Radio's Next Dimension
1964, Jan & Dean start recording “Little Old Lady (From Pasadena).” 1965, San Francisco radio station KYA hosts the Rolling Stones, the Byrds, Beau Brummels, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and the Vejtables at the Civic Auditorium. 1967, around the UK; Jimi Hendrix played at the Elizabethan Ballroom in Manchester, The Bee Gees appeared at [...]
1965, Eric Clapton quit The Yardbirds due to musical differences with the other band members. Clapton wanted to continue in a blues type vein, while the rest of the band preferred the more commercial style of their first hit, ‘For Your Love’. 1965, The Beatles started a two week run at No.1 on the singles [...]
1964, The Yardbirds played at the Rhythm and Blues Festival at The Town Hall, Birmingham, England. 1966, Liverpool’s Cavern Club, made famous by the Beatles’ residency there, closes and is later turned into a subway station. 1968, Frankie Lymon was found dead at his mother’s house in New York of a suspected drug overdose, he [...]
1964, The Yardbirds featuring Eric Clapton appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England. 1965, The Rolling Stones began a 16-date tour of Australia and New Zealand at the Manufactures’ Auditorium in Sydney with Roy Orbison, The Newbeats and Ray Columbus and the Invaders 1966, The Beach Boys went into the studio to record ‘Wouldn’t It [...]
1963, The Yardbirds, (with Eric Clapton on guitar) appeared at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond, Surrey, England. 1967, The Beatles filmed three promotional films for their new single ‘Hello Goodbye’ at the Saville Theatre in London. Each of the three film clips featured different costumes and Beatle antics. In the first film they wear their “Sgt. [...]
1965, In England, the Yardbirds with Jeff Beck perform at the Cleethorpes Jazz Festival. 1966, Cream play their first gig in Windsor, England. 1967, Mick Jagger was given a conditional discharge and Keith Richard’s conviction for permitting his house to be used for the purpose of smoking cannabis resin was quashed by appeal court. 1968, [...]
1966, The Kinks were at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Sunny Afternoon’, the group’s third and last No.1. 1967, The Monkees begin a nationwide tour, with Jimi Hendrix supporting. 1967, Under appreciated diva Dusty Springfield begins a three-week residency at New York’s Copacabana nightclub. 1968, The Yardbirds played their last gig before splitting up [...]
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