1967, Marvin Gaye recorded his version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine." The song was first recorded by The Miracles and had also been a million seller in 1967 for Gladys Knight and the Pips. 1967, Paul McCartney visits a Beach Boys recording session and is said to have loaned his production assistant to the track "Vegetables" for the Smile album. 1968, The Mothers … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 10
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Today in Rock History – April 9
1967, The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane appeared at Cheetah, Santa Monica Pier, Venice, California. This was the largest show The Doors had played to date with a crowd of over 3,000. 1967, The Who appeared at Thalia Theater, Wuppertal, Germany. 1968, Jimi Hendrix and B. B. King performed at the Generation Club, New York. 1969, Yes played at the Marquee Club, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 9
Today in Rock History – April 8
1964, The Supremes record "Where Did Our Love Go" at Motown Studios in Detroit. The song would become the first of their five number one singles. 1965, Unit Four Plus Two were at number one on the singles chart with "Concrete And Clay," the English group's only chart topping hit. 1966, The Who played at Queens Hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. 1967, Otis Redding, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 8
Today in Rock History – April 7
1966,The Beatles were at Abbey Road studios in London, recording overdubs on the new John Lennon song "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the new Paul McCartney song "Got to Get You Into My Life" for the forthcoming Revolver album. 1967, Pink Floyd played at the Floral Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1967, Jimi Hendrix performed at the ABC Theatre in Carlisle, Cumbria, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 7
Psychedelic Time Warp – Numbers, Numbers
Hosted by Bart Shore. This show's theme is numbers - all the songs have numerals in the title, such as "If 6 was 9" by Hendrix. We have a set of street names and numbers (including "8th Avenue Serenade" by Green Day), and a countdown from 10 to 1 in song. Hear from Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Moody Blues, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, ? and the Mysterians, Roxy … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – Numbers, Numbers