Today in Rock n Roll History

1958: The very first Gibson model Flying V guitar is shipped from a factory in Kalamazoo, Mich.

1964: Billy Joel joined his first rock band, a New York band called The Echoes as the pianist, which specialized in covering British Invasion bands.

1970: Having been in release for only 15 weeks, Led Zeppelin II approaches sales of 2 million.

1995: Bruce Springsteen performed with The E Street Band for the first time in seven years at Tramps Nightclub in New York City to film a music video for the song Murder Incorporated, a new song recorded for Springsteen’s Greatest Hits album which was released the following week.

2001: At the 43rd Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, the big winners were Steely Dan who won three awards including Albun of the Year for Two Against Nature & U2 who also won three awards including Record of the Year for Beautiful Day.

2002: Elton John accused the music industry of exploiting young singers & dumping talented artists for manufactured groups. He also said “There are too many average and mediocre acts, it damages real talent getting airplay. It’s just fodder.”

2003: Ringo Starr & record producer Mark Hudson announced the formation of their new record label, Pumkinhead Records to give a hand to musical “newcomers.”

2006: Kid Rock files a lawsuit to prevent the distribution of a videotape featuring himself and Creed’s Scott Stapp being “serviced” by four women. Hmmm… it’s good to be Rock Stars!


TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
1922: Murray “the K” Kaufman, who used to be called the fifth Beatle because of his role in promoting their first tour,and oddly enough dies at age 60 on this same day.
1943: David Geffen-founder of Asylum Records & Geffen Records
1945: Paul Newton-bassist for Uriah Heep
1949: Jerry Harrison-guitarist & keyboardist for Talking Heads
1951: Vince Welnick-keyboardist for The Tubes & Grateful Dead