Browsing: On This Day

One of the founding fathers of rock ‘n’ roll did a stint in prison in the early 1960s after an astonishing run of now-classic hit singles

For reasons that are unclear and complicated, The Kinks were unable to play America from 1965 to ’69, with a first show back at the Fillmore East

The beloved Canadian band’s frontman went out on one last tour after he was diagnosed with cancer. He lived ‘the life,’ said the band in a statement.

Two weeks after the unexpected death of the rock icon, family and friends attended a private service in Pacific Palisades, CA

A heartthrob for men and role model for women within the 1960s counterculture, she sang the band’s two biggest hits: “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit”

The group famously was selected, instead of the Beatles, by Decca Records in an audition. They earned eleven Top 10 singles in the U.K. including two #1s

The song was written by a now-well known songwriter, who performed on the recording. Monkees-mania was in full swing as the single had orders of over 1 million copies

20 years after Neil Diamond’s single of “Red Red Wine” was issued and five years after UB40 first released it as a single, the song finally went #1

Doc Pomus wrote the lyrics from his wheelchair about watching his bride dance at their wedding. Dick Clark discovered the song’s huge potential

A Detroit DJ takes a call from a listener who tells him that when “Strawberry Fields Forever” is played backwards, a voice says, “Turn me on, dead man.” Then more clues surface