1965, The Byrds were forced to cancel a concert during their UK tour at The Guildhall, Portsmouth when only 250 of the 4,000 tickets had been sold. 1966, During a North American tour The Beatles played two shows at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. The attendance for each show was 18,000. 1967, The Who's manager Kit Lambert was at Columbia Recording Studio in … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – August 17
The Temptations
Today in Rock History – April 4
1964, The Beatles held the top five places on the US singles chart, with the fifth place - "Please Please Me," at number four, "I Want To Hold Your Hand," while at third was "Roll Over Beethoven." In the second position, "Love Me Do," and at the top spot, "Can't Buy Me Love." They also had another nine singles on the chart, bringing their total to fourteen singles on the Hot … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 4
Today in Rock History – April 3
1964, Bob Dylan made his first entry on the UK charts with "The Times They Are A-Changin." 1965, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs release their garage classic "Wooly Bully." 1966, Peter Tork opened a solo stint in Hollywood at The Troubadour. Tork had already auditioned for The Monkees, who he will join later in the year. 1967, Working on The Beatles Sgt Pepper album at … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 3
Today in Rock History – March 25
1966, At a photo session with Bob Whitaker’s studio in London, The Beatles posed in white coats using sides of meat with mutilated and butchered dolls for the cover of their next American album, Yesterday and Today. After a public outcry, the album was pulled from stores and re-issued with a new cover. At the time, some of the Beatles defended the use of the Butcher photograph. … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 25
Today in Rock History – March 6
1965, The Rolling Stones Number 2 album went back to number one on the UK charts for six weeks. 1965, The Temptations went to number one on the singles chart with the Smokey Robinson penned song "My Girl," making the group the first male act to have a chart topper for Motown. 1966, The Rolling Stones started recording sessions for their tenth single "Paint It Black" at … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – March 6