1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford. 1964 – The Who play the Trade Union Hall in Watford 1964 – The High Numbers get one of their first national articles in Record Mirror under the headline “How High Will These Numbers Go?” 1964 – The Aberdeen Evening Express carries a review of… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/11/2021
1962 – James Brown’s “Shout and Shimmy,” later covered by The Who, hits the U.S. pop charts. It peaks at #61 Listen to James Browns’s version here Compare it to The Who here 1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton. 1964 – The Who play the Railway Hotel in Wealdstone 1965… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/07/2021
1963 – The Detours play the Goldhawk Social Club in Shepard’s Bush 1965 – The Who play the Assembly Hall in Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1967 – Kit Lambert and Dave Siddle prepare mono mixes of “I Can’t Reach You,” “Relax,” “Glittering Girl” and the backing track for “Rael” at De Lane Lea Studios in London.… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/05/2021
1964 – “Zoot Suit” backed with “I’m The Face” and listed as by “The High Numbers” is released on Fontana Records. Derek Johnson in New Musical Express says, “The High Numbers are highly topical with their novelty lyric about male attire, ‘Zoot Suit.’ Medium twister, but with an inconsequential tune. Harmonica leads into broken-beat unison… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/03/2021
1965 – The Who record “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere” and “Shout and Shimmy” for a special “Ready, Steady, Go!”. The show would be broadcast the following day and also featured Manfred Man, the Ad-Libs, the Majority, Kenny Lynch, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Trio and the Nina Simone Trio. With great luck a kinescope of this… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/01/2021
1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1964 – The Who play their first show at the Bluesday Club at the Railway Hotel in Harrow/Wealdstone. Although they had played at the hotel twice before in 1963 as The Detours, this date is the first of a series of dates at the… Read More »Today in Whostory: 6/30/2021
1963 – The Detours play at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1965 – The Who play Burton’s Ballroom in Uxbridge, Middlesex 1966 – The Who were scheduled to perform at the Sheffield University Arts Festival. Pete flew into London from New York with jet… Read More »Today in Whostory: 6/29/2021
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta I hope to re-book them in the near future, and to those of you who have bought tickets, please accept my sincere apologies. I do appreciate your support and can’t wait to get back to work once the time is right.” ~ Roger Daltrey — The Who This Month (@BrianInAtlanta) Jun 24, 2021
1965 – The Who play the Town Hall in Greenwich, London 1967 – “Pictures Of Lily” backed with “Doctor Doctor” is released in the U.S. The lyrics cause most radio stations to balk at playing it, so it peaks at #51 in Billboard and #60 in Cash Box. In the more liberal Netherlands, “Pictures of Lily” reaches #2… Read More »Today in Whostory: 6/24/2021
1963 – The Detours played a wedding reception in Perivale at the Millet Arms. They were payed £:15. 1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1968 – The Who were guests of honor at the annual Greyhound Derby at White City Stadium where Yellow Printer and Camera Flash were running. Earlier… Read More »Today in Whostory: 6/22/2021