The Beatles played at The Royal Variety Show in 1963 tonight at The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London. With the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in the audience, John Lennon made his notorious remark, “In the cheaper seats you clap your hands. The rest of you, just rattle your jewelry”. They broadcast the program on…

Tonight at 9 PM ET Joel will be on Artists First Radio… Check below how to tune in! How fans can listen live: On any web device, such as Automobiles, Smart Phones, Tablets, PCs, Wi-Fi Radios, Laptops. can tune in LIVE or download the podcast of the show after it airs live. ArtistFirst offers the signal in…

During a 1964 Rolling Stones North American tour, November 3 a 17-year-old Stones fan fell from the balcony during a gig in Cleveland, Ohio. The Mayor of Ohio banned all future pop concerts, saying; “Such groups do not add to the community’s culture or entertainment.” The Very Hard Rolling Stones Quiz  

Cream’s American breakthrough album released November 2, 1967, became a hit in 1968. The group’s second album reached No. 4 on the US charts. Singles “Strange Brew” and “Sunshine of Your Love” came out of this album. Recording of Disraeli Gears had underlying tensions. Cream’s manager and Atlantic wanted Clapton back as frontman, and they voiced…

Chuck Berry October 31, 1952, pianist Johnnie Johnson hired Chuck Berry as a guitarist in his band. Berry kept his day job as a hairdresser for the next three years. The Quarrymen The Quarry Men changed their name to Johnny and the Moondogs this day, in 1959. The band was in Liverpool auditioning for the…

Kevin is the guitarist and composer of instrumental rock band Pyramids on Mars. His music is hard rock, industrial, and metal infused with lead guitar melodies inspired by violin melodies of Baroque classical composers Bach & Vivaldi. In this lesson, we look at a 3-String Sweeping Arpeggio in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen that modulates from…

On Oct 13th, 1965, The Who recorded “My Generation”, at Pye Studios, London. It reached No.2 on the UK chart. Roger Daltrey would later say that he stuttered the lyrics to fit them to the music. The BBC in the UK refused to play the song because it did not want to offend people who…

On October 26, 2004, Apple introduced the U2 Special Edition iPod as part of a cooperative between Apple, U2, and Universal Music Group. The new U2 iPod held up to 5,000 songs and featured a red Click Wheel and custom engraving of U2 band member signatures. The iPod was being introduced as the band dropped their current album How to Dismantle an…

Amy Winehouse released Back in Black on this day in 2006. The album won the Best Pop Vocal Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Back to Black sold 3.58 million copies in the UK alone, becoming the UK’s second best-selling album of the 21st century. Worldwide, the album has sold over 20 million copies….

TGIF October 23 Trivia The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded their first single ‘Hey Joe’ on October 23, 1966, at De Lane Lea studios in London. The earliest known commercial recording of the song is the late-1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band The Leaves. The Stones then re-recorded the track and released it in 1966…