Radio's Next Dimension
1965, Filming began on The Beatles follow up to ‘A Hard Days Night’ on location in the Bahamas with the working title of ‘Eight Arms To Hold You.’ 1966, During an 11-date tour of Australia and New Zealand The Rolling Stones played the first of four nights at the Palais Theatre, St Kida, Melbourne. 1967, [...]
1964, New York band The Echoes recruited a new young unknown piano player, named Billy Joel. 1964, Three classic British singles were released, The Rolling Stones ‘Not Fade Away’, (a UK No.3), The Hollies ‘Just One Look’, (a UK No.2), and Billy J Kramer’s ‘Little Children’, (a UK No.1). 1968, Otis Redding had his first [...]
1963, The Beatles drove through the night from Liverpool to London to appear on the live lunchtime BBC radio program “Parade of the Pops.” Performing ‘Love Me Do’ and ‘Please Please Me’, the appearance lasted just over 4 minutes. They then drove another 180 mile trip back north for their performance that night at the [...]
1964, The Beatles scored their first No.1 album with ‘Meet The Beatles!’ The album stayed at No.1 for eleven weeks. 1964, The Dave Clark Five appeared on the UK TV show ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars.’ 1968, US blues harmonica player Little Walter died from injuries incurred in a fight while taking a break from a [...]
1967, At the Atlantic Studios in New York, Aretha Franklin records her cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect.” 1968, Manfred Mann were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Bob Dylan song ‘The Mighty Quinn’. A No.10 hit in the US. 1970, The compilation album ‘Motown Chartbusters Vol 3′ went to [...]
1964, The Beatles returned to New York City by train from Washington, D.C. for two performances at Carnegie Hall. There was such a demand for tickets that some extra seating was arranged surrounding the stage. Tickets ranged from $1.65 to $5.50. 1965, Pye Records announced that they’d signed ‘the British Bob Dylan’, when they added [...]
1964, The Beatles made their live concert debut in the US at the Washington Coliseum. Over 350 police surrounded the stage to keep the 8,000 plus screaming fans in control. One police officer who found the noise so loud, stuck a bullet in each ear as ear plugs. The Beatles had to stop three times [...]
1967, The Beatles recorded the orchestral build-up for the middle and end of ‘A Day in the Life’. At the Beatles’ request, the orchestra members arrived in full evening dress along with novelty items. One violinist wore a red clown’s nose, while another a fake gorilla’s paw on his bow hand. Others were wearing funny [...]
1964, The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV’s ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’; they performed five songs including their current No.1 ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ watched by an estimated 73 million people. The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio. 1967, Canadian conductor Percy Faith [...]
1964, Responding to claims that the Kingsmen’s incomprehensible “Louie Louie” is pornographic, the song’s publisher, Max Firetag, offers $1,000 to anyone who can point out the lyrics’ supposedly “suggestive” elements. 1969, ‘TBC’ by The Supremes with Temptations went to No.1 on the album chart. 1969, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Stevie Winwood announce they are [...]
