Today in Rock History – May 1st

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1965, Herman’s Hermits started a three week run at No.1 in the singles chart with ‘Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter’. 1966, The Beatles played a 15-minute live set on stage for the last time in the UK when they appeared at the NME Poll Winners concert at Wembley Empire Pool. The Beatles set [...]

Today in Rock History – January 5th

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1966, The Beatles record overdubs onto the film The Beatles at Shea Stadium. That night, John Lennon goes nightclubbing with ’50s rocker P.J. Proby. 1967, Pink Floyd appeared at The Marquee Club, London, England. 1967, During The Beatles Sgt Pepper sessions at Abbey Road in London, Paul McCartney recorded his vocal track on ‘Penny Lane.’ [...]

Today in Rock History – December 1st

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1964, The Who played the first of 22 consecutive Tuesday night gigs at The Marquee Club in London, the band were paid £50 for each gig. 1965, during a North America tour The Rolling Stones appeared at the Vancouver Auditorium, British Columbia. 1966, Tom Jones was at No.1 on the singles chart with his version [...]

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Music By The Letter On The 3D RadioActivity

As technology has diversified, posted letters have become less important as a routine form of communication; they however still remain but in a modified forms like email.  The development of the telegraph around 1792 shortened the time taken to send a letter by transferring the letter as an electrical signal between distant points, which is [...]

Today in Rock History – July 25th

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1965, Bob Dylan played a full ‘electric’ set at The Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island and was booed off stage. 1966, The Rolling Stones play San Francisco. The concert is their last American live performance with founding guitarist Brian Jones. 1969, Neil Young appeared with Crosby, Stills and Nash for the first time [...]

Today in Rock History – May 1st

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1967, 32 year old Elvis Presley married 21 year old Priscilla Beaulieu, a girl he first met in 1959 when she was just 14 years old. When Elvis got out of the army in 1960, Beaulieu moved into the singer’s Graceland mansion with her family’s blessing. The wedding ceremony took place at the Aladdin Hotel [...]