1966, Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles. 1966, The Who played at the Victoria Ballroom in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. 1967, The Doors appear at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. 1967, A twice-nightly tour kicked off in the UK at The ABC in Romford Essex featuring, The Small Faces, Jeff Beck, Roy Orbison and … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 3
The Doors
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 … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 1
Today in Rock History – February 1
1964, The Beatles started a seven week run at number one on the US singles chart with "I Want To Hold Your Hand," the first US chart topper by a UK act since The Tornadoes "Telstar" in 1962 and the first of three consecutive number ones from the group. 1964, Peter, Paul & Mary performed at the Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. 1965, James Brown recorded … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – February 1
Today in Rock History – January 29
1964, The Beatles spent the day at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France, The Beatles' only studio recording session for EMI held outside the UK. They recorded new vocals for "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and "Can't Buy Me Love," after EMI's West German branch persuaded Brian Epstein that they would be unable to sell large quantities of records in Germany unless … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 29
Today in Rock History – January 28
1965, The Moody Blues were at number one on the UK singles chart with "Go Now!" 1965, The Who made their first appearance on UK TV show Ready Steady Go! To project the desired image, the hand-picked audience consisted only of teens dressed in the current "Mod" fashion. 1966, The Cavern Club in Liverpool closes, having run up debts of 10,000 pounds. The club became world … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – January 28