Over the last few days, I rediscovered the first of the three Doo Wop box sets released by Rhino Records between 1993 and 2000. That’s over 300 Doo Wop recordings – most of them classics…some not – spanning 12 CDs. The first box is by far the best because it has all the classics that […]
Boogie Woogi3D
I’m Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity number 469, as we continue our groove. No matter who you are, one size fits all, as we hope you are ready to get your Boogie Woogi3D! Here’s another program with 18 choice cuts. Next time we’re going to BOOGIE with our friends in the animal kingdom […]
Today in Rock History – February 11
1963, In less than ten hours, The Beatles record ten new songs for their first album plus four other tracks which would be the next two singles. John Lennon’s vocal on The Isley Brothers “Twist & Shout” was recorded in one take to complete the album. 1964, The Beatles made their live concert debut in […]
Today in Rock History – February 9
1964, The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV’s The Ed Sullivan Show. They performed five songs including their current number one “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” watched by an estimated 73 million people. The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio. 1965, The Who play […]
Boogi3D
I’m your Uncle Marty, with episode 468 of The 3D RadioActivity! Are you ready to get down? You can BOOGIE on a variety of instruments and in a number of ways as you are about to hear. Download herehttps://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20190203-Boogi3D.mp3 We have had so much fun with this feature that we plan to do it again, […]
Today in Rock History – February 3
1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tourbus. All three were traveling to Fargo, North Dakota, for […]
Today in Rock History – February 1
1964, The Beatles started a seven week run at number one on the US singles chart with “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” the first US chart topper by a UK act since The Tornadoes “Telstar” in 1962 and the first of three consecutive number ones from the group. 1964, Peter, Paul & Mary performed […]
WORRI3D
I’m your Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity for the 467th time as we recommend that you set aside your cares for an hour, you can leave them and any WORRIES up to us. Download here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20190127-Worri3D.mp3 A while back, an idea for a feature bubbled up to the surface when I heard a toe […]
Today in Rock History – January 26
1965, “Downtown” by Petula Clark was at number one on the US singles chart. A young Jimmy Page had played as a session guitarist on the track, giving him his first US number one hit, as well as a number two hit in the UK. 1965, during a Rolling Stones tour of Australia and New […]
Today in Rock History – January 23
1964, The Searchers were at number one on the singles chart with the Sonny Bono song “Needles And Pins.” 1965, The Who play the Corn Exchange at Chelmsford and then an all-night rave at the Club Noreik in Tottenham. Opening for The Who at the all-night rave is The Muleskinners featuring future Small Faces’ keyboardist, […]
