Rock Music timeline
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Sky Saxon is born
Sky "Sunlight" Saxon (August 20, 1937 – June 25, 2009) was an American rock and roll musician who was best known as the leader and singer of the... Read more
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Jerry Miller is born
Jerry Miller (born July 10, 1943 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performs as a solo artist and as a... Read more
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John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
In March 1957 John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen. McCartney met Lennon on 6 July 1957, and agreed to join the group a few days... Read more
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The first official Quarry Men performance
The first "official" public, albeit unsuccessful, performance by The Quarry Men - they failed to impress when they auditioned before the promoter... Read more
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Paul McCartney invited George Harrison to watch the Quarrymen
According to George Harrison, the first time he saw the Quarry Men was at the Wilson Hall, opposite the bus depot in Garston, Liverpool. According... Read more
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Adam Clayton born
Adam Clayton Born: March 13, 1960 Instrument: Bass Guitar Adam ClaytonBorn in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England, Adam Clayton is the eldest son of... Read more
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Bono (Paul David Hewson) born in Dublin, Ireland
Bono was born in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland, and was raised there with his brother, Norman Hewson, by their mother Iris (née Rankin), a Church of... Read more
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The Quarry Men become The Silver Beats
The well-known British impresario Larry Parnes is looking for musicians and backing acts for his "stars", including, for example, Billy Fury, and... Read more
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Pete Best joins the Beatles
The group invited Pete Best to become their drummer on 12 August 1960. Four days after hiring Best, the group left for Hamburg. The Beatles began a... Read more
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The Beatles visit Hamburg for a second time
The Beatles returned to Hamburg in April 1961, performing at the Top Ten Club again. They were recruited by singer Tony Sheridan (who also had a... Read more
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The Edge (David Howell Evans) born
David Howell Evans was born at the Barking Maternity Hospital, East London, England to Welsh parents Garvin and Gwenda Evans. When he was a year... Read more
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Larry Mullen Jr. born
Mullen, the middle child and only son of Larry and Maureen Mullen, was born 31 October 1961, and raised in Artane, on the north side of Dublin,... Read more
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Ringo Starr joins The Beatles
The Beatles asked Richard Starkey, known as Ringo Starr, to join the band; Starr was the drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and had... Read more
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Love (band) forms
Lee, who had lived in Los Angeles since the age of five, had been recording since 1963 with his bands, the LAG's and Lee's American Four. He'd also... Read more
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The Beatles release Please Please Me
Please Please Me is the first album recorded by The Beatles, rush-released on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of... Read more
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The Beatles release With the Beatles
With The Beatles is The Beatles' second UK album, recorded four months after the band's first album and released on 22 November 1963, the same day... Read more
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Steven Tyler forms first serious band
Steven Tyler forms his first serious band, The Strangeurs, in Sunapee, NH, in which he is the drummer. He later changed the band's name to Chain... Read more
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The Beatles release A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night is the third UK album by The Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 as the soundtrack to their first film of the same name on... Read more
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The Beatles release Beatles for Sale
Beatles for Sale is The Beatles' fourth album, released in late 1964 and produced by George Martin for Parlophone, released on mono (catalogue... Read more
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Electric Prunes are formed
Psychedelic garage rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. They reached their highest charting success in the USA in 1966... Read more
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The Beatles releases Help!
Help! is the fifth UK album and tenth US album by The Beatles, and the soundtrack album from their film of the same name. Produced by George Martin... Read more
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The Bee Gees release their first album The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs
The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs is the Bee Gees' debut LP (1967's Bee Gees' 1st was the international debut album), released under... Read more
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The Beatles release Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul is the sixth UK studio album and the eleventh US release by the British rock band The Beatles. Produced by George Martin and released... Read more
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Electric Prunes release single "Ain't it Hard/Little Olive"
The group started in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, though during the group's long disbandment, rumors circulated that they were from... Read more
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Moby Grape forms
Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively... Read more