HC's Rock Rewind - November 21st - December 4th
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HC's Rock Rewind
A look back at the past two weeks in Rock History
by Team HC
November 21st - 27th
Read all about the events in rock history between November 21 - 27! It includes the first public UK live show of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, no less than three Beatles albums, and sadly the death of a rock music icon.
Events
1955 - RCA Records bought Elvis Presley's recording contract from Sun Records for $35,000. This was considered a substantial amount of money at the time.
1960 - After George Harrison was discovered to be underage, the Beatles were forced to play Hamburg's Kaiserkeller Club without their 17 year old guitarist.
1965 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their public live debut in the UK on November 25 when they played at the Bag O'Nails Club in London.
1968 - Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce played their last show as Cream at London's Royal Albert Hall.
1976 - The Band played their last show ever. It took place at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
Releases
1963 - The Beatles: With the Beatles
1965 - The Kinks: The Kink Controversy
1967 - The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
1968 - The Beatles: The Beatles
1968 - The Kinks: The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
1970 - George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
1971 - Alice Cooper: Killer
1974 - Johnny Winter: John Dawson Winter III
1977 - Eric Clapton: Slowhand
1981 - AC/DC: For Those About to Rock We Salute You
1986 - Eric Clapton: August
1989 - Rush: Presto
1990 - Bad Religion: Against the Grain
1993 - Guns N' Roses: "The Spaghetti Incident?"
1995 - Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost of Tom Joad
1998 - Metallica: Garage, Inc.
2002 - Sum 41: Does This Look Infected?
2003 - Puddle of Mudd: Life on Display
2004 - U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2005 - System of a Down: Hypnotize
2008 - Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy
Deaths
John Rostill (The Shadows) - November 26, 1973
Big Joe Turner - November 23, 1985
Peter Grant (Led Zeppelin manager) - November 21, 1995
Michael Hutchence (INXS) - November 22, 1997
Eric Carr (Kiss) - November 24, 1991
Freddie Mercury - November 24, 1991
Albert Collins - November 24, 1993
Births
Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennack) - November 21, 1940
Jimi Hendrix - November 27, 1942
John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) - November 26, 1945
Steven Van Zandt (E Street Band) - November 22, 1950
John Squire (The Stone Roses) - November 24, 1962
Tony Rombola (Godsmack) - November 24, 1964
Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) - November 25, 1964
Alex James (Blur) - November 21, 1968
Chad Taylor (Live) - November 24, 1970
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) - November 22, 1978
November 28th - December 4th
This week in rock music history was been marked by abundance of significant events. A long-running music awards show made its television debut, a pioneering hard rock band officially came to an end, and a revered alternative group entered the Top 10 chart for the very first time. A trove of classic albums was released as well, including landmark records by The Rolling Stones, The Who and Pink Floyd. Read on for a look back at other noteworthy moments that shaped rock and roll during this historically eventful week.
Events
1956 - The “rock and roll” film “The Girl Can't Help It” opens in the U.S. Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, the Platters and Fats Domino are among the featured artists.
1959 - The Grammy Awards show is nationally televised for the first time.
1961 - The Beatles and Brian Epstein meet for the first time, at a record store owned by Epstein. Later that evening they meet again to discuss Epstein’s management of the group.
1965 - Keith Richards suffers a serious electric shock – losing consciousness -- when his guitar makes contact with his microphone during a performance of “The Last Time” at a Rolling Stones show in Sacramento.
1966 - The Beatles record “Strawberry Fields Forever.”
1966 - Jeff Beck officially leaves The Yardbirds after spending a year-and-a-half in the band. He later forms the Jeff Beck Group.
1968 - Janis Joplin makes her last appearance with Big Brother & the Holding Company.
1969 - The Beatles’ “Come Together” reaches #1 on the charts.
1974 – John Lennon joins Elton John onstage at Madison Square Garden, where the two perform “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night” and “I Saw Her Standing There.” It would be Lennon’s last concert appearance.
1977 – David Bowie joins Bing Crosby for a duet on Crosby’s final Christmas TV special. The two perform a modified version of “Little Drummer Boy,” with Bowie singing new “Peace On Earth” lyrics composed by the show’s writers.
1979 - The four original members of KISS perform for the last time together before their first breakup.
1980 - Led Zeppelin officially declare they will not continue as a band in the wake of drummer John Bonham’s death.
1980 - Annie Leibovitz takes the last known photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono together at the Lennon’s apartment in New York.
1983 – Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video debuts on MTV. A "making of" version is later released on VHS tape, and becomes the best-selling music video of all time.
1987 - REM enter the Top 10 on the US singles chart for the first time, with their hit “‘The One I Love.”
1988 - Roy Orbison plays what turns out to be his last concert, in Akron, Ohio. Orbison dies of heart failure two days after the show.
Releases
1964 - The Beatles: Beatles for Sale
1965 - The Rolling Stones: December's Children (And Everybody’s)
1967 – Love: Forever Changes
1968 – Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
1968 - The Who: The Who Sell Out
1968 - The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet
1969 - The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
1970 – Derek and the Dominoes: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
1970 – Velvet Underground: Loaded
1970 – Trapeze: Medusa
1970 – Spirit: The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
1970 – Wishbone Ash: Wishbone Ash
1971 – Bonnie Raitt: Bonnie Raitt
1971 – Mott the Hoople: Brain Capers
1971 – Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk
1971 – Mountain: Flowers of Evil
1971 – Steppenwolf: For Ladies Only
1971 – Traffic: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
1971 – Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson
1971 – Humble Pie: Performance Rockin’ the Fillmore
1971 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Pictures at an Exhibition
1971 – King Crimson – Islands
1973 – Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1974 – Charlie Daniels Band: Fire on the Mountain
1974 – Ohio Players: Fire
1974 – Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like a Wheel
1974 – Mott the Hoople: Live
1974 – Deep Purple: Stormbringer
1974 – Badfinger: Wish You Were Here
1975 – Pure Prairie League: If the Shoe Fits
1976 – ZZ Top: Tejas
1976 – Joni Mitchell: Hejira
1976 – Foghat: Night Shift
1976 – Jackson Browne: The Pretender
1976 – Aerosmith: Draw the Line
1976 – The Scorpions: Taken by Force
1977 – KISS: Alive II
1978 – Alice Cooper: From the Inside
1978 – The J. Geils Band: Sanctuary
1978 – The Doobie Brothers: Minute by Minute
1979 – Pink Floyd: The Wall
1980 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy
1980 – The Jam: Sound Affects
1982 - Michael Jackson: Thriller
1983 - Bad Religion: Into the Unknown
1984 – Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers
1988 – Guns N’ Roses: G N’ R Lies
1993 - The Beatles: Live at the BBC (Recorded 1963-'65)
Deaths
Magic Sam – Dec. 1, 1969
Tommy Bolin – Dec. 4, 1976
Frank Zappa – Dec. 4, 1993
Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) – Nov. 28, 1993
George Harrison – Nov. 29, 2001
Odetta – Dec. 2, 2008
Hubert Sumlin – Dec. 4, 2011
Junior Murvin – Dec. 2, 2013
Bobby Keys – Dec. 2, 2014
Ian McLagan (Small Faces, Faces) – Dec. 3, 2014
Scott Weiland – Dec. 3, 2015
Births
Merle Travis – Nov. 29, 1917
Berry Gordy, Jr. – Nov. 28, 1929
Dick Clark – Nov. 30, 1929
Bob Moore (Moby Grape) – Nov. 30, 1932
John Mayall – Nov. 29, 1933
Chris Hillman (The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds) – Dec. 4, 1942
Bob Mosley (Moby Grape) – Dec. 4, 1942
Randy Newman – Nov. 28, 1943
Felix Cavaliere – Nov. 29, 1944
Robb Grill (The Grass Roots) – Nov. 30, 1944
Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) – Dec. 1, 1944
John Densmore (The Doors) – Dec. 1, 1944
Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys) – Dec. 4, 1944
Roger Glover (Deep Purple) – Nov. 30, 1945
Gilbert O'Sullivan – Dec. 1, 1946
Ronnie Montrose – Nov. 29, 1947
Ozzy Osbourne – Dec. 3, 1948
Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship) – Dec. 3, 1949
Barry Goudreau (Boston) – Nov. 29, 1951
Jaco Pastorius – Dec. 1, 1951
Gary Rossington – Dec. 4, 1951
Duane Roland (Molly Hatchet) – Dec. 3, 1952
Billy Idol – Nov. 30, 1955
John Ashton (The Psychedelic Furs) – Nov. 30, 1957
Rick Savage (Def Leppard) – Dec. 2, 1960
Matt Cameron (Soundgarden) – Nov. 28, 1962
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