2003: Who guitarist Pete Townshend was arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography. Police officers impounded seven computers from his £15 million ($25.5 million) home in Richmond, Surrey. Four months later Townshend received a warning as no evidence was found on his computers.
1973: Eric Clapton made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre, London, with Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Rebop, Jim Capaldi and support from The Average White Band. The night's two shows were recorded for the 'Rainbow Concert' album. Pete Townshend from The Who had organised the concert to help Clapton kick his heroin addiction.
1980: The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, The Beach Boys, Santana & Joan Baez performed a benefit concert for the people of Kampuchea at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA.
1962: Chubby Checker went back to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'. The song first went to No.1 in Sept 1960 and became the only record in American chart history to top the charts on two separate occasions.
1963: The Beatles recorded a TV appearance on the ABC Television program "Thank Your Lucky Stars" in Birmingham playing their new single, 'Please Please Me' The show was broadcast on January 19.
1965: The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Dylan recorded Subterranean Homesick Blues and 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue'.
1969: Led Zeppelin release their self-titled debut album. Guitarist Jimmy Page financed and produced the album which was recorded and mixed in a matter of hours.
1967: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr both went to the Bag O'Nails Club, London, England to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
1978: With a budget of only £1,500 borrowed from Stewart Copeland's brother Miles Copeland III, The Police started recording their debut album at Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey, England with producer Nigel Gray. The album 'Outlandos d'Amour' which was released in November of this year featured the hits 'So Lonely', 'Roxanne' and 'Can't Stand Losing You'.
1995: Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers Band, Neil Young, Frank Zappa and Janis Joplin are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry do the honors for Zeppelin. The pair also jam with Zep's surviving members (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones). Melissa Etheridge inducts Joplin and sings "Piece Of My Heart."
1998: '50's legend Gene Vincent, Carlos Santana, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the highlights is Fleetwood Mac founding member, guitarist Peter Green, performing "Black Magic Woman," a song he wrote that Santana turned it into a hit. Also, The Eagles Don Henley and Glenn Frey add a few "priceless" comments. "I want to thank (manager) Irving Azoff, without whom we wouldn't be here today," says Henley. "Well, we might still be here," blurts out Frey. "But we wouldn't have made as much money."
1993: Eddie Vedder inducts The Doors into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Two other late-60's groups also get the nod, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Cream. Cream even performs.
2016: The Rolling Stones first manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, passed away at the age of 82. He owned the Crawdaddy Club in London where The Rolling Stones were the house band. After he was replaced by Andrew Loog Oldham in May, 1963, Gomelsky went on to manage The Yardbirds, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger before moving to New York in 1978 and opening The Green Door nightclub.
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BlancoCanyon ago
I think Townshend had said that he was once a victim and that he was "researching" it... It is a part of the Tommy story. Unfortunate.
cynicaloldfart ago
I remember hearing that it was part of the "inspiration" for Toomy too. He admits he was abused:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/09/pete-townshend-who-i-am (Normally don't care for the Guardian, but this isn't involving politics).
BlancoCanyon ago
Sounds like it may have actually been research. I didn't remember the his explanation.
I enjoyed the article. Pete had some funny comments, "I wouldn't say Roger has ever been fun to be around...."