Friday, May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PETER FRAMPTON...Where I Should Be
Released: 35 years ago today, May 30, 1979
Highest Chart Position: #19 U.S. Billboard Album Charts
Label: A&M
Track Highlight: I Can't Stand It No More
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 30
Topper Headon formerly with the Clash is 59; Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine is 50; Patrick Dahlheimer of Live and the Gracious Few is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1968 The Beatles began recording sessions for what would be The Beatles, more commonly known as The White Album
1972 Bruce Springsteen auditions for Columbia Records’ John Hammond. He signs with the label a month later
1980 Carl Radle of Derek And The Dominoes dies from chronic kidney failure. He was 37
1992 Paul Simon and Edie Brickell marry in Montauk, Long Island, New York
1996 John Kahn of the Jerry Garcia Band dies at age 48 of complications from heart disease at his home in Mill Valley, California
2003 Rod Stewart files for a divorce from Rachel Hunter. That same day Paul and Heather McCartney announce they are expecting a child
2006 'The Hard Stuff' by George Thorogood and the Destroyers is relesed
2010 Ronnie James Dio is laid to rest at the Hall of Liberty in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills

No comments: