Monday 6 March 2017
Today in rock history 6th March
1893 – Born on this day, Memphis blues artist Walter “Furry” Lewis. He was the first guitarist to play with a bottleneck.
1945 – Hugh Grundy (Zombies) is born.
1946 – David Gilmour of “Pink Floyd” is born today.
1965 – Rolling Stones are in Liverpool tracking a new record, “Got Live if You Want It”.
1967 – The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at Abbey Road studios in London.
1970 – The Beatles release “Let it Be” as a single in the UK.
1970 – Charles Manson releases his own LP, “Lie.”
1973 – Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Cum On Feel The Noize’.
1975 -Led Zeppelin ‘s “Physical Graffiti” goes gold!
1989 – Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and wife give birth to Chelsea Anna Tyler.
1990 - Aerosmith were inducted into Hollywood’s Rock Walk on Sunset Boulevard in the midst of a three night sellout stand at The Forum in Los Angeles.
2004 – David Crosby is arrested for leaving a bag of Marijuana, a knife and a loaded .45 gun in a hotel room in New York.
2005 – Metal DJ “Tommy Vance” dies from a stroke. His claim to fame is a a Rock show played on Friday nights for the BBC.
2005 – Welsh trio The Stereophonics top the U.K. singles chart with “Dakota.”
2006 – In the wake of its prerelease leak, the new Pearl Jam single, “World Wide Suicide,” becomes available for free download.
2008 – A UK charity warned that nine out of ten young people had experienced the first signs of hearing damage after listening to loud music.
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