1966, The Rolling Stones 66 12-date UK tour kicked off at the Royal Albert Hall London. Supported by The Yardbirds, Ike and Tina Turner, and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers. Both Keith Moon and John Entwistle from The Who were in the audience. 1967, The Mothers Of Invention appeared at the Royal Albert Hall London making their UK live debut 1967, The Box Tops started a … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – September 23
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Today in Rock History – August 28
1965, The Rolling Stones announced that Allen Klein, who they had met three days earlier, would co-manage the group along with Andrew Long Oldham. At the same time, The Stones signed a five-year recording deal with Decca Records. 1965, The Beach Boys "California Girls" was at No.3 on the singles chart,the single peaked at No.26 in the UK. The music for the song came from … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 28
Today in Rock History – July 8
1966, The Beatles released the Nowhere Man 4-track EP in the UK, which included "Drive My Car," "Michelle," and "You Won't See Me." All four tracks were taken from The Beatles' sixth UK studio album, Rubber Soul. 1966, The Who appeared at Top Rank Suite in Cardiff, Wales. 1966, The Rolling Stones performed at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. 1967, UK music weekly the … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – July 8
Today in Rock History – July 6
1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at The Woolton Church Parish Fete where The Quarry Men were appearing. As The Quarry Men were setting up for their evening performance, McCartney eager to impress Lennon picked up a guitar and played "Twenty Flight Rock" by Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula." Lennon was impressed, and even more so when … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – July 6
Today in 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 the day before with extensive rehearsals. Despite the acronym of the song spelling out LSD, the origins of the composition came from a drawing that Lennon's son Julian had made of his classmate Lucy O'Donnell. John wrote a song inspired by … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 1