1965 – The U.S. release of the single “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere” gets a full-page ad in Billboard magazine. This is practically the only evidence that the single is released in the U.S. at this time as it does not make a dent in the U.S. charts. The b-side is a cover of Garnet Mimms and… Read More »Today in Whostory: 6/05/2025
1963 – The Detours play at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1965 – The Who’s first French EP is released featuring an alternate vocal to “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere” that is not released anywhere else officially until 2002. Some versions of the EP also feature… Read More »Today in Whostory: 6/01/2025
1963 – The Detours play at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who play the Ricky-Tick Club in Windsor 1966 – The Who play South Pier in Blackpool. The opening acts are The Rockin’ Vickers, The Birds and Oscar. Oscar is actually Paul… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/28/2025
1963 – The Detours play at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who play the Ricky-Tick Club in Windsor 1966 – The Who play South Pier in Blackpool. The opening acts are The Rockin’ Vickers, The Birds and Oscar. Oscar is actually Paul… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/28/2025
Pete’s short story collection Horse’s Neck is published in the U.K. It receives positive reviews from Brian Case in Melody Maker (“a brilliant, troubling work”), Martin Booth in British Book News (“stunningly good”) and The Observer (“the real thing”) and a negative review by Geoff Dyer in New Statesman (“work of an apprentice”)
Pete’s short story collection Horse’s Neck is published in the U.K. It receives positive reviews from Brian Case in Melody Maker (“a brilliant, troubling work”), Martin Booth in British Book News (“stunningly good”) and The Observer (“the real thing”) and a negative review by Geoff Dyer in New Statesman (“work of an apprentice”)
1965 – The Who play Assembly Hall in Worthing, Sussex 1966 – The Who play in Leicester at Granby Halls 1967 – The Who play in Oxford at Pembroke College. The Who, along with Cream, appeared at Pembroke College May Ball, University of Oxford. Judging by the photographs the audience of snooty debutantes and stuffy… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/27/2025
The Who’s management purchase “1 Case containing 1 Gross Y.2. Smoke Generators” from Brock’s Crystal Palace Fireworks, Ltd. A copy of the “Delivery Note” was included as one of the documents in the “Live at Leeds” album.
1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1965 – The Who play the Marquee Club in London. The show is recorded for “Ready, Steady, Radio!” for broadcast on May 30. 1965 – The Who record for BBC’s Saturday Club performing “Leaving Here,” “Please Please Please,” “Just You and Me, Darling” and… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/25/2025
In a cover story, The National Review declares “Won’t Get Fooled Again” the greatest conservative rock song of all time. In response, Pete says on the 27th that the song has no party-allied political message, “a song that pleaded ‘leave me alone with my family to live my life, so I can work for change… Read More »On May 24, 2006: