June 21, 1967: A free concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park celebrating the Summer Solstice features performances by The Grateful Dead, Big Brother & the Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service in a jam that builds to a lighting of the Conservatory of Flowers in mandalas of psychedelic color.
Showing posts with label Genesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genesis. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Music History Today: May 9, 2022
May 9, 1992: Genesis blasted from Number 79 to 44 the second week on the chart with "Hold On My Heart."
"Hold on My Heart" by Genesis was released as the album's third single from their 14th studio album, We Can't Dance..
Monday, April 4, 2022
Music History Today: April 4, 2022
April 4, 1998: "The Unforgiven II" by Metallica entered Billboard's Hot 100.
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Music History Today: January 31, 2022
January 31, 2004: No Doubt reached Number 10 on Billboard's singles chart with "It's My Life."
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Music History Today: October 11, 2021
October 11, 1980: "I’m Alright" by Kenny Loggins from the film Caddyshack reached Number 7 on the Billboard hot 110 single's chart.
It’s hard to imagine now, but Kenny Loggins wasn’t the king of the soundtracks heading into 1980.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Music History Today: June 27, 2021
June 27, 1989: The studio album The End of the Innocence by Don Henley was released.
Don Henley’s biggest album outside of the Eagles, The End Of The Innocence sold six million copies in America alone.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Music History Today: January 28, 2021
January 28, 1968: Sarah McLachlan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan debuted in 1988 with her piano-based folk-pop, which went on to gain her a devoted following, a number of Juno and Grammy Awards, and placement in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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Monday, June 8, 2020
Music History Today: June 9, 2020
June 9, 1973: The Doobie Brothers moved up the chart from number 22 to 10 with "Long Train Runnin'."
“That song was a jam for the longest time, it literally was,” Doobies singer and guitarist Tom Johnston tells UCR. “I would make up different words every night while we were playing it live, because we were in clubs and it didn’t really matter.
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