008 -- The Smashing Pumpkins: American Gothic
Deaths
Hank Williams – Jan. 1, 1953
Tex Ritter – Jan. 2, 1974
Charlie Mingus – Jan. 5, 1979
Alexis Korner – Jan. 1, 1984
Phil Lynott – Jan. 4, 1986
Dizzy Gillespie – Jan. 6, 1993
Ted Hawkins – Jan. 1, 1995
Randy California – Jan. 2, 1997
Sonny Bono – Jan. 5, 1998
Lou Rawls – Jan. 6, 2006
Ron Asheton (The Stooges) – Jan. 6, 2009
Willie Mitchell – Jan. 5, 2010
Gerry Rafferty – Jan. 4, 2011
Patti Page – Jan. 1, 2013
Jay Traynor (Jay & the Americans) – Jan. 2, 2014
Phil Everly – Jan. 3, 2014
Births
Sam Phillips – Jan. 5, 1923
Earl Scruggs – Jan. 6, 1924
George Martin – Jan. 3, 1926
Roger Miller – Jan. 2, 1936
Paul Revere (Paul Revere & the Raiders) – Jan. 7, 1937
Rory Storm – Jan. 7, 1938
John McLaughlin – Jan. 4, 1942
Van Dyke Parks – Jan. 3, 1943
Stephen Stills – Jan. 3, 1945
Dave Cousins (The Strawbs) – Jan. 7, 1945
John Paul Jones – Jan. 3, 1946
Syd Barrett – Jan. 6, 1946
Kenny Loggins – Jan. 7, 1948
Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople) – Jan. 1, 1950
Chris Stein (Blondie) – Jan. 5, 1950
Malcolm Young – Jan. 6, 1953
Diane Warren – Jan. 1, 1956
Bernard Sumner – Jan. 4, 1956
Grandmaster Flash – Jan. 1, 1958
Kathy Valentine (Go-Go’s) – Jan. 7, 1959
Michael Stipe – Jan. 4, 1960
Marilyn Manson – Jan. 5, 1969
Week of January 8th - 14th
You know it's a big week in music when you have ES-335 player Dave Grohl's birthday and the release of debut albums from the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. We're celebrating the week of Jan. 8 through 14, and read on for some significant events, historic record releases and births and deaths taking place this week in rock history.
Events
1967 - Jimi Hendrix records the massively successful "Purple Haze" at De Lane Lea Studios in London.
1969 - George Harrison leaves the Beatles, but it's only for a brief time.
1974 - Kiss ink their first major recording deal, with Casablanca Records.
1978 - The Sex Pistols perform their final show and soon after break up in San Francisco, California.
1992 - Nirvana's Nevermind record reaches No. 1 in America, taking the place of Michael Jackson's Dangerous.
2012 - The White Stripes singer Jack White appears on the History Channel program American Pickers.
Releases
The Beatles, Introducing... The Beatles, 1964
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin, 1969
David Bowie, Low, 1977
Rush, Permanent Waves, 1980
David Bowie, Where Are We Now? (single), 2013
Deaths
Steve Clark (Def Leppard) – January 8, 1991
Chester Arthur Burnett “Howlin’ Wolf,” January 10, 1976
Margaret Whiting, January 10, 2011
Mickey Finn (T. Rex percussionist), January 11, 2003
Jimmy Griffin (Bread), January 11, 2005
Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage), January 11, 2005
Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees), January 12, 2003
Jerry Nolan (The Heartbreakers and New York Dolls), January 14, 1992
Births
Elvis Presley – January 8, 1935
Robby Krieger – January 8, 1946
David Bowie – January 8, 1947
Joan Baez, January 9, 1941
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, January 9, 1944
Cassie Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd), January 9, 1948
Paul King (Mungo Jerry), January 9, 1948
Steve McRay (.38 Special), January 9, 1950
David Johansen (New York Dolls), January 9, 1953
Eric Erlandson (Hole), January 9, 1963
Carl Bell (Fuel), January 9, 1967
Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth), January 9, 1967
Dave Matthews (The Dave Matthews Band), January 9, 1967
Frank Sinatra Jr., January 10, 1944
Rod Stewart, January 10, 1945
Ronny Light, January 10, 1945
Aynsley Dunbar (Journey, Whitesnake, Jefferson Airplane), January 10, 1946
Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), January 10, 1948
Pat Benatar, January 10, 1953
Michael Schenker (Scorpions, UFO), January 10, 1955
Clarence Clemons (E Street Band), January 11, 1942
Tony Kaye (Yes), January 11, 1943
Tom Dumont (No Doubt), January 11, 1968
Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers), January 11, 1971
William Lee Golden (The Oak Ridge Boys), January 12, 1939
Cynthia Robinson (Sly and the Family Stone), January 12, 1946
Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows), January 12, 1960
Rob Zombie (White Zombie), January 12, 1966
Trevor Rabin (Yes), January 13, 1954
Fred White (Earth, Wind & Fire), January 13, 1955
Zach de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine), January 13, 1970
T-Bone Burnett, January 14, 1948
Geoff Tate (Queensryche), January 14, 1959
Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), January 14, 1969
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