Rock and Metal History, November 6
1948: Born on this day, Glenn Frey, guitar, vocals, The Eagles, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Hotel California', plus 5 US No.1 albums. ‘Greatest Hits 1971-1975’ is the second biggest selling album in the world with sales over 30m). Solo (1985 UK No.12 single 'The Heat Is On').
1961: Born on this day, Thomas "Craig" Goldy guitarist, Dio, Giuffria.
1965: The Rolling Stones started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Get Off Of My Cloud', the group's second US No.1. The song knocked The Beatles 'Yesterday' from the No.1 position.
1966: Paul Gilbert was born. Paul Gilbert is famously known as a cofounding member and guitarist of Mr. Big. Paul was also a co-founder and guitarist forRacer X. Paul also boasts a vast and successful catalog of solo albums. Paul’s thirteenth solo studio album, Stone Pushing Uphill Man, was released on August 5th, 2014, via Shrapnel Records.
1967: During a three hour session Bob Dylan recorded ‘All Along The Watchtower’ and ‘John Wesley Harding’ at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
1968: Joe Cocker was at No.1 in the UK singles chart with his version of The Beatles song 'With A Little Help From My Friends'. The song was also a UK No.1 for Wet Wet Wet in 1988 and Pop Idol duo Sam and Mark in 2004.
1970: Aerosmith performed their first ever gig when they played at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, Massachusetts. Sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston", Aerosmith became the best-selling American rock band of all time, having sold more than 150 million albums worldwide. They also hold the record for the most gold and multi-platinum albums by an American group.
1971: Sweet releases their debut album, Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be. The original band lineup was: Brian Connolly on lead vocals, Andy Scott on guitar/vocals, Steve Priest on bass/vocals and Mick Tucker on drums/vocals
1972: Deep Purple, at the time named the loudest band by The Guinness Book of World Records, receives a gold album for (their sixth studio album) Machine Head.
1975: The Sex Pistols made their live debut at St Martin’s School Of Art in central London, supporting a band called Bazooka Joe, which included Stuart Goddard (the future Adam Ant). The Pistols’ performance lasts 10 minutes.
1976: Blue Öyster Cult hits #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their single (Don’t Fear) the Reaper. This hit is featured on their fourth studio album, released in 1976: Agents Of Fortune.
1976: Heart hits #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their hit Magic Man. This song is featured on the 1976 debut studio album from Heart: Dreamboat Annie. Heart was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2013.
1976: The Steve Miller Band had the number one song in the country with “Rock ‘n’ Me.”
1993: Meat Loaf started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'd' Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), also a No.1 in the UK.
1993: Vs. by Pearl Jam debuted at #1
1995: Queen released their first studio album in the U.K., "Made in Heaven" since the death of lead singer Freddy Mercury.
2003: Metallica kicked off their 137-date Madly in Anger with the World Tour at Yoyogi Taiikukanin Tokyo, Japan. The Madly in Anger with the World tour was the fourth-highest grossing tour of 2004, reaping $60,500,000 in ticket sales.
2014: KISS performed for the second time at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of their November residency.
2020: Love Songs is a compilation album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released by Rhino Records.The album contains "revisited, remixed and remastered" versions of previously released songs, and is the second in a series called Red, White and Blues Trilogy following The Rock Album.
2020: System Of A Down release two songs - "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz" - supporting their home country of Armenia in a war that has broken out in the region. It's the first new material from the band since their album Hypnotize in 2005.
