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Thursday, May 23, 1963
The Detours play at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford
Saturday, May 23, 1964
Jan and Dean's LP "Dead Man's Curve" hits the charts. It becomes a Keith favorite from which he will pull the duo's arraignment of "Bucket T" for The Who to cover in 1966.
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Sunday, May 23, 1965
The Who pre-record an appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars miming to "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere." The show will be broadcast on the 29th of May. Before the show the step outside for some publicity photos
Monday, May 23, 1966
The Who play the Locarno Ballroom in Blackburn, Lancashire using the opening bands drummer in Keith's absence.
Tuesday, May 23, 1967
"Pictures of Lily" enters Sweden's Kvällstoppen charts and peaks at #11.
Tuesday, May 23, 1967
John's broken finger was causing him a lot of pain and so a recording session at City of London Studios meant that The Who could only put down backing tracks to John's composition 'Someone's Coming'.… More »
Friday, May 23, 1969
The Who play the first of two nights at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Friday, May 23, 1969
Track Records releases the Tommy LP in Britain. Melody Maker picks it as "Pop LP of the Month" and Record Mirror calls it "one of the most incredible feats ever accomplished in music." However, Richard… More »
Saturday, May 23, 1970
New Musical Express, which has a cover advertisement for Live At Leeds, carries a picture of Pete, Graham Nash and Tiny Tim singing together for the residents of a handicapped children's home in Britain.
Saturday, May 23, 1970
Live at Leeds is released in the United Kingdom. It reaches #3 in the British charts. It stays in the British Top Sixty for 21 weeks, the longest for any Who album.
Saturday, May 23, 1970
Record Mirrorhas an interview with John where he discusses the current recordings. If anyone has this issue I'd love to get a better scan/photo! Transcript: (unverified) HE ONLY STANDS STILL ON STAGE JOHN ENTWISTLE… More »
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Saturday, May 23, 1970
Track Records releases five LP's at 99p each called Backtrack that feature a variety of old Who material mixed with other Track acts. Backtrack 3 will contain the first true stereo mixes of "Disguises", "Run… More »
Sunday, May 23, 1971
The Who play Caird Hall in Dundee, Angus, Scotland You can read more about this show here
Thursday, May 23, 1974
The "Tommy's Holiday Camp" sequence with Keith Moon riding the organ is filmed at Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth You can watch the scene on YouTube here
Friday, May 23, 1975
The album Flash Fearless Versus The Zorg Women Parts 5 & 6 is released. The Rocky Horror Show-inspired musical by Dave Pierce and Steve Hammond has John Entwistle on bass throughout. In addition, John sings… More »
Friday, May 23, 1975
Keith's one solo album Two Sides of The Moon gets its release in the U.K. It gets a favorable review in Melody Maker, but is blasted by Roy Carr in New Musical Express. The album… More »
Friday, May 23, 1975
Roger is finally free from the filming of Ken Russell's insane biopic Lisztomania and returns to London to record the vocals for the new Who album. "Blue Red and Grey," a Pete demo with horns… More »
Saturday, May 23, 1981
Germany's Polydor releases Phases, the first box set retrospective of The Who consisting of My Generation, A Quick One, The Who Sell Out, Tommy, Live At Leeds, Who's Next, Quadrophenia, The Who By Numbers and… More »
Tuesday, May 23, 2000
Redline Entertainment releases the CD Lifehouse Elements at Best Buy stores. The CD is a condensed version of Pete's recent 6-CD Lifehouse Chronicles set with one addition, Pete's demo for "New Song"
Tuesday, May 23, 2000
The Dropkick Murphy's Mob Mentality is released with a cover of "The Kids Are Alright". Listen to it on YouTube here
Monday, May 23, 2005
The 1982 television version of The Beggar's Opera starring Roger as MacHeath, is released on DVD in the U.K.
Monday, May 23, 2005
The Buff Medways release their single "Medway Wheelers" with a cover of the finale of "A Quick One While He's Away" on the flipside.
You can listen to it on YouTube here
You can listen to it on YouTube here
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The Who: Live From Toronto DVD from the December 17, 1982 concert is released in the U.S
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Who play the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Roger attends the star-packed Celebration of Arts event at the Royal Academy of Arts. The Queen is there along with leading lights in Britain's musical, acting and fashion fields.
Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage
Thursday, May 23, 2019
The Who play the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri
Monday, May 23, 2022
The Who play the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. You can read a review here
