August 4
ON THIS DAY IN 1966, THE KINKS RELEASE “YOU REALLY GOT ME”. IT BECOMES THEIR FIRST HIT, SPENDING TWO WEEKS AT #1 AND IS COVERED MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BY VARIOUS ROCK BANDS, MOST FAMOUSLY BY VAN HALEN.
IN 1967 PINK FLOYD RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ‘THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN’. THE RECORD LAUNCHED THEIR CAREER AND IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ALBUMS OF THE ‘60S.
AND IN 1992 THE GIN BLOSSOMS RELEASE THEIR SECOND ALBUM ‘NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE’ FEATURING THE LEAD SINGLE “HEY JEALOUSY” ALONG WITH “FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU”. THE ALBUM EVENTUALLY REACHES MULTI-PLATINUM STATUS.