On This Day
We take you back into classic rock’s history and legacy to note important events that happened on this date as well as celebrate the birthdays of major musical artists and mourn their passing.
Oct 6, 2020: Eddie Van Halen, Guitar Legend, 65—Obituary
He was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2000. “I used metal picks – they’re brass and copper – which I always held in my mouth,” he once revealed
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Oct 6, 2020: Johnny Nash, ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ Singer—Obituary
By the time the singer scored his biggest hit in 1972, he was already a 15-year chart veteran, with another smash, ‘Hold Me Tight,’ having made the top 10
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Oct 6, 2019: Ginger Baker, Legendary Cream Drummer—Obituary
He passed 11 days after the family wrote that he was hospitalized and critically ill. He famously teamed with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce
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Oct 6, 2020: Tributes to Eddie Van Halen By ‘Heartbroken’ Rockers, Family
The legendary guitarist was mourned by his peers and family. “Heartbroken and speechless,” wrote one former bandmate
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October 6, 1980: Bee Gees Sue Manager
Together they had enjoyed truly phenomenal music business success in the 1970s. But by 1980 the Bee Gees sued Robert Stigwood
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Oct 6, 2015: World’s Largest Human Peace Sign Attempt
John Lennon would have loved it. Yoko Ono called for fans to gather in New York City’s Central Park to try to set a Guinness World Record
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October 5, 1970: Led Zeppelin III Release
Following the success of their first 2 albums in 1969, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant took to the Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Wales in 1970 for a musical sabbatical
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Happy Birthday to AC/DC’s Brian Johnson
It took a mighty set of pipes to replace AC/DC singer Bon Scott when he died in 1980. But now, of course, he himself has left the band in a departure that wasn’t handled well
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Oct 4, 2021: Lizzie Bravo, Teenager Who Sang on Beatles Recording, Dies
Her tale of singing on a take of “Across the Universe” at Abbey Road Studios is one of those “amazing, but true” stories in Beatles lore
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Janis Joplin: January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970
At the best musical and likely personal time in her life – the pain and blues in her voice was real – an accidental heroin overdose killed Janis Joplin.
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