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Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 22
1965: The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride', the group's eighth US No.1. The American single's label...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 21
1972: The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Faces, Family, Curved Air, Atomic Rooster, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Uriah Heep, Country Joe McDonald,...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 20
1966: Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who grew tired of waiting for John Entwistle and Keith Moon to arrive for their gig at the...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 15
1970: Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus. The...


Rock and metal History, a day like today May 11
1963: The Beatles started a 30 week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with their debut album 'Please Please Me', making it the longest...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 10
1963: The Rolling Stones recorded the Chuck Berry song 'Come On', at Olympic Studios, London. This the bands first release was issued on...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 9
1963: The Rolling Stones signed a contract with manager Andrew Loog Oldham's company Impact, agreeing to license their records in the...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 8
1965: The filming of the promotional film for Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues took place at the side of the Savoy Hotel in...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 7
1966: The Rolling Stones released the single "Paint It Black" in the United States. 1967: Jimi Hendrix played two shows at London's...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 6
1965: In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards work out opening riff of the song Satisfaction, following...