Bonjour mon amies! Welcome to very first post of the official Holy Fucking Nostalgia Series. On this very fine Monday evening we will be taking a trip through the terrace of time to see what it is that makes nostalgia so appealing. This very tedious secret will be revealed each week in short installments that will reveal the superb music of various decades. This week we will be taking a look at 1960 - 1970, as well as another little surprise (which isn't a surprise at all, seeing as you can just scroll down the page and view it immediately). Enjoy!
1960:
August 1 - The Beatles make their debut in Hamburg, Germany. The band at the time included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums.
1961:
December 8 - Beach Boys release their debut 45rpm single: Surfin'/Luau on the small California label Candix Records.
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
1962:
The Rolling Stones form in London.
Isaac Hayes' recording career begins.
Please Please Me - The Beatles
Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - Bob Dylan
1963:
The Kinks form. The Beatles record their first album, Please Please Me.
Masters of War - Bob Dylan
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
1964:
February 9 - The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, which breaks television ratings records.
March 21 - For the first time in history, all Top Ten singles on the UK chart are by British acts.
October 19 - Simon and Garfunkel release Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., which is initially a total flop upon first release. After release of their second album, Sounds of Silence, in 1966, it hits #30 on the Billboard charts.
December 11 - Sam Cooke is killed under mysterious circumstances in Los Angeles, California. Shortly thereafter, "A Change Is Gonna Come," a song considered by many to be his best, is released. MC5 forms. The Who's musical career begins.
Homeward Bound (Live) - Simon & Garfunkel
1965:
March 6 - The Temptations has their first hit, "My Girl", written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, from Motown records.
March 18 - Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman are fined five pounds for urinating on the wall of a London gas station. The band had asked to use the restroom, but it was out of order.
June 12- The Beatles are appointed Members of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen. Since it was unusual for rock stars to be appointed as MBEs, a number of previous recipients complained and protested.
July 25 - Bob Dylan plays Newport Folk Festival, is booed for playing electric set with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Joan Baez and Donovan also play sets.
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
1966:
March 4 - The Beatles' John Lennon is quoted in the London newspaper, The Evening Standard as saying that the band was now more popular than Jesus. In August, following publication of this remark in Datebook, there are Beatles protests and record burnings in the Southern US's "Bible Belt".
July 29 - Bob Dylan is involved in a motorcycle accident. July - In this month, The Mothers of Invention release their debut album, Freak Out!, a pioneer concept album.
August 29 - The Beatles perform their last official concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
You're Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators
1967:
January 4 – The Doors release their début album of the same name. Jefferson Airplane's influential album Surrealistic Pillow is released.
March 12 – The Velvet Underground release their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico.
March 25 – The Who perform their first concert in the United States, in New York. Pink Floyd stage the first ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall, England The debut album of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced is released in the UK.
November 9 – First issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published
SWLABR - Cream
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
There She Goes Again - The Velvet Underground
1968:
January 13 - Johnny Cash performs his famous concert at Folsom Prison in California.
February 18 - David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd, replacing founder Syd Barrett, who checked himself into a psychiatric hospital.
July 7 - The Yardbirds perform for the last time before disbanding.
September 7 - Led Zeppelin performs for the first time; at their first show, they are billed as The Yardbirds (the Yardbirds had disbanded two months earlier, and guitarist Jimmy Page subsequently formed this new group).
November 26 - Cream plays their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall. It will be the last time Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker play together until their 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who Needs The Peace Corps? - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies
1969:
The Stooges' eponymous debut, The Stooges, was also released this year to little critical or popular acceptance. The album, however, went on to become one of the most important recordings in the early development of punk rock.
January 12 - Led Zeppelin's eponymous debut album released.
January 30 - The Beatles perform for the last time in public, on the roof of the Apple building at 3 Savile Row, London. The performance, which was filmed for the Let It Be movie, is stopped early by police after neighbors complain about the noise.
March 20 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
July 3 - Brian Jones is found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Sussex, England almost a month after leaving The Rolling Stones.
October - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band release Trout Mask Replica.
David Bowie's musical career begins with the single "Space Oddity", the unofficial anthem for the moon landing in July of this year
Sally Simpson - The Who
That's all for today's installment,
check back Wednesday for a radically different styled post
in THFNS.
Until Wednesday
