On This Day In Music

[Jaz]

This is a fun way to share music history. Is your favorite artist celebrating a birthday, aniversary or a classic album was released? If it happened on this day in music, post it here. I'll start.

On July 21, 1987 Guns N' Roses released their debut album 'Appetite for Destruction'. The recording features the hit singles 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child o' Mine'. The smash album has sold in excess of 28 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S.

[Destroyer]

Great concept, but I have nothing.

[Jaz]

Happy Birthday Don Henley!

July 22, 1947

Solo artist and lead singer/drummer for The Eagles

[Jaz]

Back in Black was released July 25, 1980 and was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott. Scott died five months prior and the album is dedicated to him. The band considered disbanding after Bon Scott's death but continued at the urging of Scott's parents. They then hired Brian Johnson as their new lead singer and lyricist.

Back in Black is the second best-selling album worldwide behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller. It is the sixth best-selling album in the United States.

[Justin]

This is an excellent concept, and some if this is very interesting to read.

[Jaz]

I'm glad you think so. Feel free to jump in with anything you find interesting or note worthy on this day in music.

[Mark Martin Fan 5]

On this day in history, Pink Floyd's song When The Tigers Broke Free was released as a single in the UK in 1982.

[DJ]

On this day in 1993, Cher Lloyd was born. Happy birthday, Cher Lloyd!

[Jaz]

On July 29 1965, The Beatles second feature film 'Help!' had its UK premiere at The Pavilion in London. Help! was the second feature film made by the Beatles and is a comedy adventure which sees the group come up against an evil cult. The soundtrack was released as an album, also called Help!.

[Jaz]

In Memory of Jerry Garcia

August 1, 1942 - August 9, 1995

[Jaz]

Happy Birthday Ian Anderson!

August 10, 1947
Founder, Lead Singer and Flautist of Jethro Tull

[Jaz]

On August 14, 1969 Woodstock Festival was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel outside New York. Attended by over 400,000 people, the event featured, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Canned Heat, Joan Baez, Melanie, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shanker, Country Joe and the Fish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arlo Guthrie among others.

[Mark Martin Fan 5]

August 16, 1965, David Jones' official stage name became David Bowie.

I honestly did not know this until just now when I looked up music history for August.

[Jaz]

^I always thought he did it because of Davy Jones of the Monkeys but there's a little more to it.

Dissatisfied with his stage name as Davy (and Davie) Jones, which in the mid-1960s invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th century American frontiersman Jim Bowie and the knife he had popularised.

[Jaz]

Happy Birthday Robert Plant

August 20, 1948