Today in Rock History – November 26th

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1967, during a UK tour Jimi Hendrix appeared at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, playing two shows in one evening. 1967, The promotional film of The Beatles ‘Hello, Goodbye’ was aired on The Ed Sullivan show in the US. It was never shown at the time in the UK due to a musician’s union ban [...]

Today in Rock History – August 26th

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1965, The Byrds appeared at the Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California. 1967, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull joined up with The Beatles in Bangor North Wales to seek guidance from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. 1967, Small Faces, Move, The Gass, Tomorrow, Denny Laine, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon and Marmalade all appeared on the first day of the [...]

Today in Rock History – July 1st

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1966, Janis Joplin moves into Big Brother & the Holding Company’s house in California’s San Geronimo Valley. 1967, The Association scored their second and last No.1 single with ‘Windy’. 1967, The Beatles started a 15 week run at No.1 on the album chart with ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, the group’s 10th No.1 album. [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “5 O’Clock In The Morning” by Godley & Creme

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Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were one half of British 70s supergroup 10cc, along with Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman. After the release of 10cc’s album “How Dare You” in 1976, Godley and Creme decided to leave the 10cc fold in order to record an album to promote an early guitar synthesizer they invented called [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Silly Love” by 10cc

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They were a super group before anyone ever knew it. 10cc consisted of two sets of songwriters. Graham Gouldman wrote the classic hits “For Your Love,” “Heart Full Of Soul,” and “Evil Hearted You” for The Yardbirds, “Bus Stop” and “Look Through Any Window” for the Hollies and “No Milk Today” for Herman’s Hermits. His [...]