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Today in Whostory
Sunday, July 19, 1964
The High Numbers audition for Lambert, Stamp and Mike Shaw at a gymnasium at Holland Park Comprehensive School in the Campden Hill Road, West London. Needless to say, they pass the audition.
Sunday, July 19, 1964
The High Numbers play the Florida Rooms in Brighton
Wednesday, July 19, 1967
The Who performed in Farmington, Utah at the Lagoon Patio Gardens on the grounds of the Lagoon Amusement Park
Saturday, July 19, 1969
The Who play the Mothers Club in Erdington, Birmingham. Keith passes out halfway through the set but returning later to finish the concert. "In July, due to the sweltering heat in the club they had… More »
Saturday, July 19, 1969
Three promotional singles from Tommy are sent out to radio stations in Britain
Monday, July 19, 1971
Roger marries his second wife, 24-year old American model Heather Taylor, at the Battle Registry Office in East Sussex
Monday, July 19, 1971
Keith sits in on a session with Paul McCartney's brother's band The Scaffold, playing drums on their song "Do The Albert." You can listen to it here
Thursday, July 19, 1973
Footage is shot by AIOK Films' Dave Speechly at Shepperton Studios for use as a backdrop during upcoming Who shows
Saturday, July 19, 1975
Kit Lambert is interviewed in New Musical Express and reveals publicly that he and Chris Stamp are no longer managers of The Who. He also adds that he is suing Robert Stigwood for credit on… More »
Wednesday, July 19, 1989
The Who play Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
Wednesday, July 19, 1995
Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band, featuring John Entwistle on bass, play in Boston, Massachusetts at Harborlights
Saturday, July 19, 1997
The Who begin their 1997 U.S. tour playing the Riverport Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri
Wednesday, July 19, 2000
Shel Talmy surprises everyone by putting the original three-track tapes he produced with The Who in 1965 on auction at ebay.com. The opening bid is $500,000 with a reserve price of $1 million. It fails… More »
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Thursday, July 19, 2001
Pete writes a long message about Meher Baba at his website saying his silence about Baba for the last twenty-one years has been because of his 1980-81 drug problems which made him feel he wasn't… More »
Thursday, July 19, 2001
A CD single containing three different version of "O'Parvardigar" including one in German, is sold on Pete's commercial website eelpie.com.
Thursday, July 19, 2001
"A Walk Down Abbey Road: A Tribute To The Beatles" featuring John on bass plays the Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
On thewho.com Pete Townshend posts a response to the previous days Daily Mail interview with Roger: "My hearing is actually better than ever because after a feedback scare at the O2 Indigo in December 2008… More »
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Roger plays the Hull City Hall
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The manager of the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island offers to exchange unused tickets from The Who's cancelled 1979 show for their new 2012 show. Several ticket holders actually do so. Their old… More »
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The Who appear on NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
The Who play Seat Unique Riverside in Durham, England
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