Bob Dylan played a full 'electric' set at The Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island and was booed off stage on July 25, 1965
Retro History for July 25 The 50s 60s 70s 80s
By 1965, Bob Dylan had achieved the status of leading songwriter of the American folk music revival.
On July 20, 1965, Dylan released his single, "Like a Rolling Stone", featuring a rock sound. On July 25, 1965, Dylan performed with a rock band at the Newport Folk Festival. Some sections of the audience booed Dylan's performance. Leading members of the folk movement, including Irwin Silberand Ewan MacColl criticised Dylan for moving away from political songwriting, and performing with an electric band.
On Saturday, July 24, 1965, Bob Dylan performed three acoustic numbers, "All I Really Want to Do", "If You Gotta Go, Go Now", and "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" at a Newport workshop.
According to Jonathan Taplin, a roadie at Newport (and later a road manager for the acts of Dylan's manager Albert Grossman) Dylan made a spontaneous decision on the Saturday that he would challenge the Festival by performing with a fully amplified band. Taplin said that Dylan had been irritated by condescending remarks which festival organiser Alan Lomax had made about the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, when Lomax introduced them for an earlier set at a festival workshop. Dylan's attitude, according to Taplin, was, "Well, fuck them if they think they can keep electricity out of here, I'll do it. On a whim he said he wanted to play electric." Bob Dylan then assembled a band and rehearsed that night at a mansion being used by festival organiser George Wein.
On the night of Sunday, July 25, Bob Dylan's appearance was sandwiched between Cousin Emmy and the Sea Island singers, two very traditional acts. The band that went on stage to back Dylan included two musicians who had played on his recently released single, "Like a Rolling Stone": Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar and Al Kooper on organ. Two of Bloomfield's bandmates from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band also appeared at Newport: bassist Jerome Arnold and drummer Sam Lay, along with Barry Goldberg on piano.
Footage of Bob Dylan's Newport performance can be seen in the documentary films Festival (1967), No Direction Home (2005) and The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 (2007). The footage begins with Dylan being introduced by Master of Ceremonies Peter Yarrow: "Ladies and gentlemen, the person that's going to come up now has a limited amount of time ... His name is Bob Dylan." In the documentary footage, the sound of both booing and cheering can be heard a few bars into Dylan's first song, "Maggie's Farm", and continues throughout his second, "Like a Rolling Stone". Dylan and his band then performed "Phantom Engineeer", an early version of "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry", but this song was omitted from The Other Side of the Mirror DVD.
After "Phantom Engineer", Dylan and the band left the stage. The sound of booing and clapping can be heard in the background. When Peter Yarrow returned to the microphone, he begged Dylan to continue performing. According to Robert Shelton, when Dylan returned to the stage, he discovered he did not have the right harmonica and said to Yarrow, "What are you doing to me?"Dylan then asked the audience for 'an E harmonica'. Within a few moments, a clatter of harmonicas hit the stage. He then performed two songs on acoustic guitar for the audience: "Mr. Tambourine Man", and then, as his farewell to Newport, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". The crowd exploded with applause at the end, calling for more. Dylan did not return to the Newport festival for 37 years. In an enigmatic gesture, Dylan performed at Newport in 2002, sporting a wig and fake beard
Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 Brandi Sherwood, of Idaho, crowned 7th Miss Teen USA 1988 Mindy Duncan, 16, of Oregon, crowned 6th Miss Teen USA 1988 Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France 1987 Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman's Championship Belt 1987 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite 1986 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India 1985 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS 1985 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1985 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1985 Uganda suspends constitution following coup 1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes 1st woman to walk in space 1983 1st non-human primate, baboon, conceived in a lab dish, San Antonio 1983 Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion 1982 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0) 1982 37th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson 1982 France performs nuclear Test 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn 1980 Train crash at Winsum, 9 die 1980 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record) 1978 Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager 1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games 1978 John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image 1976 Annegret Richter runs 100m (11.01) 1976 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1975 "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres 1973 George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 5 1972 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad 1972 All star MVP: Joe Morgan (Cincinnati Reds) 1971 Judy Kimball wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies Golf Open 1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaches #1
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 1st performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Fillmore East, New York) 1969 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival 1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1968 Pope Paul VI encyclical against On regulation of birth 1967 Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) 1966 Brian Jones final perfomance as a Rolling Stone 1966 Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..." 1966 Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River 1966 Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love" 1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame 1965 Bob Dylan played a full 'electric' set at The Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island and was booed off stage. 1965 Folk-rock begins, Dylan uses electricity at Newport Folk Festival 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Tournament 1964 "Here's Love" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 338 performances 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks 1964 Bob Simpson out for 311 at Old Trafford 1964 Race riot in Rochester, New York 1963 Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations 1963 U.S., Russia and England sign nuclear Test ban treaty 1962 House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex 1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader 1960 Company Industrielle et Forestere (Indufor) forms in Brussels 1960 U.S. Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1957 Monarchy in Tunisia abolished in favor of a republic 1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England vs. WI Headingley 1957 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1956 38th PGA Championship: Jack Burke at Blue Hill CC Boston 1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the Stockholm 1956 Jordan attacks United Nations Palestine force 1954 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Fort Wayne Golf Open 1953 New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens 1952 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day) 1952 Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing U.S. commonwealth
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Bob Dylan records Like A Rolling Stone, his first 'electric' hit, with Mike Bloomfield on guitar and Al Kooper on piano and organ on June 15, 1965
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Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play, vs. Yankees 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-213 1988 Turkish premier zal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens 1987 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy 1987 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1986 86th U.S. Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club New York 1986 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1986 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity 1986 Raymond Floyd wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1985 "Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV 1985 En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 1985 Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1985 Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus 1984 "Thicke Of The Night," TV Talk Show last airs in syndication 1984 Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran 1984 Vitesse soccer team forms in Arnhem 1983 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey 1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1982 Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat 1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1980 "Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 12 performances 1980 80th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1980 Dale Lundquis wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1980 Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds 1978 Italy's President Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair 1978 Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American 1978 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days 1977 New York Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry 1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years) 1977 Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam 1976 Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor and Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick and Jim Freeman 1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1975 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64) 1975 Carol Mann wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Classic 1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hit #1 on U.K. pop chart 1973 "American Graffiti" opens in New York City 1972 Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof 1971 Vernon E Jordan, Jr., appointed executive director of National Urban League 1970 16th LPGA Championship won by Shirley Englehorn
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV 1969 69th U.S. Golf Open: Orville Moody shoots a 281 at Champs Golf Club in Houston, Texas 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic 1969 Mets help their power needs by adding 1st baseman Donn Clendenon 1968 "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 220 performances 1968 "I Do! I Do!" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 561 performances 1968 "New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 52 performances 1968 15th Curtis Cup: U.S., 10 -7 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral 1968 Yummy Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express hits #4 1965 Bob Dylan records Like A Rolling Stone, his first 'electric' hit, with Mike Bloomfield on guitar and Al Kooper on piano and organ 1965 Denny McLain in relief strikesout 1st 7 batters faced and record 14 in 6 2/3 innings, Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 putouts 1965 South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products 1964 Last French troops leave Algeria 1963 "Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 1443 performances 1963 Buddy Nobles runs world record marathon (2:14:28) 1963 Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns 1963 San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0 1962 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win 1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1962 WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games 1960 Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races 1960 Argentina complains to United Nations about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 123 perf 1957 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) 1957 57th U.S. Golf Open: Dick Mayer shoots a 282 at Inverness Club in Toledo 1957 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6 1957 Yankees trade Billy Martin and Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran 1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever 1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1953 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 and Browns 14-game losing streak 1953 Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits 1953 New York City Transit Authority forms 1953 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory
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Bob Dylan arrived in Britain for his first major UK tour on May 10, 1964.
Retro History for May 10 The 50s 60s 70s 80s
Retro History For The Decade 1980
1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles 1988 New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night 1987 Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer 1986 Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame 1985 Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational 1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games 1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) 1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" 1985 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS) 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page 1983 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame 1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1982 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) 1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun 1982 Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth 1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO 1975 "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances 1975 Dog spectacles patented in England 1974 "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 9 performances 1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic 1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs. England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six 1973 BPAA U.S. Open by Mike McGrath 1973 Morocco adopts constitution 1972 1st black U.S. political convention opens in Gary, Indiana 1972 General Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It" 1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires 1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg 1966 North Vietnamese capture U.S. Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley 1965 Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged 1964 Bob Dylan arrived in Britain for his first major UK tour including a show at London's Royal Festival Hall on the 17th of this month 1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points vs. Syracuse 1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1960 U.S.S.R. agrees to stop nuclear testing
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1959 Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City 1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) 1952 Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 1951 "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 56 performances 1951 FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
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Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash TV special taped at Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on May 1, 1969
Retro History for May 1 The 50s 60s 70s 80s
Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public 1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting 1988 "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 297 performances 1988 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 1988 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic 1987 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games 1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun 1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph 1986 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap 1986 Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole 1985 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels 1985 U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua 1985 William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in New York City 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy 1983 "My One and Only" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 767 performances 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament 1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) 1982 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4 1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens 1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead 1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett 1981 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 1981 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1980 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden New York City for 588 perf 1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins 1980 Sabres and Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff 1980 Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel 1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) 1979 Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing 1978 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated 1978 MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht 1978 Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone 1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1977 Empress Lilly dedicated 1976 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6 1976 Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2) 1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead 1973 San Francisco Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7 1972 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 24 performances 1972 North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee 1972 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose) 1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres 1971 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2 1971 Amtrak Railroad begins operation 1971 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash TV special taped at Grand Ole Opry in Nashville 1969 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1969 Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 1969 Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000 1968 "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances 1968 Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup 1967 Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua 1967 Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed 1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank 1967 Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer) 1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting 1966 U.S. troops shooting targets in Cambodia 1965 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2 1965 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon 1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) 1963 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest 1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria 1962 Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start 1962 John F. Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act 1961 1st U.S. airplane hijacked to Cuba 1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1961 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird 1961 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1960 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis 1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1959 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1958 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai 1958 Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina 1957 Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord 1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast 1957 U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million 1957 Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km 1955 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament 1955 Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) 1954 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03 1954 Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist org forbidden) 1954 HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies) 1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting 1952 Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada 1952 Mr. Potato Head, introduced 1952 TWA introduces tourist class 1951 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany 1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir 1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st home run 1951 Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) 1950 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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Bob Dylan makes his recording debut, playing harmonica on the title track of Harry Belafonte's LP Midnight Special. He is paid $50. on April 25, 1961
Retro History for April 25 The 50s 60s 70s 80s
Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York 1989 Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period 1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel 1988 John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211 1986 ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5 1985 "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances 1985 Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead 1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game 1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City 1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust 1984 Rock group Wings disbands 1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1983 "Nightline" expands from 1/2 hour to a full hour 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1983 Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election 1983 Yuri Andropov invites U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith to U.S.S.R. 1982 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal 1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1982 Yankees fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael 1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28) 1981 Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1980 A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan 1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran 1980 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres 1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect 1978 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance 1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more 1977 Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1976 India all out for 97 vs. West Indies 1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1976 Portugal adopts constitution 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire 1975 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election 1975 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden 1974 Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gunther Guillaume found to be a spy 1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government 1974 Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution) 1974 NFL moves goal posts and adopts sudden-death playoff 1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1972 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12 1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational 1971 U.S. canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire 1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1970 Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold" 1970 Melanie releases "Lay Down"
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode 1969 Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS 1968 "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 512 performances 1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland 1967 Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in New York City 1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium 1965 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 1965 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational 1964 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1962 Cleveland sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on 1962 Lion and Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1962 U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon 1962 U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island 1962 June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland 1961 Bob Dylan makes his recording debut, playing harmonica on the title track of Harry Belafonte's LP Midnight Special. He is paid $50. 1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 27 performances 1961 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1961 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin 1961 Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo 1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit 1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad 1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by Triton
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1959 St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping 1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated 1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government 1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1 1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London 1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery 1954 British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested) 1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher 1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 1952 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1952 German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms 1950 Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan) 1950 Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
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Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde LP released in the US on April 22, 1965
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Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter, Rickey Henderson 1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana) 1988 New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals 1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2 1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth 1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) 1983 Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season 1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton 1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike 1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts 1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament 1979 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada 1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show 1972 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon 1971 Soyuz 10 launched 1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources 1970 Flat Earth celebrated 1970 New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher 1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19 1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 1st human eye transplant performed 1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing 1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece 1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4 1966 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1965 Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde LP released in the US 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form republic Tanzania 1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open 1962 New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season 1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season 1962 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2 1961 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings 1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors 1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open 1955 Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust" 1955 Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2 1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government 1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule 1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began 1954 U.S.S.R. joins UNESCO 1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada 1952 Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in New York City 1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City
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Bob Dylan's 1st concert appearance at Gerdes Folk City, Greenwich Village on April 11, 1961
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Retro History For The Decade 1980
1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Philadelphia 1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens 1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) 1986 A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000 1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km 1986 KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM 1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair 1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam 1984 General Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth 1984 U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins 1983 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280 1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win 1983 NASA launches RCA-F 1982 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284 1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton 1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
Retro History For The Decade 1970
1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile 1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271 1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee Brewer player 1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers 1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance 1971 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970
Retro History For The Decade 1960
1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse 1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president 1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act 1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances 1967 Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," premieres 1966 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1965 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271 1965 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 9 performances 1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut 1961 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village 1961 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1 1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns 1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
Retro History For The Decade 1950
1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day home run 1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires 1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically 1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted 1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare 1951 President Truman fires General Douglas McArthur 1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco 1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
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On November 4, 1961 Bob Dylan maked his concert hall debut at Carnegie Hall, fifty people attend.
Retro Events For The Decade 1980
1989 Orlando Magic's 1st NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106 1989 Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 1989 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence 1988 1st NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93 1987 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year 1987 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel 1987 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989 1984 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% 1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4 1982 Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier 1981 Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in New York City 1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining 1981 Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley 1980 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) 1980 Libyan invasion in Chad 1980 Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide 1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires 1980 Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards
Retro Events For The Decade 1970
1979 500 Iranian "students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) 1978 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U 1978 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1978 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available 1977 U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa 1976 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available 1975 Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award 1973 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic 1973 M. Medoff's "When you Comin' Back, Red Ryder?," premieres in New York City 1973 New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills 1972 Bangladesh adopts constitution 1972 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders 1970 Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee
Retro Events For The Decade 1960
1968 Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces 1968 WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast 1968 WTOG TV channel 44 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast 1966 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113 1965 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah 1963 John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line 1962 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1961 Bob Dylan makes his concert hall debut at Carnegie Hall, fifty people attend 1961 Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece 1960 "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
Retro Events For The Decade 1950
1959 Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1958 Angelo G. Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII 1958 Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns 1958 Democrats win U.S. congressional election 1957 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched 1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1956 Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt 1956 U.S.S.R. sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest 1954 "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 888 performances 1954 Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City 1953 Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Philadelphia A's 1953 New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk 1952 Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America 1952 Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) 1951 9th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 9 -2 at Pinehurst CC NC 1951 New York Giants and New York Yankees score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns 1951 Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings 1950 "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances 1950 "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 269 performances 1950 Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon 1950 U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
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1928 Rosemary Clooney (This Ole House) 1941 Bob Dylan 1942 Derek Quinn (Freddie and the Dreamers) 1944 Patti LaBelle 1946 Steve Upton (Wishbone Ash) 1947 Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult) 1955 Roseanne Cash (US country singer) 1969 Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)
Deaths On May 24
1974 Duke Ellington (bandleader) 1991 Gene Clark (Byrds)
Number 1 In The Charts On May 24
1957 Andy Williams: Butterfly UK 45 1962 Elvis Presley: Good Luck Charm UK 45 1969 Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline UK LP 1969 Beatles: Get Back US 45 1975 Earth, Wind and Fire: Shining Star UK 45 1997 Hanson : MMMBop : US single 1997 Michael Jackson : Blood On The Dancefloor : UK LP
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1958 It seems likely that Jerry Lee Lewis will be forced to abandon his UK tour amid growing scandal concerning his marriage to his fourteen-year-old cousin
1963 What Kind Of Fool Am I by Anthony Newley becomes first British song to win a Grammy
1968 Jumping Jack Flash by the Rolling Stones released in UK
1970 Peter Green quits Fleetwood Mac
1971 Bob Dylan visits Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on his 30th birthday
1982 The Cooler, an eleven-minute film featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, is shown at Cannes Film Festival. Ringo plays a prisoner in a jail policed entirely by women, two of whom are played by Linda McCartney and Barbara Bach (Ringo's wife)
1982 Topper Headon leaves Clash
1983 Yazoo break up
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For over 40 years, Bob Dylan has remained, along with James Brown, the most influential American musician rock and roll has ever produced and the most important of the '60s. Inscrutable and unpredictable, Dylan has been both deified and denounced for every shift of interest, while whole schools of musicians took up his ideas. His lyrics — the first in rock to be seriously regarded as literature — became so well known that politicians from Jimmy Carter to Vaclav Havel have cited them as an influence. By personalizing folk songs, Dylan reinvented the singer-songwriter genre; by performing his allusive, poetic songs in his nasal, spontaneous vocal style with an electric band, he enlarged pop's range and vocabulary while creating a widely imitated sound. By recording with Nashville veterans, he reconnected rock and country, hinting at the country rock of the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, although he often seemed to flounder (particularly in the 1980s), he still had the ability to challenge, influence, and surprise listener — something he did more reliably from the late-1990s forward than at any time since early in his career.
Robert Allen Zimmerman's family moved to Hibbing, Minnesota, from Duluth when he was six. After taking up guitar and harmonica, he formed the Golden Chords while a high school freshman. He enrolled at the arts college of the University of Minnesota in 1959; during his three semesters there, he began performing solo at coffeehouses as Bob Dylan; he legally changed his name in August 1962.
Dylan moved to New York City in January 1961, saying he wanted to meet Woody Guthrie, who by then was hospitalized with Huntington's chorea. Dylan visited his idol frequently. That April he played New York's Gerdes Folk City as the opening act for bluesman John Lee Hooker, with a set of Guthrie-style ballads and his own lyrics set to traditional tunes. A New York Times review by Robert Shelton alerted A&R man John Hammond, who signed Dylan to Columbia and produced his first album.
Although Bob Dylan contained only two originals ("Talking New York" and "Song to Woody"), Dylan stirred up the Greenwich Village folk scene with his caustic humor and gift for writing deeply resonant topical songs. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Number 22, 1963) included the soon-to-be folk standard "Blowin' in the Wind" (a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary), "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," and "Masters of War," protest songs on par with Guthrie's and Pete Seeger's. Joan Baez, already established as a "protest singer," recorded Dylan's songs and brought him on tour; in summer 1963 they became lovers.
By 1964, Dylan was playing 200 concerts a year. The Times They Are a-Changin' (Number 20, 1964) mixed protest songs ("With God on Our Side") and more personal lyrics ("One Too Many Mornings"). He met the Beatles that year and reportedly introduced them to marijuana. Another Side of Bob Dylan (Number 43), recorded in a single session on June 9, 1964 and released on August 8, concentrated on personal songs and imagistic free associations such as "Chimes of Freedom"; Dylan repudiated his protest phase with "My Back Pages." In late 1964 Columbia A&R man Jim Dickson introduced Dylan to Jim (later Roger) McGuinn, whose band the Byrds would in 1965 have its first hit with "Mr. Tambourine Man," kicking off the mid-decade folk-rock boom. Meanwhile the Dylan-Baez liaison fell apart, and Dylan met 25-year-old ex-model Shirley Noznisky, a.k.a. Sara Lowndes, whom he married in 1965.
With Bringing It All Back Home (Number Six), released early in 1965, Dylan surprised listeners for the first of many times by turning his back on folk purism; for half the album he was backed by a rock & roll band. On July 25, 1965, he played the Newport Folk Festival (where two years earlier he had been the cynosure of the folksingers) backed by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and was booed. The next month, he played the Forest Hills tennis stadium in Queens, NY, with a band that included members of Canadian band the Hawks (including drummer Levon Helm and guitarist Robbie Robertson), which accompanied him on tour and later became the Band. "Like a Rolling Stone" (Number Two, 1965) became Dylan's first major hit as a performer.
The music Dylan made in 1965 and 1966 revolutionized rock. The intensity of his performances and his live-in-the-studio albums — Highway 61 Revisited (Number Three, 1965), Blonde on Blonde (Number Nine, 1966) — were a revelation. His lyrics were analyzed, debated, and quoted like no pop before them. With rage and slangy playfulness, Dylan chewed up and spat out literary and folk traditions in a wild, inspired doggerel. He didn't explain; he gave off-the-wall interviews and press conferences in which he'd spin contradictory fables about his background and intentions. D.A. Pennebaker's documentary of Dylan's British tour, Don't Look Back, shows some of the hysteria that came to surround him and the cool detachment with which he would always regard his celebrity. As "Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35" went to Number Two in April 1966, Dylan's worldwide record sales topped 10 million, and more than 150 other groups or artists across a wide range of genres had recorded at least one of his songs.
On July 29, 1966, Dylan smashed up his Triumph 55 motorcycle while riding near his Woodstock, New York, home. With several broken neck vertebrae, a concussion, and lacerations of the face and scalp, he was reportedly in critical condition for a week and bedridden for a month, with aftereffects including amnesia and mild paralysis. Though the extent of Dylans' injuries was later questioned by biographers, he did spend nine months in seclusion. As he recovered, he and the Band recorded the songs that were widely bootlegged — and legitimately released in 1975 — as The Basement Tapes (Number Seven), whose droll, enigmatic, steeped-in-Americana sound would be continued by the Band on their own.
In 1968 Dylan made his public re-entry with the quiet John Wesley Harding (Number Two), which ignored the baroque psychedelia in vogue over the prior year; Dylan wrapped his enigmatic lyrics in such folkish ballads as "All Along the Watchtower" (later covered, and redefined, by Jimi Hendrix). On January 20, 1968, he returned to the stage, performing three songs at a Woody Guthrie memorial concert, and in May 1969 he released the overly countryish Nashville Skyline (Number Three), featuring "Lay Lady Lay" (Number Seven , 1969) and "Girl From the North Country," with a guest vocal by Johnny Cash and a new, mellower voice.
Dylan's early-'70s acts seemed less portentous. His 1970 Self Portrait (Number Four) included songs by other writers and live takes from a 1969 Isle of Wight concert with the Band. Widely criticized, Dylan went back into the studio and rush released the mild and twangy New Morning (Number Seven, 1970). By mid-1970 Dylan had moved to 94 MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village; on June 9, he received an honorary doctorate in music from Princeton.
George Harrison, with whom Dylan cowrote "I'd Have You Anytime," "If Not for You," and a few other songs that summer, persuaded Dylan to appear at the benefit Concert for Bangladesh; Leon Russell, who also performed, produced Dylan's single "Watching the River Flow." That year he also released his first protest song since the mid-'60s, "George Jackson." In 1971, Tarantula, a collection of writings from the mid-'60s, was published to an unenthusiastic reception.
Dylan sang at the Band concert that resulted in Rock of Ages (1972) but didn't appear on the album; he sat in on albums by Doug Sahm, Steve Goodman, McGuinn, and others. Late in 1972 he played the role of Alias in and wrote a score for Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Number 16, 1973). Writings and Drawings by Bob Dylan, a collection of lyrics and liner notes up to New Morning, was published in 1973. Between Columbia contracts, Dylan moved to Malibu in 1973 and made a handshake deal with David Geffen's Asylum label, which released Planet Waves (Number One, 1974); Columbia retaliated with Dylan (Number 17), a collection of embarrassing outtakes from Self Portrait. (Dylan has never been reissued on CD.) Dylan and the Band played 39 shows in 21 cities, selling out 651,000 seats for a 1974 tour; the last three dates in L.A. were recorded for Before the Flood (Number Three, 1974).
Dylan scrapped an early version of Blood on the Tracks, recutting several songs with local Minneapolis players, and the result hit Number One in 1975. He cowrote some of the songs on the platinum Desire (Number One, 1976) with producer Jacques Levy; before making that LP, Dylan had returned to some Greenwich Village hangouts. A series of jams at the Other End led to the notion of a communal tour, and in October bassist Rob Stoner began rehearsing the large, shifting entourage (including Baez and such Village regulars as Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bobby Neuwirth) that became the Rolling Thunder Revue, which toured on and off — with guests including Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, McGuinn, and Arlo Guthrie — until spring 1976. The Revue started with surprise concerts at small halls (the first in Plymouth, Massachusetts, for an audience of 200) and worked up to outdoor stadiums like the one in Fort Collins, Colorado, where NBC-TV filmed Hard Rain. The troupe played two benefits for convicted murderer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (subject of Dylan's "Hurricane," from Desire), which, after expenses, raised no money. Dylan's efforts helped Carter get a retrial, but he was convicted and one of the witnesses, Patty Valentine, sued Dylan over his use of the name in "Hurricane." (In 1985, a federal judge overturned Carter's conviction, freeing him after nearly 20 years in prison.)
In 1976 Dylan appeared in the Band's farewell concert, The Last Waltz, which was filmed by Martin Scorsese. His wife, Sara Lowndes, filed for divorce in March 1977. She received custody of their five children: Maria (Sara's daughter by a previous marriage, whom Dylan had adopted), Jesse, Anna, Samuel, and Jakob. (It was revealed in 2001 that in 1986 Dylan had secretly married backup singer Carolyn Dennis, six months after she gave birth to the couple's daughter, Desiree Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan. The couple divorced in 1992.)
In 1978 Dylan took a $2 million loss on Renaldo and Clara, a four-hour film including footage of the Rolling Thunder tour and starring himself and Joan Baez. He embarked on an extensive tour (New Zealand, Australia, Europe, the U.S., and Japan, where he recorded Live at Budokan), redoing his old songs with some of the trappings of a Las Vegas lounge act.
In 1979 Dylan announced that he was a born-again Christian. The platinum Slow Train Coming (Number 24, 1979) netted Dylan his first Grammy (for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male). His West Coast tour late in 1979 featured only his born-again material; Saved (Number 24, 1980) and Shot of Love (Number 33, 1981) continued that message. In late 1981 he embarked on a 22-city U.S. tour; in 1982 amid rumors he had repudiated his born-again Christianity, Dylan traveled to Israel. Infidels (Number 20, 1983), recorded with a band that included Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor, and reggae greats Sly and Robbie, answered no questions. Despite its title, the album was more churlish than religious, although Dylan did admit that "Neighborhood Bully" was about Arab-Israeli relations.
Biograph (Number 33, 1985), a five-LP retrospective with 18 previously unreleased tracks, helped put Dylan's long career in perspective, but Empire Burlesque (Number 33), released the same year, puzzled listeners with its backup singers and cluttered production by dance-music specialist Arthur Baker. A tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1986 supported the sloppy, cryptic Knocked Out Loaded (Number 53). Dylan then toured in 1987 with the Grateful Dead as his backup band, yielding the concert album, Dylan & the Dead (Number 37, 1989). Dylan delayed release of Down in the Groove (Number 61, 1988) twice in six months. The final product, with guests including Eric Clapton, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), rappers Full Force, and members of the Dead, sounded tentative and unfocused. But as "Lucky," one-fifth of the Traveling Wilburys, Dylan seemed to genuinely enjoy participating in a group project.
Dylan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and later that year released his best received album of the '80s, Oh Mercy (Number 30). Produced by Daniel Lanois (U2, Robbie Robertson) in New Orleans, it was a coherent collection of songs, and Dylan sounded reenergized and engaged. But as he had throughout his career, Dylan defied expectations. On his Never Ending Tour, started in 1988, Dylan recast his songs, at times throwing them away with offhand performances. His appearance on the L'Chaim — To Life telethon led to rumors he had joined a Hasidic sect. Under the Red Sky (Number 38, 1990), the follow-up to Oh Mercy, was widely panned.
In 1990 Dylan was named a Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Art et des Lettres, France's highest cultural honor. At the 1991 Grammy ceremony, where he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award, Dylan's whimsical acceptance speech and almost unintelligible performance of "Masters of War" (the first Gulf War had recently started), left some fans scratching their heads, with others applauding his pugnacious attitude. Dylan opened up the vaults for The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) (Number 49, 1991), 58 outtakes, live tracks, demos, and rarities that proved his prolific virtuosity.
On October 16, 1992, Columbia marked the 30th anniversary of Dylan's first album with Bobfest, an all-star concert at New York's Madison Square Garden featuring more than 30 artists, including Neil Young, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, and Dylan himself. Broadcast live on pay-per-view, it was released as an album and video the next year. As if to bring his career full circle, Dylan recorded two folkish solo guitar and vocal albums, Good as I Been to You (Number 51, 1992) and World Gone Wrong (Number 70, 1993).
In the mid-'90s Dylan revived his live concerts by assembling one of the best bands of his career — he stopped throwing away his songs, instead playing both country-rock and acoustic string-band versions of his best compositions. He made a triumphant appearance at Woodstock '94, though he had snubbed the 1969 festival. In late 1994 Dylan performed on MTV's Unplugged with his new band augmented by Pearl Jam's producer Brendan O'Brien on keyboards; highlights were released on the 1995 Unplugged album (Number 23).
Hooking up again with producer Lanois, Dylan recorded the deep-blue songs of Time Out of Mind, which debuted (and peaked) on the Billboard chart at Number Ten, becoming his highest-charting release (as well as his most acclaimed) in nearly 20 years. The same year Dylan found himself on the road touring and crossing paths with his son Jakob Dylan's band the Wallflowers.
Other highlights of the year for Dylan included performing before Pope John Paul II in Bologna, Italy; the inaugural release on his Egyptian Records label (The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers — A Tribute); and receiving the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award from President Bill Clinton at the White House. That year he had a brush with death when he suffered a serious heart infection that landed him in the hospital for a few tense days. In 1998 he picked up three Grammys for Time Out of Mind (Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk Album, and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the track "Cold Irons Bound"), and released The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert, one of the most legendary of all live rock performances. (It's the one where an audience member, incensed at Dylan's electric performance, shouts, "Judas!" Dylan's response: "I don't believe you. You're a liar! [to band] Play fucking loud," before crashing into "Like a Rolling Stone.") Also that year, Dylan's Time Out of Mind song "To Make You Feel My Love" was turned by Garth Brooks into a Number One country smash.
In 2000, Dylan received the prestigious Polar Prize and performed a new song, "Things Hve Changed," for the soundtrack of the movie Wonder Boys. (It was also included on The Essential Bob Dylan, a two-CD anthology, later that year.) The song went on to receive a Grammy Award and Dylan's first-ever Oscar. Another kind of retrospective occurred with the fascinating Japan-only Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances (2001), which collected some of Dylan's most striking performances from throughout his concert history.
In summer 2001, Dylan took his road band back into the studio and in a quick burst recorded "Love and Theft", whose title was a reference to Eric Lott's groundbreaking minstrelsy study of the same name. It was a canny title: Dylan here played the same cracked voice and doomy viewpoint that fueled Time Out of Mind for laughs, even cracking a knock-knock joke in "Po' Boy." The effect was as hard-hitting as Time Out of Mind, and the album won every major critics poll, with several reviewers reading deeply into the fact that an album as apocalyptic as this one was released on September 11, 2001.
From there, Dylan scooped out his vaults some more, with volumes 5 and 6 of The Bootleg Series (covering the Rolling Thunder Revue and a 1964 Philharmonic Hall performance, respectively) as well as the early Live at the Gaslight 1962, which was initially sold only through Starbucks. He also penned a book of impressionistic memoirs, Chronicles Vol. 1, to great acclaim. No Direction Home, the Martin Scorsese documentary and its accompanying two-CD soundtrack, were released in 2005; the film (which had limited screenings before airing on PBS and becoming available on DVD) did a sharp job of capturing Dylan's life and work through 1966. But Dylan was still in trim, as he demonstrated on the road and with 2006's Modern Times, which merged the approaches he'd taken on his previous two albums, making Bob Dylan the oldest performer in rock to make unassailably superb albums.
Various Live Videos Of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Live At The Newport Folk Festival 25th July 1965
Bob Dylan - Ballad of a thin man (Live video)
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man Live Video 1966
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues Music Video
