Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham played together for the first time on 12th Aug 1968, when they rehearsed at a studio in Lisle Street in London’s West End. The first song was an adaptation of ‘The Train Kept A-Rollin.’ The song was released in 1951, composed by Tiny Bradshaw and…

September 12, on this day … In 1954 the first ‘teen idol’, Frank Sinatra was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Three Coins In The Fountain’. It was the singer’s first UK No.1. and was The Academy Award-winning Best Original Song of the same year. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles were at No.1 on the UK…

The Who known as The High Numbers on this date in 1964 played a gig at The Railway Hotel in Harrow, England. Just before the band was scheduled on stage, Roger Daltry’s father-in-law entered into the venue and dragged the singer outside and beat him. The band took up their set with Daltry appearing back…

Clarence Leonidas ‘Leo’ Fender, architect, and designer of the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company was born today, August 10, 1909. Playing a Fender is an art itself. They’re always going out of tune. Ritchie Blackmore The Fender Telecaster (1949) was the initial mass-produced electric guitar; the Fender Stratocaster (1954) is among the world’s most iconic…

Stevie Wonder at the age of 13 years started a three-week run at No.1 on August 10, 1963, on the US singles chart with ‘Fingertips part II’, making him the youngest singer to lead the charts. Called a 12-year-old genius, Wonder remains to have this moniker to this day. Wonder was blind from childbirth and raised…

August 8, 2007 The US National Musical Publishers’ Association joined other organizations in seeking to sue YouTube. They claimed musicians were not being properly paid when their music played on the site. They united the legal action with those of several other companies, including Viacom and Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Comedy Central. People change. I…

Rock music should be gross: that’s the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers. Bruce Dickinson Happy Birthday to Bruce Dickinson, celebrating birthday 62! Bruce Dickinson is a singer and songwriter with the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The group had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and…

The truth sets you free. It’s a very liberating thing when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It’s amazing. Geri Halliwell Happy Birthday, Ginger Spice! Geri Halliwell, (Ginger Spice), was born on August 6, 1972. She is an English recording artist, author, and…

Debut album Appetite For Destruction Guns N’ Roses went to No.1 in the US. It spent 57 weeks on the US chart and sold over 5 million copies. Three singles from the album were the US top 10 hits. (‘Sweet Child O’ Mine,’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Paradise City’). Today, worldwide sales are over…

Bass guitar is the engine of the band. Suzi Quatro Happy 73rd Birthday to Willie Weeks, one of the most in-demand session musicians. Weeks has also gained fame touring with many of rock‘s heavyweights throughout his career. In 2006–2007 he was most visible as the chosen bassist for Eric Clapton‘s house band, during his world tour with the Crossroads…