1966, At Abbey Road, the Beatles record "Paperback Writer." 1966, During a four month world tour, Bob Dylan appeared at Sydney Stadium in Sydney Australia, the first of seven shows in Australia.1967, Nancy and Frank Sinatra were at number one on the singles chart with "Somethin' Stupid," making them the only father and daughter to have a chart topping single as a … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 13
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Today in Rock History – April 12
1968, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention play the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences dinner in New York. Zappa tells the audience, "All year long you people have manufactured this crap, now for one night you're gonna have to listen to it!"1969, The 5th Dimension started a six week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'Aquarius / Let The Sunshine … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 12
Today in Rock History – April 11
1964, The Beatles set a new chart record when they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The songs ranged from "Can't Buy Me Love" at number one to "Love Me Do" at number 81. 1965, Performing at the New Musical Express poll winners concert, at London's Wembley Empire Pool, England, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Animals, The Kinks, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 11
Today in Rock History – April 10
1967, Marvin Gaye recorded his version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." The song was first recorded by The Miracles and had also been a million seller in 1967 for Gladys Knight and the Pips. 1967, Paul McCartney visits a Beach Boys recording session and is said to have loaned his production assistant to the track "Vegetables" for the Smile album. 1968, The Mothers … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 10
Hold On 2 3D
I’m Uncle Marty to all, this is The 3D RadioActivity with Daytona my On The Airedale co-pilot as we’ve got a firm grasp on our 736th encounter with a series of songs that have a HOLD ON all of us. HOLD ON 2 3D HERE:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20240407-736__HoldOn23D.mp3 There's 15 ways to HOLD ON 2 3D , and we didn't have to resort to a … [Read more...] about Hold On 2 3D