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Rock History September 13 1965, The Paul McCartney song “Yesterday” was released as a Beatles single. 1967, The Beatles formed an electronics company called Fiftyshapes, Ltd. appointing John Alexis Mardas (Magic Alex) to be the company’s director. Alex claimed he could build a 72-track tape machine, instead of the 4-track at Abbey Road (this never…
Rock History September 12 1968, During their first ever tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Stora Scenen at the Gröna Lund Amusement Park, in Stockholm, Sweden. 1969, King Crimson appeared at the Lyceum Ballroom, London 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their first chart topping album with Cosmo’s Factory. It enjoyed a nine-week run at number…
Rock History September 11 1967, Filming began for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour. There was no script, nor a very clear idea of exactly what was to be accomplished, not even a clear direction about where the bus was supposed to go. The “Magical Mystery Tour” bus set off for the West Country in England…
Rock History September 10 1964, The Kinks third single “You Really Got Me,” was at number one on the singles chart. Future Led Zeppelin founder and guitarist Jimmy Page played tambourine on the track. 1964, Rod Stewart recorded his first single, a version of Willie Dixon’s “Good Morning Little School Girl.” Future Led Zeppelin bass…
3D’s 2025 Musical Memorial Tribute PtXV Your Uncle Marty is here once again with DaytonAiredale on The.3D.RadioActivity’s 790th gathering, as we continue our extended retrospective of artists who gave their all to the music world and have gone on to their just and final rewards. This time our focus is April of Twenty 25 on…
Rock History September 9 1965, The Hollywood Reporter ran the following classified ad, “Madness folk & roll musicians, singers wanted for acting roles in new TV show. Parts for 4 insane boys.” That show was to become The Monkees. 1965, The Rolling Stones were at number one with (“I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” 1967, Pink…
Rock History September 8 1966, The Who appeared at the Locarno Ballroon in Stevenage, England. This UK tour was notable for the addition of the single, “I’m A Boy” to the band’s repertoire. 1968, Pink Floyd were forced to cancel a performance at the Chatelet Teenage Festival in Belgium due to work permit problems. There…
Rock History September 7 1968, The Doors played the first of two nights at The Roundhouse, London, playing twice nightly on their first UK visit. Granada TV filmed the sold out gigs, later shown as “The Doors Are Open,” which were attended by members of The Rolling Stones and Traffic. 1968, The Beach Boys played…
Psychedelic Time Warp is hosted by Bart Shore. This themed episode of Time Warp revolves around dreams – songs about dreams, albums about dreams, or lyrics with dreams. Hear from Alan Parsons, the New Orleans Radiators, The Electric Prunes, Simple Minds, Jimi Hendrix, Spooky Tooth, Neil Young, Moody Blues, Spirit, and Supertramp. Plus live Tom…
Rock History September 6 1966, The Who begin the week at The Palais in Ilford, Essex, England. Earlier in the day they record performances of “I’m A Boy” and “Heatwave” for British television’s Ready, Steady, GO! 1968, Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recoded overdubs onto the new George Harrison song “While…
Rock History September 5 1964, The Animals started a three week run at number one on the singles chart with “House Of The Rising Sun.” When first released the record company printed the time of the song on the record as three minutes feeling that the real time of four minutes was too long for…
Rock History September 4 1968, The Beatles recorded promotional videos for “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” at Twickenham Film Studios. The vocals are recorded live over the pre-recorded instrumental tracks to get round the current British Musicians Union ban on lip-sync performances. For “Hey Jude,” The Beatles were accompanied by a 36-piece orchestra and 300 fans…
Everybody’s favorite Uncle Marty is on The.3D.RadioActivity number 789 with DaytonAiredale as we observe part fourteen of our Musical Memorial tribute to the remembrance of the artists who left us in the past 365 days, this time in the third month of 2025 by playing tracks they contributed to.
Rock History September 3 1966, Donovan went to number one on the US singles chart with “Sunshine Superman,” a number two hit in the UK. The track featured then Yardbird and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. 1967, During a 10-date tour of Sweden, The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Liseburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.…
Rock History September 2 1965, The Doors recorded their first demo’s at World Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California, where they cut six Jim Morrison songs. 1966, The Who played at Locarno Ballroom in Basildon, Essex, England. 1967, Pink Floyd, The Move, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention, The Nack, and Denny Lane performed at the…
Rock History September 1 1966, The Byrds played the first of an eleven-night run at the Whisky A Go-GO in Hollywood, California. 1967, David Bowie released the single “Love You Till Tuesday” which failed to reach the charts. 1967, The four Beatles held a meeting at Paul McCartney’s house in London to decide upon their…
Rock History August 31 1963, The girl trio Angels started a three week run at number one on the US singles chart with “My Boyfriend’s Back”. The writers of the song Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer were three of Brooklyn songwriter/producers who went on to write the hits “Sorrow” and also had the…
Rock History August 30 1966, The Who begin two days of recording at IBC Studios and Pye No. 2 Studio in London. During the sessions the group records The Regent’s “Barbara Ann,” The Everly Brothers’ “Man with Money,” Martha and the Vandellas’ “Heatwave,” and the theme to the then smash hit TV show Batman. The…
Oasis Live returns to the concert stage for a riveting show at Chicago’s Soldier Field. My story and a concert review. “Hey! We’ll be in town next week,” read the text from a close friend. “Been waiting on the next ticket drop trying to get Oasis tix & finally got 4 today that populated.” It…
Rock History August 29 1966, The Beatles played their last concert before a paying audience, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California to a sold-out crowd of 25,000. John and Paul, knowing what the fans do not, bring cameras on stage and take pictures between songs. Songs performed at the show were “Rock and Roll…
Rock History August 28 1965, The Rolling Stones announced that Allen Klein, who they had met three days earlier, would co-manage the group along with Andrew Long Oldham. At the same time, The Stones signed a five-year recording deal with Decca Records. 1965, The Beach Boys “California Girls” was at number three on the US…
Rock History August 27 1966, The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” peaked in the second spot on the UK singles chart. The song was groundbreaking in many ways. It was one of the first commercial songs to use the word “God” in its title and Brian Wilson used many unorthodox instruments, including the French horns…
3D’s 2025 Musical Memorial Tribute PtXIII Your Uncle Marty is here once again with DaytonAiredale on The.3D.RadioActivity’s 788th gathering, as we continue our extended retrospective of artists who gave their all to the music world and have gone on to their just and final rewards. This time our focus is on February into March of…
Rock History August 26 1965, The Byrds appeared at the Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California. 1965, Sonny & Cher were at number one on the UK singles chart with “I Got You Babe,” the duo’s only British chart topper. Sonny Bono was inspired to write the song to capitalize on the popularity of the term “babe,”…
Rock History – August 25 1967, Brian Wilson returned to performing live with The Beach Boys in Honolulu after a two year hiatus. The group had just released “Heroes and Villains.” 1967, Bobbie Gentry started a four week run at number one on the US singles chart with “Ode To Billy Joe,” a number thirteen…
