1964, Jan & Dean start recording "Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)." 1965, The Who appeared at Civic Hall in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. 1965, San Francisco radio station KYA hosts the Rolling Stones, the Byrds, Beau Brummels, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and the Vejtables at the Civic Auditorium. 1966, The Who played at Palais in Bury, Manchester, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 14
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Today in Rock History – May 13
1967, The Monkees second album More Of The Monkees, went to No.1 on the charts. In 1967 only four albums reached No.1; The Sound Of Music which spent 17 weeks at No.1, The Beatles Sgt Pepper"s, 25 weeks at No.1 and The Monkees" first and second albums spent 9 weeks at No.1. 1967, The Who played at the Shoreline Hotel in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England. 1967, The Supremes … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 13
Today in Rock History – May 12
1965, The Rolling Stones recorded "(I Can't Get No), Satisfaction" at RCA Hollywood studios. Keith Richards had come up with the guitar riff in the middle of the night a week earlier. It gave the band their first number one single in the US. 1967, Pink Floyd play London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, one of their first concerts to experiment with quadraphonic sound. The band … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 12
Today in Rock History – May 11
1967, Pink Floyd begin two days of recording with producer Joe Boyd, working on the tracks "Interstellar Overdrive," "Arnold Layne," "Let's Roll Another One" and "Nick's Boogie." 1967, The Bee Gees made their Top Of The Pops debut performing "New York Mining Disaster" on the UK TV show. 1968, Jimi Hendrix moves into a London townhouse formerly owned by the Messiah's … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 11
Today in Rock History – May 10
1966, A year after returning to her home state of Texas from San Francisco, Janis Joplin heads west again. She was summoned by Chet Helms, a friend who is now managing Big Brother & the Holding Company. He dispatches Travis Rivers, an old acquaintance of Janis' from her Port Arthur, Texas days to convince the singer to join Big Brother. Joplin had even considered becoming a … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 10