Today In Rock History – July 1 1915 - Blues vocalist and songwriter, Willie Dixon, is born in Vicksburg, MS. 1945 - Vocalist for Blondie, Deborah Harry, is born in Miami, FL. The group has four million-selling No. 1 singles. 1952 - Comedian, actor, writer, Blues Brother (Elwood Blues) and House of Blues co-founder Dan Aykroyd is born in Ottawa, Canada. 1970 - Jimi Hendrix records his first session at Electric Ladyland Studios, New York. 1979 - Stone City Attractions presents Poco and St. Elmo’s Fire at Texas Hall in Arlington, TX. 1979 - Stone City Attractions presents Peter Frampton and Chris Deburgh at the San Antonio Convention Center Arena. 1982 - Stone City Attractions presents Asia and Chris Bliss at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX. 1984 - Stone City Attractions presents Pat Travers at the Cardi’s Club in Beaumont, TX. 1995 – DJ, Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith), died today of a heart attack. 2000 – Guitarist and vocalist for Brownsville Station, Michael “Cub” Koda, died today. Their biggest hit was, “Smoking In The Boys Room”. The song reached No. 3 on the charts, sold over 2 million copies, was certified gold by the RIAA and was covered by Motley Crue in 1985. 2006 - Founder and president of Mercury Records, Irving Green, died today. 2008 – Vocalist, guitarist (Trapeze and Whitesnake) and friend of Stone City Attractions, Mel Galley, died today.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:18:06 +0000