MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

On this day in 1966 - Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. Among the first wave of American bands to become popular in the wake of the British…

Born on this day in 1943 - American rock musician Donnie Iris, guitarist. He wrote the No.2 Billboard hit, 'The Rapper', with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry who had…

Born on this day in 1954 - American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist, Neal Schon with Journey who had the 1982 US No.2 single 'Open Arms'. Schon was also a member of Santana, who had…

On this day in 2015 - The childhood home of former Beatle Paul McCartney sold for £150,000 ($231,000) at an auction in Liverpool. McCartney moved into the house, in Western Avenue, Speke, aged four with…

Born on this day in 1943 - George Harrison, guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles’ 'Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band', with over 4.5 million…

On this day in 1968 - Fleetwood Mac released their debut studio album (also known as Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac), a mixture of blues covers and originals penned by guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer…

Born on this day in 1949 - American songwriter, musician Jerry Harrison, keyboards, guitar, Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers, and Talking Heads, who had the 1983 US No.9 single 'Burning Down The House', and…

Born on this day in 1950 - Walter Becker, bass, guitar, vocals, songwriter with Steely Dan. Can't Buy a Thrill, Steely Dan's debut album, was released in 1972. Its hit singles 'Do It Again' and…

On this day in 1972 - Harry Nilsson started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of the Badfinger song 'Without You.' He had heard Badfinger's recording at a…

Born on this day in 1947 - American singer, songwriter Dennis Deyoung, from Styx who had the 1979 US No.1 & 1980 UK No.6 single 'Babe'. He was the band's most successful writer, penning 7…