ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

1966 - The Who

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who grew tired of waiting for John Entwistle and Keith Moon to arrive for their gig at the Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England so they took to the stage with the bass player and drummer of the local band that opened the show. When Moon and Entwistle finally arrived in the middle of the set, a fight broke out, with Townshend hitting Moon on the head with his guitar. Moon and Entwistle quit the band, (and rejoined a week later).

7/6 to get in (sorry that's seven shillings and sixpence!that's 37.5p in new money) I call that a BARGAIN!

I loved Keith Moon as a drummer, as a person I imagine, like many an alcoholic, he would have been almost unbearably stupid! 
But we love them . . . . . . . . . 

How could you resist? Match him drink for drink and keep up if you could and fun would be unrestrained, were we sober and he would doubtless have proved impossible. There are accounts of him and his behaviour in Graham Chapman's (a Monty Python friend and fellow alcoholic, they gravitate towards each other by osmosis or some secret sense)) wonderful book 'A Liar’s Autobiography' that are really worth reading . . . . . . . disappointed with being 'misunderstood' as destructive in hotels he once ordered some house bricks and built a dog kennel in the carpeted living room of his suite complete with cement and pointing rather than put cherry bombs down the toilet or throw a TV out the window. There, that'll learn ya!

I also like to think that Keith and John would have really enjoyed this:

1966 - Bob Dylan and The Band

Bob Dylan and The Band played at the ABC Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. Some members of the audience were unhappy with Dylan ‘going electric’, and attempted to overpower the band by playing their own harmonicas.

Bob Dylan walking in Princes Street, 20th May 1966.  ©Barry Feinstein 1966.

1967 - Kenny Everett BBC radio broadcast Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles new album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band had a special preview on the Kenny Everett BBC Light program, 'Where It's At', playing every track from the album, (except 'A Day In The Life' which the BBC had banned saying it could promote drug taking).

  

1970 - The Beatles

Let It Be, the final feature film involving The Beatles was premiered simultaneously in London and Liverpool a week after the film's US release.

2011 - Pete Doherty

Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty was jailed for six months after being filmed taking crack cocaine by documentary-maker Robyn Whitehead the day before she died of heroin poisoning. A judge told the court that Doherty had an "appalling record" of committing offences, having made 13 other court appearances. Doherty, 32, had pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine.

2013 - Ray Manzarek

Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the The Doors died aged 74. Manzarek, who had suffered from cancer for many years, died in a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, with his wife and brothers at his bedside. He formed The Doors with lead singer Jim Morrison in 1965 after a chance meeting in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.

BIRTHDAY

1944 - Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker, English singer and musician who had the 1968 UK No.1 single with his cover of The Beatles 'With A Little Help From My Friends', plus 8 other UK Top 40 singles. Scored the 1982 US No.1 single with Jennifer Warnes 'Up Where We Belong'. In 2007 he was awarded a bronze Sheffield Legends plaque in his hometown and in 2008 he received an OBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music. Cocker died of lung cancer on 22 December 2014 in Crawford, Colorado.

with thanks to On This Day In Music