I found this site today. It seems to be fairly accurate. For those of you interested in chronological events, this appears to be the ticket.
http://www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/60brchro/index.html
1960s British Rock a Selected Chronology
1960s British Rock a Selected Chronology
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
Here's something that caught my eye.
February 22, 1964
London, Heathrow: The Beatles return from the US (George Harrison brings a 12-string Rickenbacker)
February 22, 1964
London, Heathrow: The Beatles return from the US (George Harrison brings a 12-string Rickenbacker)
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
Yes this is a good site Brian from an Historic viewpoint especially as it is written or put together by an American, I noted the phrase "closed highways" was used, as you know here in UK we never refer to Highways, in the sixties we didn't have Motorways let alone Highways.
But a good read and some good memories in here, especially when trying to remember package tours one saw and you try to recall who was on the bill I noted one tour with Dave Clark Five, Hollies, Mark Wynter and Kinks remember seeing that one and can picture it vividly but did not recall Mark Wynter who seemed incongruous on that bill now looking back.
But a good read and some good memories in here, especially when trying to remember package tours one saw and you try to recall who was on the bill I noted one tour with Dave Clark Five, Hollies, Mark Wynter and Kinks remember seeing that one and can picture it vividly but did not recall Mark Wynter who seemed incongruous on that bill now looking back.
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Brian, thanks for showing us this. Very interesting site. I was looking at 1967 and for the year of "flower power" and "hippies" their was an awful lot of middle of the road stuff at the top of the charts in the U.K (Engelbert had 11 weeks).
Roy, see entry in November 1959 about motorways!
Best wishes from Rob
Roy, see entry in November 1959 about motorways!
Best wishes from Rob
Roy,
Gordon Thompson and his associates, students et al have done a bang up job putting this together IMO. It would appear that his academic background has stood him in good stead for this enormous undertaking.
As I looked deeper into the information presented, I became absorbed and somewhat lost in a host of memories as I explored the nooks and crannies of this site. I have only spent between two to three hours exploring so far and indications are that many more hours are required to grasp the enormity of the task he has undertaken.
Hats off to him.
Gordon Thompson and his associates, students et al have done a bang up job putting this together IMO. It would appear that his academic background has stood him in good stead for this enormous undertaking.
As I looked deeper into the information presented, I became absorbed and somewhat lost in a host of memories as I explored the nooks and crannies of this site. I have only spent between two to three hours exploring so far and indications are that many more hours are required to grasp the enormity of the task he has undertaken.
Hats off to him.
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein