1965, The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Man, The Hollies and Gerry and the Pacemakers all appeared on the TV pop show Shindig! 1966, Pink Floyd and Soft Machine played at the UFO presents Night Tripper at the Blarney Club, London, England. 1967, John Lee Hooker performed at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan. 1967, The Beatles scored their 15th number one with "Hello … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – December 30
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Today in Rock History – December 24
1965, The Beatles had the number one album in the US for the third Christmas in a row. Rubber Soul sat atop the LP chart in 1965, following Beatles For Sale in 1964 and With The Beatles in 1963. The Fab Four would repeat this feat again in 1968 with The Beatles (The White Album) and again in 1969, with Abbey Road. 1965, The Who appear on Ready Steady GO! performing "Jingle … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – December 24
Today in Rock History – November 19
1964, The Supremes became the first all girl group to have a UK chart topping single when "Baby Love" went to the top of the charts. 1965, David Bowie and the Lower 3rd appeared at The Marquee Club, London. 1965, The Kinks, The Who, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Hollies, Wilson Pickett and The Golden Apples Of The Sun all appeared at the Glad Rag Ball, Wembley … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – November 19
Today in Rock History – November 10
1963, The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, appeared at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond, Surrey, England. 1966, The Who go into CBS Studios in London and record their next single "Happy Jack" in at least two versions. Sometime during this session Roger and Pete go off to a pub and John and Keith stay behind to record the B-side, a new Entwistle composition called "I've … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – November 10
Today in Rock History – October 17
1964, Manfred Mann started a two week run at number one on the US singles chart with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy." It was also a chart topper in the UK. The song was first released by the US group The Exciters. 1967, A 10-date package tour of the UK played the last night at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester featuring Traffic, The Young Rascals, Vanilla Fudge, Art and Keith … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – October 17