Today in Rock History – 7th DECEMBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1942: Harry Chapin
1949: Tom Waits
1986: Nita Strauss (The Iron Maidens / Femme Fatale / Alice Cooper)

EVENTS
1963: ‘With The Beatles’ started a 21-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart.
1968: The Beatles ‘White Album’ started a 7-week run at No.1 on the UK chart.
1973: Yes released their double album, ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans‘.
1974: Carl Douglas started a 2-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with “Kung Fu Fighting”.
1985: Tina Turner played a concert at Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland ~ I was there!

1991: Two weeks after Freddie Mercury died, Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits II’ started a 4-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart.
2001: Ken Hensley reunited with Uriah Heep for one night, as part of ‘The Magician’s Birthday Party’. It had been over 21 years since he had performed live with the group that he co-founded in 1970.
2016: Death of singer / songwriter / bassist, Greg Lake of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer [aged 69].

Happy 75th Birthday to Tom Waits ~ a totally unique character in the world of music!