1967, The Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. Morrison said before the performance that he wouldn’t sing the words, “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,” from "Light My Fire" but did anyway. The Doors also performed their new single "People Are Strange." 1967, Pink Floyd played at the Arcadia Ballroom … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – September 17th
Jerry Lee Lewis
Today in Rock History – August 9
1967, The Small Faces entered the singles chart with "Itchycoo Park." The song, written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, was released on August 4th, and peaked at number three in the UK and at number 16 in the US the following year. 1967, The Who play Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. 1967, Scott McKenzie was at number one on the Record Retailer UK singles chart with "San … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 9
Today in Rock History – July 20
1965, Bob Dylan releases "Like a Rolling Stone." The single becomes his first major hit, reaching number two on the US charts. The song remained on the charts for twelve weeks. It was recorded on June 15th and 16th at Columbia Studio A, on Seventh Avenue in New York. Then session musician Al Kooper improvised the organ riff for which the track is known. 1967, Jerry Lee Lewis … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – July 20
We Found The Music on The 3D RadioActivity
Found has a lot of different meanings. From Middle English founden, from Old French fonder, from Latin fundre, from fundus, bottom. The first known Use of the word found was in 1793. Not only that, it is an aircraft manufacturer based in Ontario, a SciFi novel, a band from Canada, and an unfinished oil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It could be a transitive verb - … [Read more...] about We Found The Music on The 3D RadioActivity
