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This is the week that was in matters musical… click to play 1958 : 14-year-old George Harrison demonstrates his guitar prowess by playing the Bill Justus instrumental “Raunchy” for an impressed John...
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This is the week that was in matters musical… click to play 1956, Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” climbs to number one on the pop charts … 1963, The Beatles attend The Rolling Stones gig at the...
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This is the week that was in matters musical… click to play 1951, “Sixty Minute Man,” a risque song by the Dominoes becomes one of the first up-tempo R&B singles to cross over to the pop chart when...
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This is the week that was in matters musical… 1964, The Rolling Stones make their American concert début at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts … click to play click to play 1965, The Yardbirds’...
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This is the week that was in matters musical … 1955, Ted McCarty of Gibson is given patent #2,714,326 by the U.S. Patent Office for his design for “Stringed Musical Instrument Of The Guitar Type And...
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This is the week that was in matters musical … click to play 1962, Ringo Starr joins the Beatles after former drummer Pete Best is let go … Ringo’s performing debut is at the Horticultural Society...
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This is the week that was in matters musical … 1953, in what will later be considered the golden age of vocal groups, seven of the R&B chart’s Top 10 positions are occupied by doo-wop acts...
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This is the week that was in matters musical … 1945, Elvis Presley makes his first-ever public appearance in a talent contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show singing “Old Shep.” Elvis is 10 years...
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This is the week that was in matters musical … 1958, 2 classic vocalists live to sing another day when Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls survive an automobile accident near Marion, Arkansas … the driver of the...
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…Mr. Guitar. All those guitar players that came out of the coffee shops and clubs of Britain in the 50s and 60s in Britain pretty much have one thing in common Bert Weeden’s “Play In A Day” book. Eric...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1958 : 14-year-old George Harrison demonstrates his guitar prowess by playing the Bill Justus instrumental “Raunchy” for an impressed John Lennon and Paul...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1956, Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” climbs to number one on the pop charts …1963, The Beatles attend The Rolling Stones gig at the Crawdaddy Club in...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1951, “Sixty Minute Man,” a risque song by the Dominoes becomes one of the first up-tempo R&B singles to cross over to the pop chart when it lands at...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1964, The Rolling Stones make their American concert debut at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts …1965, The Yardbirds’ “For Your Love” enters the...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1955, Ted McCarty of Gibson is given patent #2,714,326 by the U.S. Patent Office for his design for “Stringed Musical Instrument Of The Guitar Type And...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1962, Ringo Starr joins the Beatles after former drummer Pete Best is let go … Ringo’s performing debut is at the Horticultural Society Dance in Birkenhead...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1953, in what will later be considered the golden age of vocal groups, seven of the R&B chart’s Top 10 positions are occupied by doo-wop acts including...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1945, Elvis Presley makes his first-ever public appearance in a talent contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show singing “Old Shep.” Elvis is 10 years...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1958, 2 classic vocalists live to sing another day when Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls survive an automobile accident near Marion, Arkansas … the driver of the...
View ArticleRIP Bert Weeden
Mr. Guitar.All those guitar players that came out of the coffee shops and clubs of Britain in the 50s and 60s in Britain pretty much have one thing in common Bert Weeden’s “Play In A Day” book.Eric...
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