1965, The Moody Blues were at number one on the UK singles chart with "Go Now!" 1965, The Who made their first appearance on UK TV show Ready Steady Go! To project the desired image, the hand-picked audience consisted only of teens dressed in the current "Mod" fashion. 1966, The Cavern Club in Liverpool closes, having run up debts of 10,000 pounds. The club became world … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 28
World Music
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 Zealand, guitarist Keith Richards had his shirt torn off after 50 fans invaded the stage during the … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 26
Simply RadioActive
I'm your Uncle Marty along with my Airedale wingman Daytona on The 3D RadioActivity number 712. We're taking our musical roots back to the basics, embracing the KISS principle to Keep It Seductive and SIMPLY RADIOACTIVE! It's SIMPLY RADIOACTIVE!https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20231022-712_SimplyRadioActive.mp3 With a pair more than a dozen … [Read more...] about Simply RadioActive
Today in Rock History – October 17
1964, Manfred Mann started a two week run at number one on the US singles chart with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy." It was also a chart topper in the UK. The song was first released by the US group The Exciters. 1967, A 10-date package tour of the UK played the last night at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester featuring Traffic, The Young Rascals, Vanilla Fudge, Art and Keith … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – October 17
Even More 3D JIVE
Uncle Marty to all and Daytona the on the Airedale are back for the 705th time as The 3D RadioActivity is going to dig deep into all sorts of Even More 3D JIVE for you. Listen to Even More 3D JIVE here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20230903-705_EvenMore3DJive.mp3 There's a lot of standards with an average length of 3 & a half minutes and … [Read more...] about Even More 3D JIVE