Today in Rock History – April 23rd

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1965, The Rolling Stones kicked off their third North American tour at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Canada. 1969, The Beatles were at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Get Back’ the group’s 16th No.1. 1969, The Ash Grove club in Los Angeles, where Canned Heat cut their teeth, burns down. 1969, The Grateful [...]

Today in Rock History – April 5th

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1967, Monkees fans walked from London’s Marble Arch to the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square to protest Davy Jones’ planned call-up to the army. Jones was exempted because he was deemed responsible for supporting his father. 1971, Rolling Stones Leave England and become Tax-exiles. In an interview with Mick Jagger and Roy Carter of the [...]

Today in Rock History – August 3rd

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1966, The Rolling Stones record “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow” in Los Angeles. 1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of five nights at the Salvation Club in New York City. 1967, To promote Ravi Shankar’s Hollywood Bowl concert on August 4, George Harrison joins the sitar player at [...]

Today in Rock History – July 21st

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1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of three nights at the Cafe-a-Go-Go in New York City. 1969, The Beatles started work on the John Lennon song ‘Come Together’ at Abbey Road studios in London. 1973,  Jim Croce started a two week run at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Bad, Bad Leroy Brown’. [...]

Today in Rock History – July 15th

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1967, The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane both played an afternoon and evening show to over 8,000 fans at Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California. 1969, Singer Judy Collins appears in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival release their very popular fifth album, Cosmo’s Factory. 1971, Yoko Ono [...]