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On This Day in Rock …1963: The first Monterey Folk Festival in California was held over three days and featured Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary.1964: Bob Dylan made his first major concert UK appearance when he played at the Royal Festival Hall in London.1966: During a UK tour, Bob Dylan appeared at The Free Trade Hall in Manchester. This was the concert where a member of the audience shouted out ‘Judas’ at Dylan unhappy with the singers move from acoustic to rock. Dylan replied with ‘You’re a liar’, the entire concert was eventually ...
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On This Day in Rock …1963: The Beatles appeared live on the national BBC TV children's program ‘Pops and Lenny’, at Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush Green, London, in front of an live audience. The Beatles performed ‘From Me to You’ and a shortened version of ‘Please Please Me.'1965: Driving away from a gig at the Civic Hall, Long Beach, California, the limo taking the Rolling Stones back to their hotel was besieged by fans who caved in the roof by standing on it. The band attempted to hold the roof up while their chauffeur drove off with bodies ...
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On This Day in Rock …1963: During a UK tour, The Beatles performed at the Royalty Theatre in Chester. The set list was: ‘Some Other Guy’, ‘Thank You Girl’, ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’, ‘Please Please Me’, ‘You Really Got a Hold on Me’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, and ‘From Me To You’.1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience played two shows in Berlin, West Germany.1967: Paul McCartney first meets Linda Eastman at the London nightclub the Bag O'Nails, at a Georgie Fame & the Blue Fames show. Linda is in town on a photo assignment ...
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On This Day in Rock …1960: The Silver Beats (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe and Tommy Moore) performed at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool. They played a few songs during the "interval" to audition for promoter Brian Kelly. Also appearing are Cliff Roberts & the Rockers, The Deltones, and Kingsize Taylor & the Dominoes. This is the only occasion on which the group uses the name "Silver Beats", quickly changing it back to "Silver Beetles".1963: The Beatles appeared at The Rink Ballroom, Sunderland, England.1966: 'Shapes Of Things' by The Yardbirds peaks at Number 11 ...
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On This Day in Rock …1968: John Lennon and Paul McCartney gave a series of interviews to help launch Apple Corps in the US.1970: The world premiere of The Beatles film 'Let It Be' took place in New York City.1971: Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane crashed her Mercedes into a wall near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and was hospitalized.1972: 'Back Off Boogaloo' by Ringo Starr peaks at Number Nine on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.1976: Kiss played the fist UK date on their current Alive World Tour at ...
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On This Day in Rock …1961: The Beatles, in Hamburg, West Germany, signed a recording contract with producer Bert Kaempfert. That evening they played at The Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg.1963: Bob Dylan walked out of rehearsals for the US TV Ed Sullivan show after being told he couldn't perform 'Talking John Birch Society Blues' due to it mocking the US military.1965: The Rolling Stones recorded '(I Can't Get No), Satisfaction' at RCA Hollywood studios. Keith Richards had come up with the guitar riff in the middle of the night a week earlier. It gave the band ...
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On This Day in Rock …1963: The Beatles started a 30 week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with their debut album 'Please Please Me', making it the longest running No.1 album by a group ever. The bands follow up 'With The Beatles' replaced it at the top of the charts on 7th December 1963 and stayed there for 21 weeks.1964: During a UK tour, The Rolling Stones were refused lunch at The Grand Hotel, Bristol, where they were staying because they were not wearing jackets and ties. The following day the Daily Express ran the ...
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On This Day in Rock …1960: The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Tommy Moore) auditioned for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury for a job as Fury's backing group. Parnes was also looking for backing group's for his lesser-known acts, and The Silver Beetles were selected as backing group for singer Johnny Gentle's upcoming tour of Scotland. The group had changed its name from 'The Beatals' to 'The Silver Beetles' after Brian Casser (of Cass and the Cassanovas) remarked that the name 'Beatals' was "ridiculous". He suggested they use the name ...
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On This Day in Rock …1964: Chuck Berry began his first ever UK tour at The Astoria Theatre, London, supported by The Animals, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Karl Denver and the Nashville Teens.1965: During a UK tour, Bob Dylan played the first of two sold out nights at London's Royal Albert Hall. All four members of The Beatles were in the audience.1966: The Doors played at the Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, California auditioning for the position of the venues house band.1969: Beatles guitarist George Harrison's experimental album Electronic Sounds was released on Zapple records....
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On This Day in Rock …1964: The Beatles had held the No.1 position on the US singles chart for fourteen weeks with three No.1's in succession. 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' for seven weeks, 'She Loves You' for two weeks and 'Can't Buy Me Love', for five weeks.1965: The filming of the promotional film for Bob Dylan’s 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' took place at the side of the Savoy Hotel in London. Actors in the background were Allen Ginsberg and Bob Neuwirth. This became one of the first 'modern' promotional film clips, the forerunner of the music video. ...
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