1965, The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Checkmates, The Habit, The End and Charlie Dickins all appeared at The Odeon, Birmingham during a UK tour. 1966, Pink Floyd and Soft Machine appeared at the London Free School All Saints Hall, Notting Hill, London. 1966, The Who performed at Queens Hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. 1967, Cream … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – October 14
The Monkees
Today in Rock History – September 9
1965, The Hollywood Reporter ran the following classified ad, "Madness folk & roll musicians, singers wanted for acting roles in new TV show. Parts for 4 insane boys." The Monkees were born. 1965, The Rolling Stones were at number one with ("I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." 1967, Pink Floyd opened a four-date Scandanavian tour at the Boom Dancing Center in Aarhus, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – September 9
Today in Rock History – August 19
1964, The High Numbers, (The Who) played at The Scene in Soho London, England. 1964, The Beatles kicked off a North American tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, to a crowd of 17,130. Playing 12 songs which made up their repertoire for the entire tour: Twist and Shout, You Can't Do That, All My Loving, She Loves You, Things We Said Today, Roll Over Beethoven, … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 19
Today in Rock History – August 5
1966, The Beatles Revolver was released in the UK. The US release took place on August 8th. The album had many diverse influences and unique sounds including the incorporation of tape loops on the experimental "Tomorrow Never Knows", the use of a classical string octet on "Eleanor Rigby", and the sitar based Indian-music of "Love You To". "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 5
Today in Rock History – August 4
1967, Pink Floyd released their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn in the UK, on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett. When reviewed by the two main UK music papers, Record Mirror and NME both gave the album four stars out of five. The album was recorded at Abbey Road studios, London during the same time that The Beatles were recording Sgt Pepper's. It peaked at … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 4