This Day in Rock History – August 13th
1973: After years of increasing tension between The Everly Brothers, Phil Everly storms off stage during the duo’s concert at Knott’s Berry Farm in California.
The two would not perform together again for ten years, finally reuniting in 1983 with a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
This Day in Rock History – August 12th
1967: A new British blues band, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac makes its concert debut at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor, England, sharing the bill with Cream, Donovan, the Small Faces and Chicken Shack.
That last band is fronted by a female singer named Christine Perfect, who before long, would become Christine McVie and a member of Fleetwood Mac.
This Day in Rock History – August 11th
Back in 1962, this was a great day for classic rock & roll records to be released:
"Surfin' Safari" (The Beach Boys)
"Green Onions" (Booker T. and the M.G.s)
"Do You Love Me" (The Contours)
"Beechwood 4-5789" (The Marvelettes)
"Ahab the Arab" (Ray Stevens)
"You Beat Me to the Punch" (Mary Wells)
Jimmy Fallon & Kevin Bacon Spoof the Beach Boys
Great "Lost" Moments in Rock History
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This Day in Rock History – August 10th
1970: The Doors’ front man, Jim Morrison, goes on trial in Miami on indecent exposure charges that stem from a March 1st concert the previous year. Authorities claim he exposed himself on stage. Many who were at that concert still dispute those claims, although all admit that Morison was drunk and in a foul mood.
This Day in Rock History – August 9th
1963: Britain’s legendary rock program Ready! Steady! Go! Debuts on ITV. Dusty Springfield co-hosts the first show, which also features the Searchers, Pat Boone (!) and the Tremeloes.
This Day in Rock History – August 8th
1969: One of the most iconic photos in rock history was shot on this day. Photographer Iain MacMillan takes a series of pictures of the Beatles in front of the EMI recording studio where the lads are working on what would be their final studio recording. (While Let It Be was released later, it was actually recorded earlier and shelved.)
From the series of six photographs taken in a span of just ten minutes, Paul McCartney selects a shot of the band crossing the street that also gave the album its name, Abbey Road.
This Day in Rock History – August 7th
1963: It was on this day that Beach Party, the first in a series we know call “the Beach Party films” opened in theaters. The movie gave brand new life to the career of two teen stars of the 1950’s – Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon, forever teaming them in our memories.
The movie features music written by a young Brian Wilson and also introduces us to that immortal screen character Eric von Zipper, played by Harvey Lembeck.
Twenty-four years later, to the day, Frankie and Annette are reunited in Back to the Beach, only this time they play the parents, not the teenagers.
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