Rock and Metal History, November 29
1917: Merle Travis, who invented the first solid body electric guitar and wrote "Sixteen Tons" for Tennessee Ernie Ford, was born in Rosewood, Kentucky; died of a heart attack in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on October 20, 1983.
1947: Ronnie Montrose, guitarist of Deep Purple, the Edgar Winter Group and Montrose, was born in San Francisco, California; shot himself in Brisbane, California at the age of 64 on March 3, 2012.
1951: Barry Goudreau, guitar, Boston, (1977 UK No.22 single 'More Than A Feeling', 1986 US No.1 single 'Amanda').
1965: Colorado Governor John A. Love declared a Rolling Stones day throughout the State as The Stones appeared at The Denver Coliseum in Colorado during a North American tour.
1967: Bob Dylan completed work on the album John Wesley Harding. He brought in Pete Drake to play light pedal steel guitar and recorded the final two songs for the album--"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and "Down Along The Cove".
1969: The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their twenty-sixth release in the United States.'Come Together / Something', which became the group's 18th US No.1. Lennon was inspired by Timothy Leary's campaign for governor of California titled "Come together, join the party" against Ronald Reagan giving him the idea for the track. 'Something' was the first Beatles song written by George Harrison to appear as an A-side.
1969: Led Zeppelin shot up from 91 to 45 with "Whole Lotta' Love".
1975: KISS hits #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the United States with their hit Rock And Roll Nite. This iconic song is featured on the third studio album from KISS, released in 1975: Dressed To Kill.
1975: Bohemian Rhapsody by the legendary Queen, began a nine week run at #1 on the UK Singles Chart. This fabulous song is featured on the fourth studio album from Queen, released in 1975: A Night At The Opera.
1976: Lancaster local council cancelled the Sex Pistols gig at Lancaster Poly, England. The reason was given in a statement by the council saying: 'We don't want that sort of filth (The Sex Pistols) in the town limits.'
1976: Jerry Lee Lewis accidentally shot his bass guitarist, Norman "Butch" Owens, twice in the chest while aiming at a soda bottle. Lewis was charged with shooting a firearm within city limits.
1977: Kansas' Point of Know Return album is certified Platinum.
1978: The Rolling Stones released “Shattered,” the fourth and final single from their fourteenth British and sixteenth American studio album, Some Girls..
1979: The original four members of Kiss play for the last time together before their first "breakup."
1980: The River by Bruce Springsteen was #1 on the Album chart for a fourth week.
1982: Metallica performed their first headlining concert in San Francisco. The opening act was Exodus, which featured future Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett. The following April of 1983, Kirk Hammett joined Metallica after the dismissal of Dave Mustaine, who later went on to form the ferocious Megadeth. Thrash Metal legends, all.
1985: KISS played the first night on their 91-date North American Asylum Tour at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1986: Iron Maiden performed live at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France. This was one of many gigs that Iron Maiden played on their Somewhere On Tour, in support of their sixth studio album: Somewhere In Time.
1986: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-1985 was the #1 album while Third Stage by Boston was done. Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi logged a sixth week at #2 after one week at #1.
1986: Bon Jovi hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their hit You Give Love a Bad Name. This song is featured on the third studio album from Bon Jovi, released in 1986:Slippery When Wet. This #1 hit was written by Jon Bon Jovi,Desmond Child and Richie Sambora.
1993: Motorhead released the album "Bastards".Bastards is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Motörhead. It was released via ZYX Music, the band's only release on this label.
1997: 'Perfect Day' performed by various artists including Elton John, Bono, Tom Jones & David Bowie went to No.1 on the UK singles chart. Originally written and recorded in 1973 by Lou Reed, this new collaboration of 29 major artists was a fund raiser for the BBC Children In Need charity.
2001: Beatles guitarist George Harrison died in Los Angeles of lung cancer aged 58. Following the breakup of The Beatles Harrison had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys. The youngest member of The Beatles, (aged 16 when he joined), his compositions include ‘Taxman’, ‘Here Comes the Sun’, ‘Something’, and ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. Harrison released the acclaimed triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the worldwide No.1 single 'My Sweet Lord.'
2002: DORO performed live at Komma in Wörgl, Austria. Long live, Doro Pesch.
2004: Green Day release "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." The title comes from a painting by Gottfried Helnwein depicting James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, and Elvis Presley at a corner bar.
2007: Control, the biopic about late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis scooped five prizes at the British Independent Film Awards. The black-and-white film, which featured The Killers, David Bowie and New Order on the soundtrack, was shot for just £3m.
2012: In celebration of their 30th Anniversary, TNT performed live in North Wales, UK, at the Hard Rock Hell Festival. Originating from Norway, TNT currently boasts the dynamite lineup of: Tony Harnell on vocals, Ronni Le Tekro on guitar,Victor Borge on bass and Diesel Dahl on drums.
2021: Three Days Grace released "So Called Life". It is the band's first release since THREE DAYS GRACE's cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know", which came out in July 2020.
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