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1964, During an evening session Bob Dylan recorded ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. 1967, Pink Floyd played two gigs in one day, the first at the College of Commerce in Hull, and then the UFO at The Blarney Club, Tottenham Court Road, London, England. 1967, The Monkees kicked off [...]
1967, Procol Harum, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Denny Laine all appeared at The Saville Theatre London, England. 1967, The Monkees win an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. 1968, Having been arrested the month before on charges of marijuana possession, Rolling Stone Brian Jones elects for trial by jury. The rest of the Rolling Stones [...]
There is no rhyme or reason as to how I come up with the songs I choose to write about every day. They usually spring out of something I’ve been listening to or something I’ve read. So, if you regularly follow this column, you’ll get a pretty good idea of some of the stuff I [...]
1966, Filming began on The Monkees first TV series. 1968, Working on what will become The White album, The Beatles add overdubs of bass and vocals on ‘Revolution’. After numerous overdubs have been added, the final six minutes of the song evolved into chaotic, jamming, with Lennon repeatedly shouting “alright” and Yoko Ono speaking random [...]
1967, Jimi Hendrix signed with Reprise Records on the US Warner Brothers label. They released the guitarist’s albums ‘Are You Experienced?’, ‘Axis: Bold as Love’ and ‘Electric Ladyland’. 1968, The Monkees appeared at The Olympia Stadium, Salt Lake City. 1968, Rolling Stone Brian Jones appeared at Great Marlborough Street Magistrates court, London on a charge [...]
1967, The Monkees second album ‘More Of The Monkees’, went to No.1 on the charts. In 1967 only four albums reached No.1; ‘The Sound Of Music’ which spent 17 weeks at No.1, The Beatles ‘Sgt Pepper’s’, 25 weeks at No.1 and The Monkees first and second albums spent 9 weeks at No.1. 1967, The Supremes [...]
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 [...]
1964, Bob Dylan made his first entry on the UK charts with ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’. 1965, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs release their garage classic “Wooly Bully.” 1966, Peter Tork opened a solo stint in Hollywood at The Troubadour. Tork had already auditioned for ‘The Monkees,’ who he will join later in [...]
1966, At a photo session with Bob Whitaker’s studio in London, The Beatles posed in white coats using sides of meat with mutilated and butchered dolls for the cover of their next American album, ‘Yesterday and Today’. After a public outcry, the L.P. was pulled from stores and re-issued with a new cover. 1967, The [...]
1965, Davie Jones (David Bowie) and the Manish Boys appeared at the Bromel Club, Bromley Hill, England. 1965, The Beatles’ “Eight Days a Week” goes to No. 1. It’s the first single by a British act to top the American charts but not make the charts in Britain, where it was unreleased. 1967, The Monkees [...]
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