This Moment in Music History for 05-28-2025

# The Bedlam in Gorleston: When The Who Exploded Into Rock History## May 5, 1964On this date in 1964, The Who performed at the Civic Hall in Gorleston-on-Sea, a small English seaside town near Great Yarmouth, and something extraordinary happened that would cement their reputation ...  Show more

# May 4th in Music History: The Birth of "Disco Duck"On May 4, 1946, one of the most unexpectedly influential and delightfully absurd figures in American music was born: Rick Dees, the man who would inflict—or gift, depending on your perspective—the world with "Disco Duck."Now, I ...  Show more

Every once in a while, something extraordinary happens in rock’n’roll…I hate the use of the cliché of “a perfect storm,” but that’s precisely what I’m talking about…a bunch of things involving culture, politics, demographics, economics and technology all collide and mix in just t ...  Show more

Entre 1977 et 1982 le quatuor britannique secoue le monde en racontant son époque, en hurlant ses révoltes et ses convictions. Mais à la différence des slogans destructeurs et nihilistes des Sex Pistols, les Clash balancent des messages plus humanistes, et positifs. Leur différen ...  Show more

“Wind Of Change” by Scorpions has the rare distinction of being a history lesson within a huge rock ballad, released after the Berlin Wall came crashing down in 1989 in the band’s native Germany. In the years since, it has become a unifying theme song for the circumstances aro ...

What are the origins of Britain’s original bad boys, The Rolling Stones? Where did they all come from and how did they meet? What was it about the 1960s, with its air of sexual liberation, newly elected Labour government, and rising youth culture that allowed them to burst onto t ...  Show more