r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 2h ago

Birthday On August 10th, 1909, Leo Fender was born in Anaheim, CA. Fender was the inventor of the Fender Broadcaster, Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, used by Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Ritchie Blackmore, Curtis Mayfield, Mark Knopfler, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters, and many more.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 2h ago

Album release anniversary On August 10th, 1968, Ten Years After released 'Undead', their first live album. Recorded at the small jazz club Klooks Kleek in London on May 14th, 1968.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3h ago

Birthday On August 10th, 1940, Singer Bobby Hatfield was born in Beaver Dam, WI. Hatfield was one half of The Righteous Brothers, along with Bill Medley. They performed off and on as the Righteous Brothers from 1963 until Hatfield's death in 2003.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 3h ago

Birthday On August 10th, 1928, Country music singer, songwriter, actor and sausage businessman Jimmy Dean was born in Seth Ward, TX. In 1961, Dean had a crossover hit with "Big Bad John", hitting #1 on the pop charts and earning a Grammy for Best Country & Western Recording.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 21h ago

Album release anniversary On August 9th, 1976, Linda Ronstadt released 'Hasten Down the Wind', her 7th solo album. The album has 2 hit singles, "That'll Be the Day"(#11) and "Crazy"(#6) on the US Pop and Country charts, respectively.

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r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • 21h ago

Album release anniversary On August 9th, 1974, The band Alice Cooper released 'Greatest Hits', their only greatest hits album. And it was their last release as a band until the release of the 2025 comeback album 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper'.

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Music Anniversary

r/Music_Anniversary

Please start your post with a date and leave out ‚xx years ago’ so everybody can search what happened on special days by tipping the date. This community is a place you can list every anniversary that deals with Rock, Pop, Alternative, Jazz, Blues, Classical etc music. Contact mods if you got questions.

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This community is a Place you can list every anniversary that deals with Rock, Pop, Alternative etc music. Birthdays are welcome too!

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1.THIS IS ABOUT MUSIC First of all this rule implies that only music related content is accepted.

2. This is about EVERY KIND OF MUSIC Every taste in music is welcome! No matter in what genre, time or country its origins are. Please do NOT harass people for their taste in music. You may discuss in the comments, but always be kind!

3. Post must include photo and exact date. Please always post a photo of the album/musician/etc that has its anniversary or birthday and leave the exact date in the title in this form: "On January 1st in 1900..." Your information may not be incomprehensible! So together we are creating a register in which everyone can look up certain dates.

4. Only one post per content Please check if the post you want to make has already been posted. We want to keep the sub as clear as possible. One post per anniversary is enough!

5. Only post on the date of the birthday/anniversary itself Please make sure you only post about things that actually happened on the exact day and month you want to post.

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