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1960s British Rock a Selected Chronology
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:36 am
by winston
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
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:04 pm
by mgauction
Brian - Great site!!!
This will take days for me to soak up as there is so much R&R info (thanks again, pal!) First thing a US guy like me notices are the singers & bands that had charting success in the UK before their songs were played in the US.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:55 pm
by winston
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)
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:15 pm
by royclough
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.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 5:40 am
by rob_mac
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
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 5:41 am
by winston
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.