MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

This day in 1968 - The Beatles recorded promotional videos for ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Revolution’ at Twickenham Film Studios. The vocals are recorded live over the pre-recorded instrumental tracks to get round the current British…

This day in 1970 - Arthur Brown was arrested at the Palermo Pop '70 Festival in Italy, after he set fire to his helmet (during the performance of his hit 'Fire'), and stripped naked during…

This day in 1969 - Two weeks after the Woodstock festival, the second Isle Of Wight festival took place. Over 150,000 turned up over the two days to see Bob Dylan, The Band, Blodwyn Pig,…

This day in 1959 - The Quarry Men (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ken Brown) performed at the Casbah Coffee Club, Hayman's Green, West Derby, Liverpool. This is the opening night of a…

This day in 1972 - Alice Cooper was at No.1 on the singles chart with 'School's Out'. Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes…

This day in 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when the helicopter he was flying in, hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Vaughan had played a show at Alpine…

This day in 1973: 10cc made their live debut at the Palace Lido Isle of Man at the start of an UK tour. The group was comprised of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and…

This day in 1967: Enjoying a wild birthday party, Keith Moon, drummer with The Who drove his Lincoln car into a Holiday Inn swimming pool. As the party had become out of control, the police…

This day in 1956: Elvis Presley began working on his first movie, 'Love Me Tender'. In the drama that was set during and just after the Civil War, Elvis played Clint Reno, the youngest of…

Born on this day in 1952: Turkish-born English musician, singer, actor and songwriter Joe Strummer who was the co-founder of The Clash, who had the 1979 single 'London Calling' and the 1982 No. 8 single 'Rock…