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Rock and Metal History, a day like today May 24
1963: The Beatles recorded the first of their very own BBC radio program, "Pop Go the Beatles". The theme song for the program was a...


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 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 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 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...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today April 25
1965: During a North American tour, The Rolling Stones appeared at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to over 16,000 fans. 1973: Sweet...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today April 22
1965: Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde LP released in the US The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride.' Taken...


Rock and Metal History, a day like today April 21
1963: Beatles and Rolling Stones meet for the first time during a Rolling Stones performance at Crawdaddy Club. ‘We got all nervous’,...