The Who record their first and only television special at Wembley Studios for Associated Rediffusion TV’s Ready Steady GO! as half the show (about 16 minutes) is turned over to the foursome. Only memories and photographs remain of this show which involved The Who clowning around on set between numbers, performing “Batman” while wearing capes… Read More »1966-10-18
The Who were scheduled to play the Starlight Ballroom in Greenford
The Who are in IBC Studios
The Who are in IBC studios recording “Bucket T”.
Reaction releases Oscar’s “Join My Gang”, an early Pete Townshend song.
The Who are recording and mixing “Boris The Spider” along with Keith’s composition, “I Need You (Like I Need a Hole in My Head),” a somewhat obscure attack on The Beatles who Keith believed were using code words to talk behind his back.
“The Kids Are Alright” enters the Swedish Kvällstoppen sales charts where it will peak at #8.
The Who are in CBS Recording Studios recording and mixing “Don’t Look Away” and “Wiskey Man”
Pete is interviewed for radio show “Dateline London”
“I’m a Boy” hits its official U.K. chart peak at #2.