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On This Day – Dusty Deported! 15th December 1964
Tweet On this day, 15th December 1964, Dusty Springfield was deported from South Africa. Her crime was to insist on playing to mix race audience outside of Cape Town. This angered the white apartheid government. The evil regime had her put on a plane back to the UK. The regime was, regarded as legitimate by [...]
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On This Day – Sam Cooke Killed 11 December 1964
Tweet On this day, 11th December 1964 Sam Cooke, the popular R&B singer was shot dead and later a verdict of justifiable homicide was recorded. He was shot dead by Berth Franklin who was working late night reception at a $3 an hour hotel frequented by prostitutes. He was shot after attacking Franklin who feared [...]
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Tagged as: bertha franklin, classic rock music, eliza boyer, love rock music, On This Day, r&b, real rock and blues, sam cooke, sam cooke's murder
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On This Day – Quite a week for The Beatles
Tweet In this week in this1961 The Beetles, still with Pete Best, had quite a week. On the 9th they played in Aldershot to just 18 people. Their then manager, Sam Bleach had forgotten to book any advert in the local paper….. Back in Liverpool, the next day – a trip of some notes350 miles [...]
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Tagged as: beatles, classic rock music, george harrison, john lennon, Keef Hartley, love rock music, On This Day, pete best, real rock and blues, the beatles
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On This Day – Lennon Gets a Green Card
Tweet On this day in 1976 John Lennon got his green card that would allow him to settle in the USA after a long drawn out court battle. The background to this story lies in Lennon’s left wing activism and the US government’s paranoia. Lennon supported various left wing causes; He was anti Vietnam War, [...]
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Tagged as: beatles, classic rock music, john lennon, john sinclair, love rock music, On This Day, real rock, real rock and blues, richard nixon, rock and blues, rock music, the beatles, vietnam war, yoko ono
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On This Day – Rolling Stones Riot!
Tweet On this day in 1964 The Rolling Stones played the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, UK and the show ended in a riot. In Response the council banned The Stones from ever playing there again. The Stones in 1964 was not the all conquering band that we all came to know and love a few [...]
On This Day – Reverend Richard Perriman Speaks Out!
Tweet On this day in 1979 the Reverend Richard Perriman spoke out about the evils of rock ‘n’ roll. He told his congregation that redemption is possible. He said “If God can save an old homosexual like me he can save anyone.” The Reverend Richard Perriman is better known as Little Richard. Share on Facebook
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On This Day – Bad Bad Leroy Brown Hits Number 1!
Tweet On this day in 1973 Jim Croce reached number 1 in the Billboard charts with Bad Bad Leroy Brown, 2 months later he died in a plane crash blamed on pilot error. Born into an Italian family in South Philadelphia in 1943 he showed an interest in music from when he was 5 learning [...]
On This Day – Like A Rolling Stone
Tweet On this day in 1965 one of Dylan’s most iconic songs was released as a sing. Like A Rolling Stone at 6 minutes long was considered too long and too ‘heavy’ to be a single and Columbia resisted releasing it. It was only released after it had been leaked to a popular night club [...]
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On This Day – Carol Dryden Posts Herself, to The Beatles!
Tweet 14th June 1964. A girl, Carol Dryden tried to post herself to The Beatles. (Luckily she did not suffer the same fate as Waldo Jeffers in The Gift by The Velvet Underground). Although there are plenty of references to the incident the details are vague. The basic story is that a girl known as [...]
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Tagged as: beatles, carol dryden, classic rock music, On This Day, real rock and blues, rock music, velvet underground
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On This Day – Big Joe Turner Dies
Tweet On this day in 1985 Big Joe Turner died. Sadly, he is little remembered today but he had a huge influence on the growth of Rock and Roll. Born in 1911 Turner performed from 1920 until 1980. A Blues shouter he played with or on the same bill as many wonderful musicians such as [...]
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