1965-05-02
The Who’s April 27th show is broadcast on Radio Luxembourg’s Ready, Steady, Radio!
The Who’s April 27th show is broadcast on Radio Luxembourg’s Ready, Steady, Radio!
Record Mirror reports that the extra tracks The Who recorded earlier in the week are destined for an LP to be released only in the U.S. and France. The listed tracks are “Please Please Please”, “I Don’t Mind”, “Shout and Shimmy”, “Heatwave”, “Motorin’”, “I’m a Man”, and “Leaving Here”.
The Who have their first session on BBC radio appearing on The Joe Loss Pop Show giving a live performance at the Playhouse Theatre in Northumberland Avenue. Their set that morning is “Heatwave,” “I Can’t Explain,” “Please Please Please” and “Shout and Shimmy”. Unfortunately, the tape of this broadcast has been lost (check
The Who record their second appearance on Top Of The Pops for the next night’s broadcast
The Who receive a letter from the Locarno Ballroom in Swindon.
The Who brush up on their Detroit sound by attending the Motown Show to see Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Miracles, Little Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames.
The Who are scheduled to return to IBC Studios for another bit of recording but there is no record of any tracks recorded at this time.
“I Can’t Explain” reappears on the New Musical Express charts at #23.
A scheduled appearance that day at the Civic Hall in Crawley is postponed until April 18th
The Who get some photos taken