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The Beatles attained their eighth Billboard number one hit with "Ticket To Ride". The song was the first of four number one singles in a row on the American charts, and their seventh consecutive number one hit in the United Kingdom. Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney have given different meanings to the title, with McCartney...

Rudy Lewis, the lead singer of The Drifters on their hits "On Broadway" and "Up On The Roof", died under mysterious circumstances the night before the group was set to record "Under the Boardwalk". He was 28 years old. Rather than reschedule the studio session to find a new front man, former Drifters backup singer Johnny Moore...

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In May of 1969, the members of the band Chicago needed to unwind. After an exhausting tour opening for Jimi Hendrix, the band needed an afternoon away from the pressure of performing alongside one of the most prolific guitarists in the world. Peter Cetera, Walter Parazaider, Danny Seraphine, and Terry Kath headed down to...

FBI agents visit Wand Records to investigate the lyrics to "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen. They would eventually release a statement that said that it was impossible to exactly decipher the lyrics from "the unintelligible rendition as performed by The Kingsmen."

The Animals record "House Of The Rising Sun" in one take at De Lane Lea Studios on Kingsway in London. The song would top the UK singles chart the following July and reach number one in America two months later. In 1999, the record was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Peter Criss dropped out of KISS and was replaced by drummer Eric Carr. Carr was first heard on the concept album, "The Elder" in 1981. Both Ace Frehley and Criss had been opposed to the idea of "The Elder" and when it bombed, Frehley also quit the band. Criss had co-written KISS' biggest hit single, "Beth", and the band had...

Ronnie James Dio, the powerful voice for Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell, lost his battle with stomach cancer at the age of 67.

The Byrds enter the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time with their version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", which will climb to #1 by June. Becoming the first record to be dubbed "Folk Rock" by the US music press, it will also top the charts in England, Ireland and South Africa.

Bo Diddley's tune "Bo Diddley" debuts on the Billboard R&B chart, where it will stay for eighteen weeks, including two at #1. The song will become his most successful record and introduces what will be known as the Bo Diddley beat. In 1998 it received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and has been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of...

The Rolling Stones release "Paint It Black", one of the first Rock records to use a sitar. The single will hit number one in both the UK and the US and enjoyed a lengthy chart run in both countries. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018, and Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at #213 on their list of the 500...

The English Rock band Procol Harum release their debut single, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale". The song will top the UK singles chart and reach #5 in America. It is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having sold more than ten million copies worldwide. In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of...

Bob Marley, the uncontested King Of Reggae, died of a brain tumor at the age of 36. Seven months earlier he had collapsed on stage during a concert in the US. He was given a state funeral and buried near his birthplace in St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica. His last words were reported to have been, "Money can't buy life."

The Jimi Hendrix album "Are You Experienced" is released in the UK, where it would spend thirty-three weeks on the Official Albums Chart, peaking at #2. The LP contains the Hendrix classics "Foxy Lady", "Purple Haze" and "Fire".

"Little Richard" Penniman, a founding father of Rock 'n' Roll, died of bone cancer at the age of 87. Placing just nine songs in the Billboard Top 40 between 1956 and 1958, he nonetheless influenced dozens of prominent musicians and set the standard for showmanship with his pompadour hairdo, over the top makeup, and glass-beaded...

We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far.

The Doors perform at Detroit's Cobo Arena where John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful joins them for half a dozen songs. Unfortunately the show ran past its twelve o'clock curfew, contrary to the guidelines set out by the American Federation Of Musicians, and The Doors would be banned from returning to Cobo. A recording of the...

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Five thousand spectators showed up to watch a softball game between The Eagles and the staff of Rolling Stone magazine at Dedeaux Field at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The band and the magazine had been at odds for years after a series of negative reviews and the game was set up raise money for UNICEF....

In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards work out the opening guitar riff of "Satisfaction" following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box earlier that day. They would record the song at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California six days later. Upon release, it will top the Billboard Hot 100, the...

A group of influential Republican senators has sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him not to issue international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, and threatening him with “severe sanctions” if he does so....

After months of internal dissension, Buffalo Springfield play their final concert in Long Beach, California. Richie Fury would go on to form Poco and Stephen Stills teamed up with David Crosby and Graham Nash in Crosby, Stills And Nash. Buffalo Springfield would get back together in 2010 and tour in 2011.

Led Zeppelin opened their 1973 US tour, which is billed as the 'biggest and most profitable Rock and Roll tour in the history of the United States.' The group grossed over $3 million.

FM, a film about the struggles of a radio station, debuts in Los Angeles. The soundtrack features Steely Dan, Steve Miller, the Eagles, Neil Young, Billy Joel and Warren Zevon. More people would buy the soundtrack than bothered to see the film....

The Who introduced their movie, Quadrophenia, as well as their new drummer, Kenny Jones. Jones had been a member of The Small Faces with Steve Marriott and enjoyed the hit, "Itchycoo Park" in 1967...

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