AUGUST 4
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.
THE KINKS RELEASE “YOU REALLY GOT ME”. IT BECOMES THEIR FIRST HIT, SPENDING TWO WEEKS AT #1 IN SEPTEMBER AND IS COVERED MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BY VARIOUS ROCK BANDS, MOST FAMOUSLY BY VAN HALEN.
IN 1962, ‘THE ROLLIN’ STONES’, AS THEY WERE CALLED AT THE TIME, PLAYED THE FIRST OF 22 WEEKLY GIGS AT THE EALING JAZZ CLUB IN LONDON