Video: 'The Band Up On Cripple Creek v 2 0'
(Sunday, November 2, 1969, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The Band performed “Up on Cripple Creek” and Petula Clark sang “The Fool On The Hill,” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading The Band, Petula Clark perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 2 1969)
Video: 'Abbey Road (2019 remix)' (17 videos)
(Saturday, November 1, 1969) — Abbey Road, the eleventh studio album by English rock band The Beatles, the last in which all four members participated, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart for 11 non-consecutive weeks (Nov. 1/8/15/22/29, Dec. 6/13/20, 1969, Jan. 3/10/24, 1970). Continue reading ‘Abbey Road’ studio LP by The Beatles peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 1 1969)
Video: 'The Monkees Present' (first 12 videos constitute original LP)
(Saturday, November 1, 1969) — The Monkees Present, The Monkees’ eighth studio album, the last to feature Michael Nesmith and the second after Peter Tork left the group, debuted at #187 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading ‘The Monkees Present’ studio album debuts at #187 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 1 1969)
Video: 'The Room Where the Internet Began'
(Wednesday, October 29, 1969, 10:30 p.m. PST) — The first connection on what would become the Internet was made tonight when the first message was sent over ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet, between computers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). Continue reading First message sent over the Internet 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1969)
Video: 'Night And Day'
(Monday, October 27, 1969, 2:30-5:00 p.m./7:00-9:30 p.m. BST) — Ringo Starr of The Beatles began recording his first solo studio album today at EMI Studio 3 in London, capturing “Night and Day” in two sessions. Continue reading Ringo Starr begins recording first solo album 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1969)
Video: 'Oliver- Jean 1969'
(Sunday, October 26, 1969, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Santana performed “Persuasion” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading Santana performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 26 1969)
Video: 'Paul McCartney In Campbelltown,Scotland // 24 October 1969'
(Friday, October 24, 1969) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was secretly filmed by an ABC News crew today as he worked on his High Park Farm in Campbeltown, Scotland.
It was McCartney’s first “public appearance” since the “Paul is dead” rumor that had been circulating for several weeks, bringing an end to the speculation that clues to his apparent accidental death had been included in backward messages within Beatles songs, and images on albums.
“If the conclusion you reach is that I’m dead, then you’re wrong, because I’m alive and living in Scotland,” McCartney told the BBC’s Chris Drake today in an interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend on Oct. 26, 1969.
Video: 'JOHN LENNON From Wknr-Am, Detroit Interview, October 1969... [Radio-Show]'
(Wednesday, October 22, 1969) — John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, were interviewed today at The Beatles’ Apple headquarters in London (via telephone) by John Small for WKNR-AM in Detroit, denouncing the “Paul is dead” conspiracy theory as “the most stupid rumor I’ve ever heard.” Continue reading Lennon, Ono interviewed about ‘Paul is dead’ rumor 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 1969)
Video: 'The Beatles Tapes John Lennon Interview June 1969 Pt 1 David Wigg RARE' (Oct. 21, 1969 at 13:54-17:32)
(Tuesday, October 21, 1969) — John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, were interviewed today by David Wigg at The Beatles’ Apple headquarters in London for the Oct. 26, 1969, editions of the BBC Radio 1 program Scene And Heard. Continue reading Lennon, Ono interviewed for ‘Scene and Heard’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 21 1969)
Video: 'Cold Turkey - John Lennon Plastic Ono Band [Original video]'
(Monday, October 20, 1969) — The single “Cold Turkey”/“Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)” by the Plastic Ono Band, a rock band formed by John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, as a vehicle for their collaborative and solo projects, was released today in the U.S. (Oct. 24, 1969, in the UK). Continue reading ‘Cold Turkey’ single by Plastic Ono Band released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1969)
