Today in Rock History - March 1
Rock History March 1 1967, The Beatles began recording "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" at Abbey Road studios, London. Work on the new John Lennon song began…
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Today in Rock History - March 2
Rock History March 2 1967, The ninth annual Grammy Awards are held. Frank Sinatra's Sinatra, A Man and His Music wins Album of the Year, while "Strangers in…
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Today in Rock History - March 3
Rock History March 3 1966, Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. Buffalo Springfield 1966, The Who played at the Victoria Ballroom…
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Today in Rock History - March 4
Rock History March 4 1966, John Lennon's statement that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus Christ" was published in The London Evening Standard. “Christianity will go. It…
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Today in Rock History - March 5
Rock History March 5 1965, The Rolling Stones kicked off their fifth UK tour at The Regal Theatre, Edmonton, London. A 14-date package tour with The Hollies, The…
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Today in Rock History - March 6
Rock History March 6 1965, The Rolling Stones Number 2 album went back to number one on the UK charts for six weeks. 1965, The Temptations went to number…
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Today in Rock History - March 7
Rock History March 7 1965, during a Rolling Stones gig at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, England a female fan fell from the circle while the group were…
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Today in Rock History - March 8
Rock History March 8 1964, On The Ed Sullivan Show, the Dave Clark Five perform "Glad All Over." Comparing them to the Rolling Stones, Sullivan declares the Five…
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Today in Rock History - March 9
Rock History March 9 1967, Pink Floyd and The Thoughts appeared at the Marquee, London, England. The Marquee club has often been defined as "the most important venue…
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Today in Rock History - March 10
Rock History March 10 1965, Davie Jones (David Bowie) and the Manish Boys appeared at the Bromel Club, Bromley Hill, England. 1965, The Beatles' "Eight Days a Week"…
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Today in Rock History - March 11
Rock History March 11 1965, Tom Jones was at number one on the singles chart with "It's Not Unusual." 1965, The Who go into IBC Studios, London to…
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Today in Rock History - March 12
Rock History March 12 1965, The Beatles wrap up their location shooting of Help! in the Bahamas. Ringo Starr recalled, "A hell of a lot of pot was…
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Today in Rock History - March 13
Rock History March 13 1965, Eric Clapton quit The Yardbirds due to musical differences with the other band members. Clapton wanted to continue in a blues type vein,…
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Today in Rock History - March 14
Rock History March 14 1964, For the first time in British recording history, all Top Ten singles in the UK were by British acts. Number one was "Anyone…
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Today in Rock History - March 15
Rock History March 15 1969, Cream started a two-week run at number one on the chart with their album Goodbye. Cream: Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton…
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Today in Rock History - March 16
Rock History March 16 1964, The Beatles set a new record for advance sales in the US with 2,100,000 copies of their latest single"Can't Buy Me Love." 1964,…
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Today in Rock History - March 17
Rock History March 17 1957, Elvis Presley bought the Graceland mansion for $102,500. The 23-room, 10,000 square foot home, on 13.8 acres of land, would be expanded to…
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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…
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Today in Rock History - March 19
Rock History March 19 1962, Bob Dylan's debut album Bob Dylan was released in the Untied States. Initially poor sales led the record to be known around Columbia…
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Today in Rock History - March 20
Rock History March 20 1969, John Lennon married Yoko Ono at the British Consulate Office in Gibraltar. They spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning for an international "Bed-In"…
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Today in Rock History - March 21
Rock History March 21 1965, The Who appeared at the Trade Union Hall, Watford, England. 1965, After "I Want To Hold Your Hand" had held the number one…
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Today in Rock History - March 22
Rock History March 22 1965, Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan's fifth studio album was released. The album reached number six on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, the first…
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Today in Rock History - March 23
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…
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Today in Rock History - March 24
Rock History March 24 1965, The Beatles continued filming Help! at Twickenham Studios, England. They shot the interior temple scenes, including the one where they "dive through a…
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Today in Rock History - March 25
Rock History March 25 1966, At a photo session with Bob Whitaker’s studio in London, The Beatles posed in white coats using sides of meat with mutilated and…
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Today in Rock History - March 26
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…
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Today in Rock History - March 27
Rock History March 27 1966, The Who appeared at the Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire, England. 1966, During an UK tour, Roy Orbison fell off a motorbike while scrambling…
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Today in Rock History - March 28
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…
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Today in Rock History - March 29
Rock History March 29 1967, During a European tour The Rolling Stones appeared at the Bremen-Stadthalle in Germany. Also on the tour, The Easybeats and The Creation. 1967,…
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Today in Rock History - March 30
Rock History March 30 1967, The cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is photographed at a studio on London's Flood Street, using cardboard cutouts and wax…
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Today in Rock History - March 31
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,…
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