Rock and Metal History, a day like today March 31
- Rock Lab Radio
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min read
1948 - Thijs Van Leer, lead singer, organist and flautist for Focus ("Hocus Pocus), was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1955 - Angus Young, lead guitarist for AC/DC, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
1958 - Chuck Berry released "Johnny B. Goode".
1967 - Jimi Hendrix stunned fans at the Astoria in London, England when he poured lighter fluid on his Stratocaster guitar, smashed it, and set it on fire. Hendrix suffered hand burns, not to mention the burns to his ego, but it was the first of many times Hendrix would pull the stunt.
1969 - The Guess Who released the single "These Eyes".
1976 - Led Zeppelin released the album Presence.
1983 - U2 appeared on the BBC-TV showTop of the Popsperforming "Two Hearts Beat As One".
1990 - "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles was #1
1992 - Bruce Springsteen released both Human Touch and Lucky Townalbums on the same day
2004 - Ozzy Osbourne confirmed that he was reforming Black Sabbath for a concert tour in the summer.
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