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, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 13
Jimmy Buffett
Psychedelic Time Warp – School Days
Hosted by Bart Shore. Hear songs about school, class, teachers, college - with Steely Dan, Jimmy Buffett, The Police, White Stripes, Muddy Waters, The Beatles, AC/DC, Rockpile, Ramones, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Beastie Boys, blink-182, Supertramp, Stanley Clarke, the MC5, School of Fish, Nirvana. Plus long lost LA band The Quick, a demo of a Paul Simon classic, … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – School Days
Today in Rock History – August 27
1966, The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" peaked in the second spot on the UK singles chart. The song was groundbreaking in many ways. It was one of the first commercial songs to use the word "God" in its title and Brian Wilson used many unorthodox instruments, including the French horns that are heard in the song's famous introduction. 1967, British music entrepreneur and the … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 27
Today in Rock History – February 4th
1966, Bob Dylan and The Band played at the Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky. This was the first date on a world tour which would become noted as Dylan's first that used electric instruments, after he had ‘gone electric’ at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. 1967, The Rolling Stones’ Between the Buttons enters the U.K. chart at No. 3. 1967, The Monkees self-titled … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – February 4th
