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April 26th, 1965: From Dylan to Kanye: The fundamentally changed “voice of a generation” concept - Part One
It’s a curious thing that in 2015, a man who embodies what is surely the antithesis of 1960s Bob Dylan has come to represent what we might call “the voice of this generation”.
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April 19th, 1965: Jack White performs Otis Redding classic for it's 50th anniversary.
On the 11th April 2015, Jack White performed at the Coachella Music Festival in California. This event alone doesn't warrant an article on gaslightrecords.com given the '50 years ago' premise of our
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March 27th, 1965: The Cash & Dylan Show
In March 1965, Johnny Cash released his 21st studio album, Orange Blossom Special, which notably included 3 songs by the then 24 year old Bob Dylan.
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March 22nd, 1965: Kanye, I’ma let you finish . . . But Bob Dylan made the best video of all time
Dylan recorded “Subterranean Homesick Blues” on January 14, 1965, in Columbia Records’ Studio A on Seventh Avenue, NYC.
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March 19th, 1965: Rolling Stones fined for public urination
March 18th, 1965: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman were fined five pounds each for urinating on the outer wall of a London gas station.
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March 7th, 1965: The Temptations take Motown Label to number one
We're not too concerned with chart success here at Gaslight Records because, as we all know, it often stands less for quality as it does for novelty; and again.
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March 2nd, 1965: Our Top 10 of Dylan's "Girl From The North Country"
In December of 1962, a twenty-one-year-old Bob Dylan crossed the Atlantic Ocean where he became exposed to traditional English folk music. He was working on material for his new album, The Freewheelin
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February 26th, 1965: David Bowie and Jimmy Page go way back
On January 15, 1965, David Bowie recorded as the singer for London group the Manish Boys.
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February 24th, 1965: The Beatles begin work on a new film
On February 24, 1965, The Beatles began shooting on their second film titled Help!
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February 20th, 1965: Brian Wilson suffers nervous breakdown, abandons touring.
On board a flight from L.A. to Houston on December 23, 1964, Brian Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown that would prevent him from touring with The Beach Boys until 1983.
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February 12th, 1963: 50 Years on stage for Neil Young
As of a few days ago, 01 Feb to be exact, Neil Young has been playing shows for 50 years!
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August 2nd, 1962: From Zimmerman To Dylan
On this day 50 years ago Robert Allen Zimmerman officially changed his name to Bob Dylan.