1965, The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Checkmates, The Habit, The End and Charlie Dickins all appeared at The Odeon, Birmingham during a UK tour. 1966, Pink Floyd and Soft Machine appeared at the London Free School All Saints Hall, Notting Hill, London. 1966, The Who performed at Queens […]
Song Of The Day – “Willkommen” by Joel Grey from the film “Cabaret”
A funny thing happened to the Broadway Musical Cabaret during its adaptation to the big screen. It lost ten out of its original fifteen songs. Many of the original Broadway songs were in the play to express the emotions of the characters and move the plot line forward, something that the medium of film was […]
Above High RadioActivity 🎼☢️
I’m your Uncle Marty, as The 3D RadioActivity hits the 502 mark as this time our aim is to see how far we can get ABOVE HIGH RadioActivity! ☢️ 🎶 😎 Some people aim low, we were positive by going HIGH in the show, after we passed ABOVE too, so BEYOND will be the natural segueway for us on our next sonic celebration. What’s on […]
Today in Rock History – October 8
1964, Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded their next single “She’s a Woman” in seven takes, plus overdubs, recording the song from start to finish in five hours. 1964, Roy Orbison was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “Oh Pretty Woman,” his third UK No.1. The title was inspired […]
Today in Rock History – October 7
1966, The Rolling Stones made their last appearance on UK TV Pop show Ready Steady Go! 1966, Johnny Kidd was killed in a car crash while on UK tour in Radcliffe, Manchester. He was 27. Kidd had the 1960 UK number one single “Shakin’ All Over.” The Guess Who covered it in 1965, and the […]
Today in Rock History – October 4
1966, The Byrds played the first of a 13 night run at The Village Gate, New York City. 1967, A 10-date package tour of the UK kicked off at London’s Finsbury Park, featuring Traffic, The Young Rascals, Vanilla Fudge, Art and Keith West. 1968, On the first night of a UK club tour Led Zeppelin […]
AfteRadioactivity
I’m your Uncle Marty, we have made it to 501st edition of The 3D RadioActivity, this time pursuing artists and tracks while spotlighting a subsequent following is what we’re going AFTER. ☢️ 🎵 😎 We’re nearly done with looking AFTER your musical thirst, as we try to continue to go ABOVE and BEYOND your anticipation. Got any suggestions for either of those? Tell me by […]
Song Of the Day – “The Alley Cat” by Bent Fabric
Dance crazes come and go, but they are never forgotten. Today there’s Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” wreaking havoc across dance floors all over the world. In the 1990s, there was “The Macarena.” In the 1980s, country line dancing and “The Lambada” had their day in the sun, and the ‘70s gave us “The Electric Slide.” But […]
Today in Rock History – September 27
1964, The Beach Boys made their TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on US TV where they performed “I Get Around” and “Wendy.” 1966, The Who’s managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp attend a Jimi Hendrix performance at the Scotch of St. James Club. Chandler has heard about their Track Records’ startup (Hendrix originally […]
500 B43D
Welcome to the Quincentennial of The 3D RadioActivity! Your Uncle Marty never imagined that we would achieve 500 regular episodes, 67% of them with unique features; containing over 9100 songs, with 679 hours of programming, while not repeating a track for well over 300 adventures… That’s nearly six and a half years! You won’t hear something […]
