1964, The Rolling Stones released their first EP, which included, "You Better Move On," "Poison Ivy," "Bye Bye Johnny," and "Money." It peaked at number 15 on the UK chart. 1966, NBC-TV bought The Monkees series, placing it on their 1966 autumn schedule. 1967, The Daily Mail ran the story about a local council survey finding 4,000 holes in the road in Lancashire … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 17
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Today in Rock History – January 13
1963, The Beatles recorded a TV appearance on the ABC Television program Thank Your Lucky Stars in Birmingham playing their new single, "Please Please Me". The show was broadcast on January 19th. 1965, The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Dylan recorded … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 13
Today in Rock History – January 10
1964, The first US Beatles album, Introducing The Beatles, was released on Vee-Jay records. The album cover showed John, Paul and George with their now famous "mop top" haircuts, but Ringo had yet to adopt the soon the be famous style. Vee-Jay would be forced to stop selling the disc by the end of the year because of legal complications, but by then, over 1.3 million copies had … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 10
Today in Rock History – January 6
1957, Elvis Presley makes his last appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, the variety program that helped launch him nationwide. He performs for over 20 minutes, singing "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Peace in the Valley," "Too Much" and "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again." 1958, Gibson guitars launched its "Flying V" … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 6
Today in Rock History – January 3
1969, Appearing live on The Lulu Show on UK TV, Jimi Hendrix was booked to perform two songs, "Voodoo Child," which is performed in its entirety. Then, he stopped midway through the performance his new single "Hey Joe," announcing, "We'd like to stop playing this rubbish and dedicate this song to The Cream." The Experience then launched into a version of "Sunshine Of Your … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 3
