Pink Floyd plays Pompeii

Pink Floyd played the first of four nights at the Roman Ampitheater, Pompeii, Italy for their Live in Pompeii album on October 4, 1971.

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 film featuring Pink Floyd performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy.

It was directed by Adrian Maben and recorded in the month of October using studio-quality 24-track recorders without a live audience.

Pink Floyd performances of "Echoes," "A Saucerful of Secrets," and "One of These Days" were filmed from October 4, 1971 to October 7, 1971.

The remaining songs were filmed in a Paris studio, along with additional front projection footage for insertion into the Pompeii performances. The sequences in Paris were filmed in late 1971/early 1972, and can be distinguished by the absence of Richard Wright's beard. This version was released in cinemas in September 1972 and is also included on the DVD edition as an extra feature.

In August 1974, another version was released combining the original film with supposed recording sessions of The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios. These sessions were actually staged for the film, as the recording of the album had been completed when these sessions were filmed in January 1973 and the band was mixing the album at the time.

Retro History for October 4 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977
1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1988 Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid
1987 1st "Scrub Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players
1987 Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant
1987 James Jefferson of Winnipeg scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals)
1986 New York Yankee Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves
1986 Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde
1986 Rachel Oliver (Mass), 20, crowned 19th Miss Black America
1985 Henry G. Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1985 Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut
1984 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems
1984 Yankees clinch AL East
1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car
1982 Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of West Germany
1981 Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
1981 Meadowlands Arena opens in New Jersey
1981 Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest International gymnastics participant
1980 Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Hugh Leonards "Life," premieres in Dublin
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I
1977 Pier 39 opens in San Francisco
1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke
1976 Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers
1974 John Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges" album
1973 Hans of Manens ballet "Adagio Hammerklavier" premieres in Amsterdam
1972 Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0
1971 Pink Floyd played the first of four nights at the Roman Ampitheater, Pompeii, Italy for their Live in Pompeii album.
1971 Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World
1971 KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1970 Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal
1970 Umps return after 1-day walkout in quest of higher wages
1970 WFYI TV channel 20 in Indianapolis, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el
1969 U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
1969 Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 and Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand, 51 died
1967 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers
1966 Dutch Cardinal Alfrink presents New Catechism
1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1965 "Pickwick" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 56 performances
1965 Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon
1964 Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss and Ga
1964 10th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills
1964 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
1964 Italian Autostrada del Sol opens at Milan-Naples
1964 Patriots' Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Broncos
1964 Phils bomb Reds 10-0 as both teams finish one game behind St. Louis
1963 Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti
1963 Gambia achieves full internal self-government
1962 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m
1962 Whitey Ford's World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 Whitey Ford's 3rd straight World Series shutout
1960 Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 1st World Series game played west of St. Louis (in LA)
1959 Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts
1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitch 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394
1959 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-1
1959 U.S.S.R. Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side
1958 12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal
1958 5th French republic forms
1957 "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS
1957 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7
1955 Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul
1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4)
1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series
1952 "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances
1951 In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn
1950 French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam

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Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace

Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus. The concert is so loud that fish die in the lake on May 15, 1970.




Retro History for May 15 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 44 performances
1989 Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston
1989 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs
1989 U.S. Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
1988 "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 5 performances
1988 "Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 61 performances
1988 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman
1988 Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1987 1st Energiya Launch (U.S.S.R.)
1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set
1986 Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1983 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
1982 108th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
1981 "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
1981 2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC)
1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in the United Kingdom
1981 Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
1981 SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC
1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
1980 1st trans-U.S. balloon crossing
1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1980 Shawn Weatherly, (South Carolina (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1976 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1976 Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91
1976 Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85
1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 9-4
1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed
1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president
1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats Kansas City Royals, 3-0
1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
1972 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland
1972 Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 years of U.S. control
1971 "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 35 performances
1971 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
1970 Pink Floyd perform two-and-a-half-hour set at Crystal Palace, complete with fireworks and fifty-foot inflatable octopus. The concert is so loud that fish die in the lake
1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US
1970 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named 1st female U.S. generals
1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
1970 South Africa excluded from Olympic play

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
1968 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
1968 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago
1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
1968 Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host
1967 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset
1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational
1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1965 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
1965 Canadian Football Players Association organizes
1965 Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1964 Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
1963 Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1962 U.S. Marines arrive in Laos
1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra
1960 Chicago Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0
1960 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1958 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik III
1957 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
1957 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again
1955 Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins
1955 KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence
1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago
1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
1953 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
1952 Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Washington Senators, 1-0
1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners

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Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall banned

Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall banned in South Africa when black schoolchildren adopt it as a protest against their second-rate education system on May 2, 1980




Retro History for May 2 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park
1988 David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in New York City
1988 Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000
1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
1987 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
1986 Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II
1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver
1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth New York City for 604 performances
1984 Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn)
1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid
1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1981 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02
1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
1980 Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall banned in South Africa when black schoolchildren adopt it as a protest against their second-rate education system.
1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour
1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Quadrophenia" premieres in London
1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell
1978 NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games
1977 "King and I" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 719 performances
1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1975 Apple records closes down
1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred
1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
1972 Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
1970 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4
1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, Arizona (NBC) 1st broadcast

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York
1968 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony
1968 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2
1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
1968 Israeli television begins transmitting
1967 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. (Thousand Days)
1965 "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 52 performances
1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational
1965 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00
1964 Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks
1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1962 Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I
1962 OAS strikes in Algeria
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, New York (PBS) 1st broadcast
1960 Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
1960 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice and Consent)
1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2
1958 Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City
1956 U.S. Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1956 U.S. Methodist church disallows race separation
1955 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable
1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Stan Musial hits 5 home runs in a doubleheader
1953 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02
1953 Feisal II installed as king of Iraq
1953 Hussein I installed as king of Jordan
1952 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music"
1952 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet
1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers
1950 Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan
1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
1950 Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR

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Fourteen-hour Technicolour Dream event held in London

Fourteen-hour Technicolour Dream event held in London at Alexandra Palace (with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Pretty Things and Arthur Brown) on April 29, 1967




Retro History for April 29 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 2nd government of Lubbers falls
1988 "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
1988 Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson marry
1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses
1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the U.S.
1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library
1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 home runs in a game in both leagues
1985 Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 17 performances
1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic
1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador
1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
1981 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic
1977 British Aerospace forms
1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
1975 Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1971 Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East
1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 7 performances
1968 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 1750 performances
1967 Fourteen-hour Technicolour Dream event held in London at Alexandra Palace (with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Pretty Things and Arthur Brown).
1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe
1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KPAT
1962 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed win
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va
1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 G. Gronchi elected president of Italy
1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers


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Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd

Syd Barrett officially leaves Pink Floyd on April 6, 1968



Retro History for April 6 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr
1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours
1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1985 Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
1984 1st time 11 people in space
1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 Post It Notes, introduced

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Rod Stewart and Alana Collins wed
1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances
1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances
1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson)
1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn
1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Syd Barrett officially leaves Pink Floyd
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
1968 Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite
1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win
1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
1957 New York City ends trolley car service
1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1954 Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit
1954 TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286
1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson

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Pink Floyd release their 1st song

Pink Floyd releases their 1st song - Arnold Layne on March 2, 1967




Retro History for March 2 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
1986 12th People's Choice Awards
1986 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1986 Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule
1985 Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
1983 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean (GRB)
1983 Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova and Vasiliev (URS)
1983 Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)
1983 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins
1981 Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs. Pak cricket draw

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
1979 Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minutes NHL hockey game
1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
1978 USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC
1977 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington D.C.
1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1974 Mount Etna in Sicily erupted
1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
1972 "Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 97 performances
1970 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win
1970 Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
1968 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 12nd string quartet
1968 Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for " Dock of the Bay"
1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
1966 Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out
1965 Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto
1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each)
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
1959 Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit"
1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"
1958 Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets
1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches

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Retro History for February 18 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 5, 1968 David Gilmour joins the rock group Pink Floyd




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix
1984 Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed
1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983
1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1979 Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-202
1979 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh
1979 Snow falls in Sahara Desert
1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii
1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"
1977 Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown
1975 2nd American Music Awards
1975 Italy broadens abortion law
1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
1974 U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check
1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
1973 Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
1972 John and Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
1970 Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
1970 U.S. president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Doug Walters scores 2nd innings century after 242 in 1st
1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
1968 10,000 demonstrators against U.S. in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1968 British adopts year-round daylight savings time
1968 David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
1967 Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
1967 Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1965 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 72 performances
1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia
1965 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting
1965 Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1964 Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in New York City
1964 Papandreou Government takes power in Greece
1962 France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war
1962 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1961 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, California
1960 Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance
1953 "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
1953 "Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for 5 performances
1953 KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York City)
1952 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca wins
1951 3 City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes
1951 Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy
1951 Netherlands Radio School forms
1950 "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances


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Retro History for February 13 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 13, 1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week.




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed
1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1988 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada
1988 Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
1988 European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
1988 Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
1988 Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
1987 Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
1985 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
1985 Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders
1984 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant
1984 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader
1983 "Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 199 performances
1983 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA
1983 Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1983 E Bernstein, Levinson and Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in New York City
1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words
1980 Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated
1980 New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 "Guys and Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 239 performances
1977 "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 39 performances
1977 "Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 145 performances
1977 Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
1977 Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
1976 Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
1975 Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation
1974 "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater New York City
1974 Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from U.S.S.R.
1974 James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
1973 Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City
1973 U.S. dollar devalues 10 percent
1972 "1776" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,217 performances
1972 "Grease" opens on Broadway
1972 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
1971 Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
1970 Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
1970 NL offices begins move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed February 23)

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released
1969 Suriname government of Pengel resigns
1968 U.S. sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1965 Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title
1965 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1965 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
1961 Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
1960 "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances
1960 "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances
1960 France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Barbie doll goes on sale
1959 Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans
1956 KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
1955 Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls
1955 KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1954 Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95
1953 A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium
1952 Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win


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February 7 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On February 7, 1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
1989 Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
1988 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
1988 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
1988 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1987 "Ronnies Rap" by Ron and DC Crew peaks at #93
1987 Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
1987 Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
1987 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1986 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
1985 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City
1985 Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5"
1985 New York Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
1984 Bruce McCandless, U.S., makes 1st untethered space walk
1984 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
1983 Elizabeth Dole, 1st female secretary of transportation, is sworn-in
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
1979 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds President Boumedienne in Algeria
1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI vs. India at Kanpur
1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
1977 Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
1976 Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
1976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.)
1975 NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1974 Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
1973 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973 Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage
1970 "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
1970 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
1970 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1970 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV
1969 Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah)
1968 Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York City
1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
1968 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 George Harrison has his tonsils removed
1965 Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao
1965 U.S. begins regular bombing and strafing of North Vietnam
1965 WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, Ohio (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream
1964 Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour
1964 Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony, premieres
1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
1962 President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
1962 Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational
1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"
1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 56 performances
1959 Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
1959 Dorothy Rigney sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
1958 1st showing of DAF 600 auto
1958 Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
1958 Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced
1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
1950 Georges Bidault forms French government
1950 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1950 U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime


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January 27 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Nick Mason!



Musicians Born On January 27

1914 Elmore James (blues guitarist)
1919 David Seville (Chipmunks)
1930 Bobby 'Blue' Bland (blues performer)
1931 Rudi Mauger (Crew Cuts)
1944 Kevin Coyne (Marlene)
1945 Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
1947 Nedra Talley (Ronettes)
1951 Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy)
1951 Seth Justman (J Geils Band)
1961 Gillian Gilbert (New Order)
1961 Martin Deguille (Sigue Sigue Sputnik)
1961 Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
1964 Migi (Curiosity Killed the Cat)
1968 Mike Patton (Faith No More)

Deaths On January 27

1972 Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 27

1962 Joey Dee: Peppermint Twist US 45
1966 Overlanders: Michelle UK 45
1973 Sweet: Blockbuster UK 45
1973 Stevie Wonder: Superstition US 45
1979 Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick UK 45
1990 Kylie Minogue: Tears on My Pillow : UK 45
1990 Christians : Colour : UK LP
1997 Blur : Beetlebum : UK single

Various Music Events On January 27

1956 Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley released in US.

1956 Bill Haley, Platters, Lavern Baker, Shirley and Lee, Drifters, Joe Turner, Bo Diddley, Roy Hamilton and others begin the biggest US package tour to date, promoted by Irvin Field.

1960 Gary Glitter (as Paul Raven) releases his first single, Alone in the Night/Too Proud.

1968 Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding hits US chart. It is his only Top 10 single in the States and goes on to reach No. 1.

1968 Bee Gees make their US stage debut, earning $50,000 for their appearance at Anaheim Convention Centre, California.

1969 Ivy's, subsequently known as Badfinger, release Maybe Tomorrow in the UK

1971 David Bowie arrives in US for his first visit. He does not play live but garners much publicity by wearing a dress in Texas.

1984 Michael Jackson injured while filming for Pepsi advert.

1990 The town of Gainsville, Florida declares today will become "Tom Petty Day"

1993 "After controversy over Ice-T's song, "Cop Killer.", Warner Brothers Records announces that it is releasing him from his contract due to "creative differences".


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January 6 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Syd! - Shine On You Crazy Diamond...



Musicians Born On January 6

1924 Earl Scruggs (country music star)
1929 Wilbert Harrison (Kansas City)
1941 Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention)
1944 Van McCoy (Hustle)
1946 Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
1951 Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1953 Malcom Young (AC/DC)
1959 Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge)
1963 Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)
1964 Mark O'Toole (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

Deaths On January 6

1980 Georgeanna Tillman Gordon (Marvalettes)

Number 1 In The Charts On January 6

1958 Danny and the Juniors; At the Hop US 45
1962 Elvis Presley: Blue Hawaii UK LP
1968 Beatles: Magical Musical Tour US LP
1973 Carly Simon: You're So Vain US 45
1979 Barbra Streisand: Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits US LP
1979 Village Pope: YMCA UK 45

Various Music Events On January 6

1956 Lonnie Donegan debuts on UK chart with Rock Island Line.

1957 Elvis Presley makes his last appearance on US Ed Sullivan Show.

1964 Rolling Stones begin their first headlining UK tour with Ronettes supporting. First gig is at Harrow Granada.

1975 Musical The Wiz opens on Broadway.

1975 Boston Mayor Kevin White cancels Led Zeppelin show after one thousand fans cause an esimated $30,000 damage when they riot, breaking seats and doors.

1977 Sex Pistols dropped by EMI Records.

1977 Kiss go platinum in US with Rock and Roll Over LP.

1982 Lynval Golding of Specials attacked and stabbed by racists in Coventry.

1984 John Lennon releases Nobody Told Me in US.

1985 Desmond Dekker, Smiley Culture and Lee Perry are among those appearing at the Brixton Academy in London in an Ethiopian benefit concert.


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November 23 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On November 23, 1979 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
1989 Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece
1988 France performs nuclear test
1988 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
1985 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
1984 Limited-over International cricket debut for Wasim Akram, vs. New Zealand
1984 Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1984 Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45
1983 Soyuz T-9 lands
1983 U.S.S.R. leave weapon disarmament talks
1982 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB and mated for STS-6
1982 FCC drops limits on duration and frequency of TV ads
1982 New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars play to an 8-8 tie
1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
1980 68th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10
1980 National Black Independent Party forms

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
1977 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 96 performances
1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1975 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8
1975 Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Greater Ft. Myers Golf Classic
1974 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
1971 China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council
1971 Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement
1970 KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth New York City after 36 performances
1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love and Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
1966 Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year
1965 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern California (RB)
1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 232 performances
1964 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman"
1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
1963 "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
1963 "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater New York City after 24 performances
1963 Horatio Alger Society founded
1963 John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for John F. Kennedy)
1962 Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP
1960 Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
1960 Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame on Hollywood Blvd
1960 Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Fiorello!" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 796 performances
1955 British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia
1953 KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft. Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950 Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres

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September 6 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Roger Waters!



Musicians Born On September 6

1939 David Allen Coe (country singer)
1944 Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
1961 Pat Waaktaar (A-Ha)
1960 Perry Bamonte (The Cure)
1969 CeCe Peniston
1972 Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
1974 Nina Persson (The Cardigans)



Deaths On September 6

1978 Tom Wilson (record producer: 'Like a Rolling Stone' and 'Wednesday Morning 3 A.M.')
1990 Tom Fogerty



Number 1 In The Charts On September 6

1967 Englebert Humperdink: 'The Last Waltz' UK 45
1975 Rod Stewart: 'Sailing' UK 45
1975 Glen Campbell: 'Rhinestone Cowboy' US 45
1975 Jefferson Starship: 'Red Octopus' US LP
1980 Jam: 'Start' UK 45
1980 Diana Ross: 'Upside Down' US 45
1986 Bananarama: 'Venus' US 45



Various Music Events On September 6

1957 The first 'Flexi-Disc' is produced, for Nestle Chocolate, as promotion for new chocolate bar. The disc features Franklyn Boyd, Ray Edwards and Mary Rose

1957 Elvis Presley records 'White Christmas, Silent Night' and 'Here Comes Santa Claus' at Radio Recorders Studio in Hollywood

1959 Bobby Vee debuts on US chart with 'You're Gonna Hear from Me'

1961 Bob Dylan plays his first gig at the Gaslight Café in Greenwich Village

1963 Brian Epstein signs a management contract with Priscilla White, Ringo Starr's mother's hairdresser and cloakroom girl at the Cavern. She changes her name to Cilla Black.

1967 D.A. Penebaker's Dylan film 'Don't Look Back' premieres in New York

1969 David Bowie debuts on UK chart with 'Space Oddity'

1980 Ginger Baker quits recently re-formed Atomic Rooster to join Hawkwind, which soon crumbles

1989 Neil Young's "This Note For You" wins the MTV award for Best Video


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July 28 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musicians Born On July 28

1938 George Cummings (Dr. Hook)
1945 Rick Wright (Pink Floyd)
1948 Simon Kirke (Bad Company/Free)
1949 Steve Peregrine Took (T. Rex)
1949 Peter Doyle (New Seekers)
1965 Tex Axile (Transvision Vamp)

Deaths On July 28

1996 Marguerite Ganser Dorste (Shangri-Las)

Number 1 In The Charts On July 28

1956 Elvis Presley: 'I Want You I Need You I Love You' US 45
1960 Cliff Richard: 'Please Don't Tease' UK 45
1962 Elvis Presley: 'Pot Luck' UK LP
1966 Chris Farlowe: 'Out of Time' UK 45
1973 Gary Glitter: 'I'm the Leader of the Gang' UK 45
1973 Chicago: Chicago VI US LP
1979 Boomtown Rats: 'I Don't Like Mondays' UK 45
1990 Partners in Kryme: 'Turtle Power' UK 45
1990 Elton John : Sleeping with the Past : UK LP


Various Music Events On July 28

1956 Blues singer Big Walter releases 'Pack Fair and Square'; the song is later covered by J. Geils Band

1962 Tommy Roe debuts on US chart with 'Sheila', his only No. 1

1966 Beach Boys enter UK chart with 'God Only Knows'

1970 'Ned Kelly' film, starring Mick Jagger, premieres in Australia

1972 Mott the Hoople release 'All the Young Dudes' in the UK

1973 The world's biggest-ever rock festival audience gathers at Watkins Glen Festival in New York State. Over 600,000 attend to see The Band, Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead

1974 Record for longest continuous rock performance set by 'Animation', who ended a gig of 140 hours and 34 minutes at St. Andrews Church, Liverpool

1993 10,000 Maniacs play their last show with lead singer Natalie Merchant. Merchant leaves the group to pursue a solo career

1995 Jimi Hendrix's father, James Al Hendrix, wins back the rights to his son's name, likeness, image and music.


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March 6 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musician's Born On This Day On March 6

1893 Walter 'Furry' Lewis (blues singer)
1937 Doug Dillard (Dillards)
1944 Mary Wilson (Supremes)
1945 Hugh Grundy (Zombies)
1947 Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
1947 Kiki Dee (Pauline Matthews)

Number 1 In The Charts On March 6

1965 Temptations: My Girl US 45
1971 Mungo Jerry: Baby Jump UK 45
1976 Tina Charles: I Love to Love UK 45
1976 Miracles: Love Machine US 45
1982 Tight Fit: The Lion Sleeps Tonight UK 45
1982 Go-Gos: Beauty and the Beat US LP
1993 Peabo Bryson/Regina Belle : A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) : US single
1992 Annie Lennox : Diva : UK LP

Various Music Events On March 6

1965 Rolling Stones record tracks in Liverpool for Got Live if You Want It LP.

1968 Sandie Shaw marries fashion designer Jeff Banks.

1970 Beatles release Let it Be single in UK.

1970 Charles Manson releases LP Lie.

1975 Eagles' Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 hits UK LP chart.

1975 Led Zeppelin win gold record for Physical Graffiti

1975 Average White Band win gold record for Pick Up the Pieces.

1976 Eagles' Take it to the Limit hits UK singles chart.

1976 All 22 Beatle singles are rereleased in UK, in addition to Yesterday which, despite having topped American chart in 1965, has never previously been released in Britain as a single.

1989 Smokey Robinson releases his autobiography "Inside My Life"

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Syd Barrett - Feature

Shine On You Crazy Diamond!!

British singer/songwriter guitarist Syd Barrett was an art-school student in London when he founded and named Pink Floyd [see entry] in 1964. He wrote "See Emily Play" and "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" for the group, and his acid-inspired lyrics were the quintessence of London's 1967 Summer of Love. Barrett was dismissed from the band in April 1968 because of his drug-induced personality problems; David Gilmour replaced him after covering for him when he began missing shows. Barrett released two intriguing but poor-selling solo albums in 1970. He appeared on John Peel's BBC radio show (released on album in 1987) and did a couple of gigs with a loose-knit band called Stars. He basically had been living in Cambridge as a recluse since 1972, and in recent years suffered from declining health. Pink Floyd dedicated a popular 1975 song, "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond," to its eccentric founder. Barrett's surreal songwriting and atmospheric sound has influenced such artists as Robyn Hitchcock and Julian Cope. Syd Barrett died at age sixty on July 7th, 2006 from complications due to diabetes.



Creative impact and technical innovation

Barrett wrote most of Pink Floyd's early material. He was also an innovative guitarist, using extended techniques and exploring the musical and sonic possibilities of dissonance, distortion, feedback, the echo machine, tapes and other effects; his experimentation was partly inspired by free improvisation guitarist Keith Rowe. One of Barrett's trademarks was playing his guitar through an old echo box while sliding a Zippo lighter up and down the fret-board to create the mysterious, otherworldly sounds that became associated with the group. Barrett was known to have used Binson delay units to achieve his trademark echo sounds. Daevid Allen, founding member of Soft Machine and Gong has cited Barrett's use of slide guitar with echo as a key inspiration for his own "glissando guitar" style.



Barrett's free-form sequences of sonic carpets pioneered a new way to play the rock guitar.He played several different guitars during his tenure with Pink Floyd, including an old Harmony hollowbody electric, a Harmony acoustic, a Fender acoustic, a single-coil Danelectro 59 DC, several different Fender Telecasters, and a white Fender Stratocaster used in late 1967. A silver Fender Esquire with mirrored discs glued to the body was the guitar he was most often associated with and the guitar he "felt most close to.



Wish You Were Here sessions

Barrett had one noted reunion with the members of Pink Floyd, which occurred in 1975 during the recording sessions for Wish You Were Here. He attended the Abbey Road session unannounced, and watched the band record "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" a song that happened to be about Barrett. By that time, the 29-year-old Barrett had become quite overweight, had shaved off all of his hair (including his eyebrows), and his ex-bandmates did not at first recognise him. Eventually, they realised who he was and Roger Waters was so distressed that he was brought to tears. Barrett's behaviour at the session was erratic, and he spent part of the session trying to brush his teeth by keeping the brush still and jumping up and down. Roger finally managed to ask him what he thought of the song, and he simply said "sounds a bit old" and walked out of the studio. This would be the last time any member of Pink Floyd would ever see him.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett

Discography

Singles with Pink Floyd

* "Arnold Layne"/"Candy and a Currant Bun" (1967) (#20 UK)
* "See Emily Play"/"The Scarecrow" (1967) (#6 UK, #134 U.S.)
* "Apples and Oranges"/"Paint Box" (1967) (Richard Wright)
* "Flaming"/"The Gnome"(1967)[US Only]

Albums with Pink Floyd

* The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (5 August 1967) #6 UK, #131 U.S.
* A Saucerful of Secrets (29 June 1968) #9 UK
* London 1966/1967 2005

Compilations with Pink Floyd (featuring his work)

* The Best of the Pink Floyd (1970)
* Relics (14 May 1971) #34 UK, #152 U.S.
* A Nice Pair (1974)
* Masters of Rock (1974, Europe)
* Works (1983)
* Shine On (1992)
* Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (5 November 2001) #2 UK, #2 U.S.
* Oh, by the Way (2007)

Solo albums

* The Madcap Laughs - (3 January 1970) #40 UK[56]
* Barrett – (14 November 1970)

Syd Barrett On Video

Syds Barrett's Documented Acid Trip (Video)



Pink Floyd Apples and Oranges Live Video (1966)



Pink Floyd With Syd Barrett - Interstellar Overdrive Part 1 Live Video (1967) (High quality)



Pink Floyd With Syd Barrett - Interstellar Overdrive Part 2 Live Video (1967) (High quality)



Pink Floyd With Syd Barrett - Live at the UFO club (march '67)




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