Friday 16 March 2018

Today in rock history 16th March

1948 -  Born on this day, Michael Bruce, guitar, Alice Cooper Band.
1954 – Born on this day, Nancy Wilson,Heart,
1958 – The Champs go to No. 1 with “Tequila.”
1959 – Plans announced for the first American rock-and-roll package tour to hit Europe. Performers including Bobby Darin, Conway Twitty, Duane Eddy and Pony Tails are contracted, along with UK star Cliff Richard.
1964 – DJ Alan Freed is charged with tax evasion
1964 – Ringo Starr is elected vice president of the Leeds University Law Society.
1967 – Pink Floyd begin sessions at Abbey Road studios for their debut album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
1972 – John Lennon lodged an appeal with the US immigration office in New York, after he was served with deportation orders arising from his 1968 cannabis possession conviction.
1977 – After being with the label for just six days The Sex Pistols were fired from A&M due to pressure from other label artists and its Los Angeles head office.
1979 – Twisted Sister sell out New York’s Palladium. It’s the first time an unsigned band has headlined and filled the 3,000-seat theater.
1989 – MTV America launched a contest to give away Jon Bon Jovi’s childhood home.
1991 – Eddie Van Halen and his wife, actress Valerie Bertinelli, have a son. The couple names the child Wolfgang Van Halen.
1992 – During a Metallica gig at Orlando Arena fans dangled an usher by his ankles from the balcony as trouble broke out at the concert. The band was charged $38,000 (£22,353) for repairs and cleaning after the audience trashed the building.
1993 - Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page & Whitesnake singer David Coverdale released their first and only album together titled Coverdale and Page
1996 – The Ramones performed what they claimed would be their last ever date in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004 – Courtney Love shows up two hours late for a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on drugs possession charges. During the proceedings, she fires her legal team, only to declare them rehired after a warning from the judge.
2004 – Mick Jones of the Clash joins the Libertines onstage at a Love Music Hate Racism Gig in London. The guitarist performs the Clash hit “Should I Stay or Should I Go” with the band.
2005 – Billy Joel checked into a rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse. A statement from the 55-year-old singer’s spokesperson put his latest problems down to “a recent bout of severe gastrointestinal distress.”
2015 - Andy Fraser, bassist for the group Free and co-writer of their hit "All Right Now", died of cancer at the age of 62.
2017 - The Kinks' front man, 72-year-old Ray Davies, was knighted by the Prince Of Wales for services to the arts at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London, England.

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