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October 6th 1969 - George Harrison's hits a milestone in his career when his song 'Something' was released as the "A" side of a Beatles' 45, a first for Harrison. Along with Lennon and McCartney's Come...
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The Rolling Stones - Photo by Len Trievnor / Getty Images January 25th, 1963 - The Rolling Stones play at the Ricky Tick Club at a Hotel in the town of Windsor, Berkshirehire, UK. It is the first...
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March 8th, 1965 - David Bowie makes his television debut. It's on a UK program called "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" and was with The Manish Boys. They performed their single 'I Pity The Fool.'...
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March 30th, 1991 - Gloria Estefan hits No.1 on the singles chart with 'Coming Out Of The Dark'. It is the first single released after Estefan's tragic accident where an 18-wheeler rammed her tour bus,...
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May 10th, 1963 - Bob Dylan walked off the set during rehearsal of The Ed Sullivan Show after being told he couldn't perform his song 'Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues'. The producers had decided this...
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June 9th, 1972 – Bruce Springsteen begins assembling the E Street Band after being signed to Columbia Records. Various Asbury Park ex-band members soon join and the final band consisted of Garry...
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Bob Dylan released "Like a Rolling Stone" nearly 50 years ago. To go along with his greatest hits album that came out today, 'The Complete Album Collection Volume 1', a groundbreaking music video for...
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January 25th, 1963 - The Rolling Stones play at the Ricky Tick Club at a Hotel in the town of Windsor, Berkshirehire, UK. It is the first time The Rolling Stones, including Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman...
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March 29th, 1979 - At a Dire Straits show in L.A., Bob Dylan asked Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers to play on the sessions for his next album, Slow Train Coming. Dylan had first heard Dire...
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May 31st, 1968 - Working on what will become The White album, Yoko Ono attends her first session with The Beatles. Adding overdubs of bass and vocals on ‘Revolution’, and the final six minutes of the...
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June 7th, 1972 - Elvis Presley makes history by performing four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden. George Harrison, John Lennon, David Bowie, Bob Dylan were among music stars to attended the...
View ArticleDylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' draft sells for $2M
NEW YORK (AP) -- A draft of one of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," sold Tuesday for $2 million, which the auction house called a world record for a popular music...
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July 4th, 1974 – The Steely Dan break-up is finalized as they play their last show in Santa Monica, California. They would not tour again for the next 18 years as a full band. All this despite the fact...
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March 26th, 1975 - The film 'Tommy' premieres in London theaters today. The movie is based on The Who's 1969 rock opera album by the same name. Later in the year the film would go on to win the award...
View ArticleStones, Dylan, McCartney play Coachella site in October
Goldenvoice Entertainment announced Tuesday it is bringing together top performers from the 1960s including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, The Who, Paul McCartney for a three-day blowout in...
View ArticleIt's Bob Dylan's 75th Birthday – Bobfest 2016 a New Jersey Celebration
For the last 18 years my friend and New Jersey's favorite troubadour Pat Guadagno celebrates Bob Dylan's birthday with a great musical tribute to the rock and roll icon. This year is a big one! Bob...
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Take a stroll down memory lane and see what happened this week in music history, June 4th - June 10th. Continue reading…
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View ArticleBob Dylan wins a Nobel, Springsteen praises 'the father of my country'
Music icon Bob Dylan won The Nobel Prize for Literature this week, a truly amazing accomplishment. Dylan was the first musician to win the prize and the first American to win the prize in Literature...
View ArticleBob Dylan Announces New Three-CD Set, 'Triplicate'
Bob Dylan will once again dip into the Great American Songbook for another set of standards. Continue reading…
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