Rock and metal history, a day like today July 12
1943: Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac is born Christine Anne Perfect in Bouth, Lancashire, England.
1948: Walter Egan ("Magnet And Steel" and "Hot Summer Nights") was born in Jamaica, New York.
1950: Eric Carr (drummer for KISS) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1952: Philip Taylor Kramer (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born in Youngstown, Ohio.
1954: 19-year-old Elvis Presley quit his day job as a truck driver for the Crown Electric Company and signed a recording contract with Sun Records. He also inked a one year, personal management deal with Scotty Moore, who would receive 10% of all earnings from Presley's live appearances.
1960: Ray Gillen, vocalist of Black Sabbath, was born in New York City; died December 1, 1993 in New York City of an AIDS-related disease.
1962: Dan Murphy (former lead guitarist for Soul Asylum) is born in Duluth, Minnesota.
- The Rolling Stones played their first concert at the Marquee club in London. Their line-up consisted of lead vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones, Dick Taylor on bass, pianist Ian Stewart and Mick Avory, later of The Kinks, on drums. Avory and Taylor would be replaced by Tony Chapman on drums and Bill Wyman on bass. Chapman didn't work out and drummer Charlie Watts completed the Stones' line-up in January 1963.
1967: John Petrucci, guitarist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, is born in Long Island, New York.
1969: Zager and Evans' "In The Year 2525" hits #1 in the US.
- Blind Faith performed before a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City in the first date of their North American tour.
1970: Janis Joplin debuted with her new group, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, before 4,000 people in Louisville, Kentucky.
1971: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner performed together for the first time, as Linda Ronstadt's musicians, for a concert in Disneyland, California. After the show, the four formed a new group, the Eagles.
1977: Dominic Howard, drummer of Muse, was born in Stockport, Manchester, England.
1986: Simply Red reached #1 with "Holding Back The Years" in its 15th week of release. Genesis was up strong from 6 to 2 with "Invisible Touch" .
2007: Rod Stewart received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire medal from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.
2020: Judy Dyble, English singer-songwriter Judy Dyble died age 71. She was a founding member of Fairport Convention and Trader Horne. In addition, she and multi-instrumental Ian McDonald joined and recorded several tracks with Giles, Giles and Fripp, who later became King Crimson. During Fairport's early live shows in London in the late 1960s Dyble shared stages with acts such as Jimi Hendrix, and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd.
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