Rock and metal History, a day like today July 17.
1947: Mick Tucker (drummer for Sweet) is born in Harlesden, North West London, England.
1948: Ron Asheton (guitarist, bassist for The Stooges) is born in Washington, D.C.
1949: Terence "Geezer" Butler (bassist, lyricist for Black Sabbath) is born in Aston, Birmingham, England.
1962: Elvis Presley releases "She's Not You."
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees at The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York.
- "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" was recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips.
1968: Deep Purple releases "Hush."The song was subsequently recorded by British hard rock band Deep Purple for their 1968 debut album Shades of Deep Purple. The track became the group's first hit single peaking at number 4 on the Hot 100 on 21–28 September 1968, and number 2 in Canada while going largely unnoticed in the United Kingdom. A live, US-televised version of "Hush" appeared as a bonus track on the 2000 CD-reissue of the Shades of Deep Purple album.
1976: Heart's "Magic Man" was released.
1979: Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy and was replaced by Midge Ure.
1987: Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) signed a solo deal with Virgin Records.
1996: The Smashing Pumpkins fired Jimmy Chamberlin less than a week after Chambelin was arrested on a drug charge and Jonathan Melvoin died of a heroin overdose.
-Chas Chandler (bassist for The Animals, Jimi Hendrix Experience) dies of an aortic aneurysm at age 57.
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