1965, Excerpts from six numbers performed by The Who at The Marquee Club in February appear on a French Television programme called Seize Millions de Jeunes on ORTF TV 2. It is part of documentary about Mods shot by two French acquaintances of the band's co-manager Chris Stamp. A scheduled appearance that day at the Civic Hall in Crawley is postponed until April 18th. 1966, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 18
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Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 7
Hosted by Bart Shore. Hear music from, Blood Sweat & Tears, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, George Harrison. Plus a whole bunch of live cuts including CCR King Crimson, Grateful Dead, Yardbirds, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, The Nice, Talking Heads, The Doors, Santana, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. Demos from The Cars and the Beatles. Comedy from Monty Python and Woody … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 7
Today in Rock History – March 8
1964, On The Ed Sullivan Show, the Dave Clark Five perform "Glad All Over." Comparing them to the Rolling Stones, Sullivan declares the Five "nice, neat boys." They would perform more times on his show than any other rock act. 1965, Bob Dylan’s single "Subterranean Homesick Blues" was released in the US. The lead track from his Bringing It All Back Home album, gave … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 8
Today in Rock History – February 16
1964, The Beatles made their second live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, exactly one week after the first. Before an audience of 3,500 at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. 1965, The Who perform at the Marquee Club where they are filmed for French television performing "Heatwave," "Tell Me More," "Shout and Shimmy," and "Smokestack Lightning." The footage is … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – February 16
Today in Rock History – January 23
1964, The Searchers were at number one on the singles chart with the Sonny Bono song "Needles And Pins." 1965, The Who play the Corn Exchange at Chelmsford and then an all-night rave at the Club Noreik in Tottenham. Opening for The Who at the all-night rave is The Muleskinners featuring future Small Faces' keyboardist, Ian McLagan. 1966, Big Brother & the Holding … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 23
