1965, Herman's Hermits started a three week run at number one on the US singles chart with "Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter." 1966, The Beatles played a 15-minute live set on stage for the last time in the UK when they appeared at the NME Poll Winners concert at Wembley Empire Pool. The Beatles set included five songs: "I Feel Fine," "Nowhere Man," "Day Tripper," "If … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – May 1
The Jam
Vinyl Frontier – Retro Reviews: The Jam – The Gift
The Jam - The Gift By Andrew David James ... Soul is a strange old musical genre. Having fused jazz, blues and gospel, the finest examples of it are tremendous (for the uninitiated watch ‘Blues Brothers’ or listen to some Otis Redding) but then there is the rather turgid and hollow “white soul” that reared it’s ugly head in the 1970’s. David Bowie was probably a guilty … [Read more...] about Vinyl Frontier – Retro Reviews: The Jam – The Gift