On October 4, 1970, Janis Joplin died aged 27. She was singer, songwriter, arranger, painter and dancer, started the career in the late 60s as the lead singer of the band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing bands The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her successful performance at the “Monterey Pop Festival”; brought her talent to a wider audience, but she became worldwide popular after the performance on “Woodstock Festival.Her extraordinary voice possibilities and electric live performances brought her nick names “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul” and “Pearl”. In 2004, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” and in 2008, number 28 on the list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”. In 1995, Joplin was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. In her short career she sold more than 15 million albums in USA only and left a legacy of songs that includes: “Piece of My Heart”; “Ball ‘n’ Chain”; “Maybe”; “To Love Somebody”; “Kozmic Blues”; “Work Me, Lord”; “Cry Baby”; “Mercedes Benz”; “Me and Bobby McGee”, “Down on Me” and “Summertime”.
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Jimi Hendrix
On October 1, 1970, Jimi Hendrix was buried in Renton, Washington. Among the attendees were Miles Davis, Eddie Kramer, Johnny Winter, John Hammond Jr., Buddy Miles, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding.
John Bonham
On September 25, 1980, John Henry Bonham died aged 32. He was musician (drums) and songwriter, best known as Led Zeppelin member and drummer. in 2016, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked Bonham the greatest drummer of all time in a list of “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time”.
George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968 – 1975
On September 23, 2014, “Universal Music Group” label released “George Harrison – The Apple Years 1968-1975”, a seven CD box with some of the most popular George Harrison solo albums. The seven CD’s plus an 40-minute DVD box contains the following albums:
“Wonderwall Music”
“Electronic Sound”
“All Things Must Pass”
“Living in the Material World”
“Dark Horse”
“Extra Texture
The DVD contains a short music movie named “The Apple Years” and videos and short documentaries about Harrison’s albums featured in the CD box. Dhani Harrison (George Harrison’s son) is the executive producer and together with the engineer Paul Hicks have remastered the sound from the original analogue tapes.
Earl Palmer
On September 19, 2008, Earl Palmer died aged 84. He was musician (drums), in his long career has worked with The Beach Boys, Little Richard, Frank Sinatra, Ike And Tina Turner,The Monkees, Fats Domino, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, The Righteous Brothers, Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Little Feat and Elvis Costello.
Gram Parsons
On September 19, 1973, Gram Parsons died aged 26. He was musician (guitar, piano, organ), singer and songwriter, worked with The International Submarine Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Byrds. He popularized what he called “Cosmic American Music”, a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock
Jimi Hendrix
On September 18, 1970, at St. Mary Abbot’s Hospital in London, at 12: 45 p.m., Dr. John Bannister pronounced Jimi Hendrix dead. He was 27.
Margita Stefanovic
On September 18, 2002, Margita Stefanovic died aged 43. She was musician (keyboards), singer and songwriter, best known as the keyboardist and founding member of Ekaterina Velika.
Rob Tyner
On September 17, 1991, Robert W. Derminer aka Rob Tyner died aged 47. He was musician (bass) and singer, best known as the vocalist of MC5.
First Long Playing Record
On September 17, 1931, company “RCA Victor” presented the first long playing record at 33 1/3 rpm. The presentation was carried out at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York.The new format fail to reach mass production due to the high price of the record players, which started around $95 and wasn’t revived until 1948.
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