Today in Rock History- April 18th

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1968, During a European tour, Pink Floyd played 2 shows at the Piper Club, in Rome, Italy. 1969, Lulu married Bee Gee Maurice Gibb, Brother Barry was the best man. The couple split in 1973. 1970, Santana, Taj Mahal and It’s A Beautiful Day all appeared at London’s Royal Albert Hall. 1970, Steel Mill, (featuring [...]

Today in Rock History – March 18th

1967, The UK music magazine New Musical Express announced that former Spencer Davis Group member Steve Winwood was planning to form a new group with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. The ensemble would choose the name Traffic. 1967, Pink Floyd played at Enfield College of Technology, Enfield, England. 1967, The Beatles scored their [...]

Today in Rock History – December 12th

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1966, Pink Floyd make their first ever appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. Their would play the RAH three more times, with the last performance there in 1970. 1967, Rolling Stone Brian Jones was given 3 years probation and a £1,000 fine for drug offenses. Three psychiatrists agreed that Jones was an extremely frightened young [...]

Today in Rock History – December 5th

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1965, The Beatles played their last ever show in their hometown of Liverpool when they appeared at The Liverpool Empire during the group’s final UK tour. Only 5,100 tickets were available, but there were 40,000 applications for tickets. 1965, The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Convention Hall, San Diego, California on the last [...]

Today in Rock History – November 13th

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1964, Decca Records released The Rolling Stones’ Little Red Rooster. Written by Willie Dixon (as The Red Rooster), and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke, the single was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago. The single was a No.1 hit in the UK and remains the only time a blues song has ever [...]

The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity is playing Winners & Losers

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On this episode of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity we are continuing our recent musical theme.  We have heard songs about games, tunes about The Olympic events and other sports were the focus last time, and now we have started with Win or Lose for the fortunate and for those who aren’t as lucky.   It’s [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Evil Ways from Woodstock” by Santana

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This weekend we are celebrating the 43rd anniversary of “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” which took place August 15-18th 1969 on Max Yasgur’s farm. While most people are familiar with Santana’s blazing performance of “Soul Sacrifice” that appeared in the movie and single handedly established the group to the American public, [...]

Today in Rock History – August 15th

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1965, The Beatles set a new world record for the largest attendance at a pop concert when they played in front of 55,600 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City. Sharing the bill with The Beatles; Brenda Holloway, The King Curtis Band, The Young Rascals and Sounds Incorporated. The Beatles were paid $160,000 for [...]

The 3D RadioActivity – Game Show

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Welcome to The 3D RadioActivity, and this week and next we are playing songs as we observe The Olympic Games going on in London, the athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Soul Sacrifice” by Santana

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This blazing performance comes to you from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair, the mother of all rock festivals. It’s amazing to watch a then, mostly unknown, Carlos Santana catch fire in front of the biggest audience he had ever played to at that point…not to mention that he was tripping his face off on [...]