1964, The Beatles released their fourth album Beatles For Sale. The album featured, "No Reply," "I'm a Loser," "Baby's in Black," "Rock and Roll Music," "Eight Days a Week," and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby." 1965, The Byrds started a three week run at number one on the singles chart with "Turn! Turn! Turn!" the group's second number one. Unlike their first chart … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – December 4
The Byrds
Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 24
Hosted by Bart Shore. Writer and author Stu Shea (Rock and Roll's Most Wanted) joins us on this show to share some of his favorite deep tracks and lesser known artists. The show includes the Who, the Byrds, Radiohead, The Leaves, the Pretty Things, Santana, Aerosmith, Cream, the Monkees, REM, The Third Booth, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Captain Beefheart, … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Time Warp – Show 24
Today in Rock History – October 4
1966, The Byrds played the first of a 13 night run at The Village Gate, New York City. 1967, A 10-date package tour of the UK kicked off at London's Finsbury Park, featuring Traffic, The Young Rascals, Vanilla Fudge, Art and Keith West. 1968, On the first night of a UK club tour Led Zeppelin (billed as The Yardbirds featuring Jimmy Page), appeared at the Mayfair Ballroom, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – October 4
Today in Rock History – September 4
1968, The Beatles recorded promotional videos for "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" at Twickenham Film Studios. The vocals are recorded live over the pre-recorded instrumental tracks to get round the current British Musicians Union ban on lip-sync performances. For "Hey Jude," The Beatles were accompanied by a 36-piece orchestra and 300 fans and other assorted extras who join in … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – September 4
Today in Rock History – September 1
1966, The Byrds played the first of an eleven-night run at the Whisky A Go-GO in Hollywood, California. 1967, David Bowie released the single "Love You Till Tuesday" which failed to reach the charts. 1967, The four Beatles held a meeting at Paul McCartney's house in London to decide upon their next course of action following the death of manager Brian Epstein. They … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – September 1
