This Day In Music History

This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
March 31st 1964 - Filming for A Hard Days Night, The Beatles played a "live television performance" in front of a studio of screaming fans (one of those fans was Phil Collins).
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
March 25th 1968 - The last episode of The Monkees television show airs. The idea of following the hi-jinks of a rock band's life was taken from the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night film.
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
March 24th 1966 - Simon and Garfunkel made their UK singles chart debut with 'Homeward Bound.' Simon is said to have written the song at Farnworth railway station, Widnes, England, while stranded overnight waiting for a train.
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
March 18th 1967 - The UK music magazine New Musical Express announced that former Spence Davis Group member Steve Winwood was planning to form a new group with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
March 16th 1968 - The posthumously released Otis Redding single 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay', started a five week run at No.1 on the US chart. Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10th December 1967 three days after recording the song.
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
This Day In Music History
March 10th 1964 - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel record 'The Sounds Of Silence' as an acoustic duo. It wasn't until record company producers added electric guitar, bass and drums, without the knowledge of Paul and Art

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