Video: 'The Doors - ''Philadelphia Arena'' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Agosto 4 de 1968.'
(Sunday, August 4, 1968, 10:45 p.m. EDT) — The Doors performed tonight at The Arena in Philadelphia, with approximately 6,400 in attendance. Continue reading The Doors perform in Philadelphia 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 4 1968)
Video: 'The Doors - Light My Fire. [Live ''Cleveland Public Auditorium'' Ohio, Agosto 3 de 1968.]'
(Saturday, August 3, 1968, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EDT) — The Doors performed tonight at Cleveland Public Auditorium in Cleveland. Continue reading The Doors perform in Cleveland 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1968)
Video: 'Head (Album) Lyrics' (14 videos)
(Saturday, August 3, 1968, 3:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. PDT) — The Monkees completed “Ditty Diego today at RCA Victor Studios in Hollywood, completing the recording sessions for Head, the band’s sixth studio album and the soundtrack to the group’s first and only feature film Head. Continue reading The Monkees complete ‘Head’ soundtrack album 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1968)
(Saturday, August 3, 1968) — “Hello, I Love You” by The Doors peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Aug. 3/10, 1968). Continue reading ‘Hello, I Love You’ by The Doors peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1968)
(Saturday, August 3, 1968) — “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams peaks at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Classical Gas’ by Mason Williams peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1968)
(Saturday, August 3, 1968) — “Hurdy Gurdy Man” by Donovan peaks at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Hurdy Gurdy Man’ by Donovan peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1968)
Video: 'the wichita train whistle sings (1968) FULL ALBUM mike nesmith shorty rogers serious monkee business'
(Saturday, August 3, 1968) — The Wichita Train Whistle Sings, the de facto first solo album by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, although the artist credited on the initial release is actually “The Wichita Train Whistle,” debuted at #161 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading ‘The Wichita Train Whistle Sings’ by Mike Nesmith debuts at #161 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1968)
Video: 'The Doors @ the Singer Bowl HD When You're Strange'
(Friday, August 2, 1968, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Doors performed tonight at Singer Bowl in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, with approximately 16,500 fans in attendance. Continue reading The Doors perform in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 2 1968)
Video: 'Hey Jude (Remastered 2015)'
(Thursday, August 1, 1968, 5:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m. BST) — The Beatles completed recording Paul McCartney’s “Hey Jude” tonight at Trident Studios in London, recording overdubs onto take one, including lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, tambourine, handclaps, and a 36-piece orchestra. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Hey Jude’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1968)
Video: 'Hang 'Em High' trailer
(Wednesday, July 31, 1968, 9:15 a.m. CDT) — Hang ‘Em High, an American DeLuxe Color revisionist Western film about a mysterious drifter who survives a lynching then goes back for revenge, opened this morning at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago. Continue reading ‘Hang ‘Em High’ opens in Chicago 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1968)
