Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker debut as Cream

Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker made their live debut as Cream at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England on July 29, 1966.

Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker.

Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues rock, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining the psychedelia-themed lyrics, Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing, Jack Bruce's voice and blues bass playing and Ginger Baker's jazz-influenced drumming. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double album. Cream is widely regarded as being the world's first notable and successful supergroup. In their career, they sold over 15 million albums worldwide.

Cream with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker music included songs based on traditional blues such as

"Crossroads" and "Spoonful", and modern blues such as "Born Under a Bad Sign", as well as more eccentric songs such as "Strange Brew", "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "Toad". Cream's biggest hits were "I Feel Free" (UK, #11), "Sunshine of Your Love" (US, #5), "White Room" (US, #6), "Crossroads" (US, #28), and "Badge" (UK, #18)

Retro History for July 29 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan
1989 Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32
1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases
1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa
1988 FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion
1988 Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989
1988 Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit
1988 Last U.S. Playboy Club, Lansing, Michigan, closes
1988 South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"
1988 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
1988 Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home
1987 Ben and Jerry's and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia
1986 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed
1986 Dennis Amiss scores his 100th 100, Warwickshire vs. Lancashire
1986 New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages
1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched
1984 12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster
1984 23rd Summer Olympics opens in Los Angeles
1983 "Friday Night Videos" premieres on NBC TV
1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1982 Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson
1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated
1981 Iran ex-president Bani Sadr flees to Paris
1981 Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer
1980 and Bob Lemon will become General Manager

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 7th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Amy Alcott
1978 Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h 40m
1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings
1978 On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in
1976 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test
1975 Ford became 1st U.S. President to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
1975 Military coup by General Mohammed/President Jakubu Gowon fired
1974 Mamas And The Papas singer Cass Elliot died in her sleep from a heart attack after playing a sold out show in London, England.
1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee
1974 Episcopal Church ordained female priests
1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1974 St. Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base
1973 $180,000 in Led Zeppelin receipts are robbed from New York, Hilton
1973 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York
1973 Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy
1972 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars
1968 Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
1968 Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa
1968 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
1968 Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited
1968 Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs. Cleveland
1967 The International Love-In Festival took place at Alexandra Palace London with Pink Floyd, Brian Auger Trinity with Julie Driscoll, The Animals, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Tomorrow, Blossom Toes, Creation, The Nervous System and Apostolic Intervention.
1967 Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134
1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage
1966 Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock New York
1966 Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker made their live debut as Cream at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England.
1966 Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
1965 Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends
1965 Gemini 5 returned after 12d 7h 11m 53s
1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10)
1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1961 Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games
1961 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 President Eisenhower signs NASA and Space Act of 1958
1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
1957 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1957 International Atomic Energy Agency formed by U.N.
1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show premieres
1956 11th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Cornelius
1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record)
1956 WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
1955 Smokey Burgess hits 3 home runs to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5
1955 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test
1953 U.S. bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok
1952 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run

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Eric Clapton Marries Patti Boyd

Eric Clapton held a party at his Surrey house celebrating his recent marriage to Patti Boyd. Clapton had set-up a small stage in the garden and as the evening progressed Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ended up jamming together along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Mick Jagger on May 19, 1979




Retro History for May 19 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
1989 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
1988 Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1
1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
1987 1st American Comedy Award
1986 Anti-apartheid activist Helene Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa
1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1984 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
1984 110th Preakness: Angel Cordero, Jr. aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6
1984 STS-41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
1984 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game
1983 NASA launches Intelsat V
1983 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington D.C.
1982 IFK Goteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Goteborg
1982 Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters
1980 "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 104 performances
1980 Ringo and Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
1979 105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2
1979, Eric Clapton held a party at his Surrey house celebrating his recent marriage to Patti Boyd. Clapton had set-up a small stage in the garden and as the evening progressed Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ended up jamming together along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Mick Jagger.
1977 "Smokey and the Bandit," premieres
1976 Gold ownership legalized in Australia
1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
1976 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh
1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
1975 Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest
1974 Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
1974 Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
1973 "Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14
1973 "Smith" opens at Eden Theater New York City for 17 performances
1973 99th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:54.4
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain
1968 Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
1967 U.S. bombs Hanoi
1967 U.S.S.R. ratifies treaty with England and U.S. banning nuclear weapons in space
1965 Patricia R. Harris named 1st U.S. black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
1965 West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II
1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1962 "Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances
1962 "John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99
1962 88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2
1962 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1961 New pier opens in Scheveningen
1960 Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola
1960 Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed
1960 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
1958 Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London
1958 South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks
1958 U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1957 Adone Zoli forms Italian government
1956 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning home run, 1st home run in 8 straight games
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia
1954 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
1953 Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St. George, Utah)
1951 77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4
1951 U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1950 New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain

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March 30 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musicians Born On March 30

1913 Frankie Laine (I Believe)
1914 John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson (blues singer)
1930 Rolf Harris (Two Little Boys)
1942 Graeme Edge (Moody Blues)
1945 Eric Clapton
1946 Dave Ball (Turtles)
1954 Lene Lovich (Lucky Numbers)
1962 MC Hammer
1968 Celine Dion



Number 1 In The Charts On March 30

1956 Kay Staff: Rock and Roll Waltz UK 45
1957 Buddy Knox: Party Doll US 45
1963 Chiffons: He's So Fine US 45
1974 John Denver: Sunshine on my Shoulders US 45
1975 John Denver: John Denver Greatest Hits US LP
1985 Phil Collins: One More Night US 45
1985 Phil Collins: No Jacket Required US LP
1991 Chesney Hawks: The One and Only UK 45
1991 Gloria Estefan : Coming Out Of The Dark : US single
1991 Eurythmics : Greatest Hits : UK LP
1996 Beatles : Anthology 2 : UK LP



Various Music Events On March 30

1956 HMV Records announce release of Heartbreak Hotel/The King of Western Bop by Elvis Presley, his first UK release. It costs 2/8d (13-1/2p)

1956 John Cash records I Walk the Line

1964 British press report first Mods and Rockers clash in Clacton, England

1967 Pink Floyd debut on UK singles chart with Arnold Layne



1973 Hommy, the American version of Tommy opens at Carnegie Hall, New York

1974 Steely Dan debut on UK LP chart with Pretzel Logic

1974 Ramones play first show at the Performance Studio with Joey playing drums

1984 Michael Jackson releases The Making of Thriller video

1989 At Bally's in Las Vegas Gladys Knight performs without The Pips for the first time since grammar school.

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Cream Feature with Vintage Photos & Videos

It is really hard to believe that Cream was only together for a little more than two years. They were rock's first power-trio and in their short history would sell millions of records and sell out concert halls everywhere. The band was formed as a blues-rock outfit in late 1966 with Eric Clapton on guitar and occasional lead vocals, Jack Bruce as its main songwriter, lead singer and bassist, and drummer Ginger Baker. Clapton was already pretty well know as a guitar hero in the UK and with Cream would soon be an international guitar playing superstar. He had been in bands like the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before Cream. Bruce also had been a member of the Bluesbreakers along with Clapton for a short time and had just left Manfred Mann when he joined up. Baker was the drummer for the Graham Bond Organisation , yet another band that Bruce had also been a member of. All three Cream members were looking to expand their music experiences and play music other than what was standard for the time period. No question that was what they ended up doing, playing long blues jams and extended solos live including everything from blues, to psychedelic, to hard rock.





Their first album, Fresh Cream was released in December of '66. Mainly a blues album, it was a hit reaching the British Top Ten in early 1967. Almost a year after their first release came the album Disraeli Gears. It was loaded with hits and made them big in the US, reaching number five. The hard rock song "Sunshine of Your Love," was the album's biggest hit with its great guitar and haunting vocals. "Strange Brew" was another hit and songs like "Dance the Night Away," "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "S.W.L.A.B.R." all got substantial radio play. In June of '68 the double album Wheels of Fire topped the American charts and they were now considered one of rock biggest bands. One disc of this double album was recorded in the studio, the second recorded on stage in San Francisco. On this live disc Clapton fans would get to hear the Robert Johnson cover "Crossroads" for the first time. The studio disc contained the top ten single, Bruce's "White Room" (number 6 on the charts) as well as a grand cover of Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign."







It seem unreal that a band so hot would break up while at their peak, yet that is just what happened to Cream. Once again the three members wanted to break out and do something new. Cream played their last concert on November 26, 1968, at London’s Royal Albert Hall. There would be one last album after the breakup to be released in early 1969 , Goodbye, it consisted of three studio tracks and three live tracks. One of those studio tunes would be the Eric Clapton-George Harrison composition "Badge" which is the album's best track. Goodbye may not have gotten the greatest reviews but it did hit number two on the charts.







Life after Cream was most rewarding for Clapton with a huge solo career. He did briefly belong to two supergroups, teaming up again in '69 with Baker in Blind Faith and then in 1970 he formed Derek & the Dominos. Bruce went on to form several different bands with several big name musicians and covered everything from blues, rock, folk and jazz. After Blind Faith, Baker formed a couple of bands including Ginger Baker's Air Force which put out a couple of albums. He was later in a few other bands and then got back with Bruce in BBM in 1994. He retired from the business in late '97 and bought a horse farm in Colorado which he ran until late '99 when he was being force out of the country.



The group performed a brief set during the 1993 ceremony in which they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jack Bruce nearly died after a liver transplant in 2003. In May, 2005 the group reunited for a series of concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, the same venue where they played their farewell concert in 1968. Another series of reunion concerts is booked at Madison Square Garden in New York City in October 2005.








Significant Facts About Cream:

* Produced just seven original studio and live albums, and three compilations, yielding sales of more than 35-million. By comparison, Styx, with 22 studio and live albums and six compilations also have sales of 35-million.

* Performed more than 300 live shows in less than 30 months on tour.

* Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.



Cream Discography

Fresh Cream (1966)
Disraeli Gears (1967)
Wheels Of Fire (1968)
Goodbye (1969)


Various Cream Live Videos


Cream Live - I Feel Free Live Video




Cream - I'm So Glad Live Video



Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses Live Video



Cream - Anyone For Tennis Live Video





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