(Saturday, January 21, 1967) — “Colour My World” by Petula Clark peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Category Archives: Popular Music 1960s
‘Gallant Men’ by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen peaks at #29 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 1967)
(Saturday, January 21, 1967) — “Gallant Men” by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen peaked at #29 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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The Beatles continue recording ‘A Day In The Life’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1967)
(Friday, January 20, 1967, 7:00 p.m.-1:10 a.m. GMT) — The Beatles continued work on “A Day In The Life,” the finale of their Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, today at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording a bass guitar part and drums (both were later re-recorded), a clavichord to the introduction and Paul McCartney’s lead vocals (which would be redone on Feb. 3, 1967; click here to listen to RM1 by selecting track one).
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The Rolling Stones release ‘Between the Buttons’ album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1967)
Video: 'Rolling Stones 1967 Between The Buttons US full album'
(Friday, January 20, 1967) — The Rolling Stones released their fifth British studio album Between the Buttons today in Britain (click here to listen to the UK version). Continue reading The Rolling Stones release ‘Between the Buttons’ album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1967)
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The Beatles begin recording ‘A Day In The Life’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1967)
Video: 'The Making Of Sgt Pepper 1992' ('A Day In The Life' take 1 at 42:33-43:48)
(Thursday, January 19, 1967, 7:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. GMT) — The Beatles began work on the finale of their Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album today at EMI Studio 2 in London, recording four takes of “A Day In The Life” with the working title “In The Life Of…” (click here to listen to takes 1 and 2 by selecting track one and listening from 0:00-2:45). Continue reading The Beatles begin recording ‘A Day In The Life’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 19 1967)
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Paul McCartney interviewed for ‘Scene Special’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1967)
Video: 'It's So Far Out It's Straight Down (1967)' (cover video shot Aug. 25-26, 1967)
(Wednesday, January 18, 1967, afternoon GMT) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was interviewed today for the March 7, 1967, edition of the Granada Television late-night show Scene Special. Continue reading Paul McCartney interviewed for ‘Scene Special’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1967)
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The Beatles finish recording ‘Penny Lane’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 17 1967)
Video: 'The Beatles - Penny Lane' (video shot Feb. 5/7, 1967)
(Tuesday, January 17, 1967, 7:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. GMT) — The Beatles completed recording of “Penny Lane” tonight at EMI Studio 2 in London, adding a B flat piccolo trumpet played by session musician David Mason (click here and select track 2 to listen to RM9; click here and select track one to listen to RM10 and click here and select track two to listen to RS?). Continue reading The Beatles finish recording ‘Penny Lane’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 17 1967)
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The Monkees hold first recording session as self-contained band 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 16 1967)
Video: 'She's So Far Out She's In [Tracking Session Takes 1 & 2]'
(Monday, January 16, 1967, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m./2:00-6:00 p.m. PST) — The Monkees , an American-British pop rock band formed for the American television series The Monkees, held their first recording session today as a fully functioning, self-contained band in Studio A at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, working on early takes of three tracks (“She’s So Far Out, She’s In,” “The Girl I Knew Somewhere” and “All Of Your Toys”). Continue reading The Monkees hold first recording session as self-contained band 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 16 1967)
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The Rolling Stones censored on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1967)
Video: 'Ruby Tuesday/Let's Spend the Night Together - 1967'
(Sunday, January 15, 1967, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The Rolling Stones performed “Ruby Tuesday” and a censored version of “Let’s Spend The Night Together” (Mick Jagger sang “let’s spend some TIME together”) on tonight’s CBS television variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City. Continue reading The Rolling Stones censored on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 15 1967)
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20,000+ attend counterculture ‘Human Be-In’ event in San Francisco 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 14 1967)
Video: 'Human Be-In 1967' (3 videos)
(Saturday, January 14, 1967) — The Sixties’ “Summer of Love” unofficially began today with a “Human Be-In,” a gathering of 20,000 hippies for a counterculture event at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Continue reading 20,000+ attend counterculture ‘Human Be-In’ event in San Francisco 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 14 1967)
