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On This Day in Rock …1965: The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride', the group's eighth US No.1.1965: The Who appeared at the Astoria Ballroom, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England.1971: The Rolling Stones album 'Sticky Fingers' started a four-week run at No.1 on the US charts, the group's second US No.1 album. The artwork for Sticky Fingers, which, on the original vinyl release, featured a working zipper that opened to reveal cotton briefs, was conceived by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The cover, a photo of Joe Dallesandro's crotch clad in tight ...
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On This Day in Rock …1963: The Beatles, recorded two BBC radio programs at the Playhouse Theatre in London. They recorded five songs for Saturday Club and six songs for Steppin' Out.1966: 'Eight Miles High' by the Byrds peaks at Number 14 on the pop chart, although many radio stations refuse to play the song because they think it's about drugs.1966: The Castiles (with Bruce Springsteen on vocals) appeared at Freehold Regional High School in New Jersey. They were performing at their own high school for the very first time. All five members of the band were ...
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On This Day in Rock …1960: The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) played the first night of a short tour of Scotland backing singer Johnny Gentle, at Alloa Town Hall in Clackmannanshire. Three of the Silver Beetles adopted stage names: Paul McCartney became Paul Ramon, George Harrison was Carl Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe became Stuart de Stael.1966: Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who grew tired of waiting for John Entwistle and Keith Moon to arrive for their gig at the Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England so they ...
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On This Day in Rock …1960: American DJ Alan Freed was indicted along with seven others for accepting $30,650 in payola from six record companies. Two years later, he was convicted and given a suspended sentence and a $300 fine.1967: The Beatles held a press party at manager's Brian Epstein's house in London for the launch of the 'Sgt Pepper's' album. Linda Eastman was hired as the press photographer.1970: Led Zeppelin begins work on their third album at the Headley Grange country estate.1976: Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards crashed his car near Newport Pagnell, Bucks, after ...
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On This Day in Rock …1964: A riot broke out in Hamilton, Scotland during a Rolling Stones UK tour when over 4,000 fans with forged tickets gate-crashed the bands gig at the Chantingall Hotel.1967: John Lennon and Paul McCartney sang backing vocals on The Rolling Stones track 'We Love You' during a session at Olympic Studios, London.1967: The Beatles were selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, scheduled for June 25. John Lennon wrote ‘All You ...
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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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