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Our new book Black Sabbath – The Day I Was There is at the printers and available to pre order. This special limited edition hardback is numbered from 1-500 and signed by the author. The book tells the story of Black Sabbath in the words of over 350 fans. Starting with memories from their earliest […]
27th Oct 2006, Amy Winehouse released her second and final studio album Back to Black. The album spawned five singles: 'Rehab', 'You Know I'm No Good', 'Back to Black', 'Tears Dry on Their Own' and 'Love Is a Losing Game' and won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Back to Black […]
Any Sabbath fans? Our next book is Black Sabbath – The Day I Was There. This special limited edition hardback is numbered from 1-500 and signed by the author. The book tells the story of Black Sabbath in the words of over 400 fans. Starting with memories from their earliest pre-Sabbath shows as Earth, the […]
10th Oct 1970, Black Sabbath were at No.1 on the UK chart with their second album 'Paranoid.' The album which contains some of the band's best-known signature songs, including the title track, 'Iron Man' and 'War Pigs' is now regarded as one of the classic Heavy Metal albums. https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/clas…/black-sabbath-paranoid/ Black Sabbath – Paranoid Yes, before […]
Did you ever see Black Sabbath? We are working on our next book – Black Sabbath – The Day I Was There. If you have a good story which you would like to share in the book of seeing Sabbath or Ozzy in concert then please send it to iwasatthatgig@gmail.com Article source: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10162169716335167
Happy birthday to Brian Johnson, born on 5th Oct 1947, singer with Geordie, who had the 1973 UK No.6 single 'Because Of You'. Joined AC/DC in 1980, after the death of Bon Scott. Had the 1980 UK No.1 and US No.4 album Back In Black, which has now sold an estimated 49m copies worldwide. Johnson's […]
26th Sept 1964, Roy Orbison started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Oh Pretty Woman'. The title was inspired by Orbison's wife Claudette interrupting a conversation to announce she was going out; when Orbison asked if she was okay for cash, his co-writer Bill Dees interjected "A pretty woman […]
12th Sept 2003, Johnny Cash died of respiratory failure aged 71. One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, known as "The Man in Black." He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." Had the 1969 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'A Boy Named Sue', plus 11 other US […]
25th July 1980, AC/DC released their sixth internationally released studio album Back In Black, the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott who died on 19 February 1980 at the age of 33. The album has sold an estimated 49 million copies worldwide to date, making it the second highest-selling album of […]
23rd July 2011, Amy Winehouse was found dead at her north London home, she was 27. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained.London Ambulance Service said it had been called to the flat at 1554 BST and sent two […]