1964, The Beatles held the top five places on the US singles chart, with the fifth place – “Please Please Me,” at number four, “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” while at third was “Roll Over Beethoven.” In the second position, “Love Me Do,” and at the top spot, “Can’t Buy Me Love.” They also […]
RadioActive Breakdown
I’m your Uncle Marty, with adventure number 528, as we BREAK it all DOWN for you this time on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity. Download here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20200329-RadioActiveBreakdown.mp3Or click to listen: We have been listening to a variety of BREAKDOWNS with you this time, and we will be checking temperatures at our next gathering as we’ll focus on the […]
Today in Rock History – March 31
1967, Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar live on stage for the first time when he was appearing at The Astoria in London, England. It was the first night of a 24-date tour with The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, and Engelbert Humperdink. The Fender Stratocaster burned on stage by Hendrix sold for £280,000 at […]
3D Breaks
I’m your Uncle Marty, this is episode 527 of The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, as we look into shatterproof melodies that tap the metaphorical BREAKS in music. 😎 Download here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20200322-3DBreaks.mp3 or click to listen: We’ve been taking a musical BREAK this time, and we hope for a BREAKDOWN next time, if we’re not quarantined yet; if so, we have a great selection of STAY […]
Today in Rock History – March 28
1967, Working on sessions for the new Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s at Abbey Road studios in London, John Lennon recorded his lead vocal for “Good Morning Good Morning,” and Paul McCartney added a lead guitar solo to the track. Lennon had decided he wanted to end the song with animal sound effects, and asked that […]
Today in Rock History – March 26
1965, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman all received electric shocks from a faulty microphone on stage during a Rolling Stones show in Denmark. Bill Wyman was knocked unconscious for several minutes. 1966, The Who performed at St. George’s Ballroom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. 1967, Jimi Hendrix appeared at the Tabernacle Club in Stockport, […]
Song Of The Day – “All Er Nothin’” from the Original Soundtrack to “Oklahoma!”
Song Of The Day – “All Er Nothin’” from the Original Soundtrack to “Oklahoma!” The Broadway version of “Oklahoma!” opened in 1943 and ran 2, 212 performances. With music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein III, the Pulitzer Prize-winning score gave us the standards “Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’,” “People Will Say We’re […]
Today in Rock History – March 23
1966, The Who perform at the Tower Ballroom in Great Yarmouth, England. The band’s road manager, Neville Chesters, joins The Who onstage to sing “You Were On My Mind.” 1967, Pink Floyd performed at Clifton Hall at the Rotherham College of Technical Dance, South Yorkshire, England. 1967, At a ceremony held at the Playhouse Theatre […]
RadioActive W8
I’m your Uncle Marty, this is The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity‘s 526th voyage to the tympanic cavity and ossicles. While tones have no physical mass, they do exhibit melodic and lyrical properties. On this feature, we will relate to the force acting on an object, either due to gravity or to a reaction that holds it in place. […]
Today in Rock History – March 18
1965, Excerpts from six numbers performed by The Who at The Marquee Club in February appear on a French Television programme called Seize Millions de Jeunes on ORTF TV 2. It is part of documentary about Mods shot by two French acquaintances of the band’s co-manager Chris Stamp. A scheduled appearance that day at the […]
