On This Day in Rock History
2012 – Agreement on Royalty rates for Digital music reached on This Day in Rock Music History! — 2012 – Agreement on Royalty rates for Digital music reached on This Day in Rock Music History! The Music Industry’s largest trade groupd agreed on rates for licensing music to online [...]
2012 – Britney Spears snags $15 million to be a judge on “The X Factor” on This Day in Rock! — 2012 – Britney Spears snags $15 million to be a judge on “The X Factor” on This Day in Rock! Nice paycheck!
2011 – Bob Dylan plays a concert in HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam on this Day in Rock! — 2011 – Yesterday, Bob Dylan plays a concert in HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam on this Day in Rock!
2008 – Velvet Revolver:The exit door had no sooner hit Scott Weiland… — 2008 – Velvet Revolver:The exit door had no sooner hit Scott Weiland on the backside when his ex-bandmates in Velvet Revolver opened the door to the studio. They’re already hard [...]
2006 – June Pointer, a member of singing group the… — 2006 – June Pointer, a member of singing group the Pointer Sisters, dies of cancer. The 52-year-old singer was the youngest member of the Grammy-winning group, which also featured sisters [...]
2006 – D12 rapper Proof is shot to Deaths at a Det… — 2006 – D12 rapper Proof is shot to Deaths at a Detroit club that is operating illegally after hours. The artist, whose real name is DeShaun Holton, is 30.
2006 – Actress Scarlett Johansson, “Moulin Rouge” … — 2006 – Actress Scarlett Johansson, “Moulin Rouge” star Ewan McGregor and “Desperate Housewives” principal Teri Hatcher are among the actors who put their own spin on famous tunes on “Unexpected [...]
2005 – Gretchen Wilson is among the winners at the… — 2005 – Gretchen Wilson is among the winners at the 2005 CMT Music Awards, held at Nashville’s Gaylord Entertainment Center. Wilson takes home two of the evening’s nine fan-voted awards: [...]
2002 – Hard rocking acts Staind, Godsmack, and Aer… — 2002 – Hard rocking acts Staind, Godsmack, and Aerosmith take home two prizes each at the 15th annual Boston Music Awards at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre.
2002 – Former Mrs. Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson says… — 2002 – Former Mrs. Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson says yes when bad-boy musician Kid Rock proposes to her in the desert outside Las Vegas.
2001 – Lonestar vocalist Ritchie McDonald takes a … — 2001 – Lonestar vocalist Ritchie McDonald takes a break from the band’s tour with the fourth George Strait Country Music Festival to return to Nashville and be with his wife [...]
2001 – Instrumentalist Sandy Bull dies in Nashvill… — 2001 – Instrumentalist Sandy Bull dies in Nashville after a long illness. He is 60. Bull, a master of the accoustic guitar and such Eastern instruments as the oud and [...]
2000 – Van Halen Box: 1978-1984 is released this day in rock history! — 2000 – Van Halen Box: 1978-1984 is released this day in rock history! Release date: 2000-04-11
1998 – History’s great thumb picking guitarists ha… — 1998 – History’s great thumb picking guitarists have their day when Grandpa Jones, Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Ike Everly, Kennedy Jones, Arnold Shultz, Lightnin’ Chance, Mose Rager and Laverda Rager [...]
1995 – Peter, Paul and Mary release their 17th alb… — 1995 – Peter, Paul and Mary release their 17th album, “LifeLines.”
1992 – Country music singer Lee Greenwood marries … — 1992 – Country music singer Lee Greenwood marries Kimberly Payne, who was Miss Tennessee of 1989. The 50-year-old Greenwood marries the 24-year-old former beauty queen in Nashville, Tenn. It is [...]
1981 – Musician Eddie Van Halen marries actress Va… — 1981 – Musician Eddie Van Halen marries actress Valerie Bertinelli of TV’s “One Day at a Time.”
1970 – Paul McCartney announces he will not record… — 1970 – Paul McCartney announces he will not record with John Lennon again.
1970 – Peter Green quit Fleetwood Mac while on tour in Germany, to avoid — 1970 – Peter Green quit Fleetwood Mac while on tour in Germany, to avoid breach of contract he agreed to finish the current tour.
1966 – Final broadcast of TV’s “Hullabaloo” musi… — 1966 – Final broadcast of TV’s “Hullabaloo” music series. Guests include Lesley Gore and Paul Anka.
1965 – Performing at the New Musical Express poll winners concert, at London’s Wembley Empire Pool, England, The Beatles — 1965 – Performing at the New Musical Express poll winners concert, at London’s Wembley Empire Pool, England, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, Freddie and the Dreamers, [...]
1964 – The Beatles set a new chart record when they had 14 songs on the — 1964 – The Beatles set a new chart record when they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The songs ranged from ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ at No.1 [...]
1963 – Gerry And The Pacemakers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart — 1963 – Gerry And The Pacemakers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘How Do You Do It” The group’s first of three UK No.1’s.
1961 – Bob Dylan Debuts in New York on This Day in Rock Music History! — 1961 – Bob Dylan Debuts in New York on This Day in Rock Music History! Bob Dylan has his first live performance in New York at Gerde’s Folk City, where [...]
1957 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “All Shook Up… — 1957 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “All Shook Up,” Elvis Presley. Chart Toppers ranks the single as the No. 1 song of 1957, the second year in a [...]
1956 – Travelling from Amarillo to Nashville, the plane that Elvis Presley was — 1956 – Travelling from Amarillo to Nashville, the plane that Elvis Presley was flying on developed engine trouble and was forced to make an emergency landing. The incident [...]