This Day in Rock... 1940 – Singer Tom Jones (Thomas Jones Woodward) is born in Pontypridd, South Wales. 1944 – Byrds guitarist Clarence White is born this day in rock history! 1964 – during their first ever US tour The Rolling Stones were booed off stage at a gig in San Antonio, Texas. Some performing Monkeys who had been the act on before the Stones were brought back on stage for another performance. 1969 – Blind Faith makes its live debut in a London park. 150,000 people attend the free performance. 1969 – Johnny Cash debuts his own network variety show on CBS-TV. 1969 – Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell both appeared on the first ABC TV Johnny Cash Show from Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. 1970 – The Who performs its rock opera, “Tommy,” at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. 1975 – Elton John’s album ‘Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboys’, went to No.1 on the US album chart. 1977 – Led Zeppelin played the first of six sold out nights at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. 1979 – Chuck Berry performs at the White House at President Carter’s request. Little more than one month later he is sentenced to four months in jail for income tax evasion. 1987 – David Bowie played a concert in West Berlin in front of the Reichstag with the speakers pointing towards the nearby Berlin Wall where thousands of young East Berliners stood and listened. 1990 – The Black Crowes played their debut UK gig at the Marquee in London. 1999 – Rod Stewart was supposed to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning. But he arrives late and decides to toss some soccer balls onto the trading floor instead.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:51:04 +0000
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