this day in music

50 years ago today, a TV series about four guys who lived together, played in a band, and got the funniest looks from everyone they meet made its debut on NBC. Yes, that’s right: it was The Monkees. And if...

21 years ago today, a crowd of over 10,000 people – including more than a few rock ‘n’ roll VIPs – gathered together for the dedication ceremony of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. The Rock...

49 years ago today, Joni Mitchell performed her first show in the UK. Having performed in a variety of cities throughout the US and Canada, Mitchell made her way across the pond in August 1967 to make her London live...

42 years ago today, the Ramones played their first-ever gig. Appropriately enough, it was at the club that would ultimately become synonymous with the New York punk rock movement. For all practical purposes, the story of the Ramones began on...

35 years ago today, MTV went on the air and played 208 videos over the course of the first 24 hours. Not 208 different videos, mind you, but…well, look, we’re living in a world where the “M” in MTV hasn’t...

47 years ago this summer, Neil Young joined forces with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash, adding a letter to an already-familiar acronym and, for whatever tension it might’ve brought to the existing trio on occasion, resulted in some...

48 years ago today, Iron Butterfly’s single edit of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” made its first appearance on the Billboard Pop Singles chart...or if you want to get technical, it appeared just under it. In the late 1960s, some of the bands that...

41 years ago today, the Knebworth Festival took place, featuring performances by some of the most notable names of the day, the most prominent of which was Pink Floyd. The Floyd’s appearance at Knebworth was a particularly notable one, as...

49 years ago today, the Young Rascals headlined the 10th day of the summer-long Rheingold Central Park Music Festival, a concert series featuring a startling list of talent over the course of June, July, and August of 1967. We won’t...