Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie was born on this day in 1943. The daughter of a violinist and music professor and a mother that was steeped in fortune telling and faith healing, the future Fleetwood Mac member was born Christine Perfect in Lancashire. She started piano lessons before her 5th birthday and began a deeper study of classical music shortly before becoming a teenager, but redirected her interest to Rock when her older brother showed her a Fats Domino book of songs when she was 15. After doing some early informal work with Spencer Davis, she became a member of Chicken Shack, a group she left after a couple of albums and her marriage to Fleetwood Mac bass player John McVie. She joined FM in 1970, shortly after the departure of Peter Green.
McVie passed away on November 30, 2022 in a London hospital after suffering an ischemic stroke. Her loss probably also was the end for the band.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on July 12 include...
1949 Asia, Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, UK’s John Wetton born.
1952 Iron Butterfly's Phil Kramer born.
1953 KISS' Eric Carr born.
1959 Black Sabbath's Ray Gillen born.
1962 The Rolling Stones debut live at the Marquee Club in London.
1967 Dream Theater's John Petrucci born.
1969 Blind Faith makes US concert debut at Madison Square Garden.
1970 Janis Joplin does first concert with Full Tilt Boogie Ban
1979 Chicago FM DJ Steve Dahl stages Disco Demolition Night between games of a Chicago White Sox double header at Comiskey Park, exploding a crate of disco records on the field. Damage caused by the detonation and fans that rushed the field following it causes cancellation of the second game against the Detroit Tigers.
1979 Deep Purple's Ian Paice joins Whitesnake.
1983 Traffic's Chris Wood dies of pneumonia and liver failure.
1992 Axl Rose arrested for inciting a riot during a Guns N' Roses concert in St. Louis in 1991.
1996 Eden Fest concert features Bush & Live plus dozens of other acts at Mosport Park in Toronto.
1996 Styx's John Panozzo dies of Gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
1997 1,555 set Guinness world record playing Beatles Twist & Shout on guitar in Nashville.
1997 Red Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Keidis fractures wrist in LA motorcycle crash.
2003 Rob Halford confirms he will reunite with Judas Priest after a 13 year absence.
2008 Ron Wood leaves his wife to move in with an 18 year-old.
2009 Cheap Trick members visit Veterans at Walter Reed Medical Center before Washington, DC concert.
2012 Steven Tyler abandons his judging role on American Idol.
