When The Doors lit the match. How a razor blade turned an album track into the Keener 13 song of the year. keener13.substack.com/p/when-the-d...

What was your first #AirConditioned car? We had AC in the car before we had it in the house. Remember many a hot night driving around town just to keep cool.

Remember "Quad"? Were you one of the few who had a quad receiver and figured out how to play #Quad #LPs on it? keener13.substack.com/p/the-day-th... #radio #keener #detroit

I was saddened by the death of David Clayton-Thomas, one of the great voices in rock history. I highly recommend the documentary about his band, "What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?" (now streaming for free), which I wrote about it here: harrisonline.com/david-clayto...

Always the last song I played at record hops.

Will there be a sequel to "St. Elmo's Fire"? Maybe. Would you watch it?

On this date in 1966, The #Beatles Paperback Writer hit number on on the Hot 100. The single sold in the US for 67 cents. Here's it's backstory. keener13.substack.com/p/the-sound-...

Today in 1967, Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale" topped the UK charts. Here's some Keener backstory. keener13.substack.com/p/1967-proco...

This week on Keener13.com in 1964.

April 21, 1963 Beatles meet the Rolling Stones for the first time.

April 21, 1980 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit.

April 21, 1956 Elvis Presley's first hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," reaches #1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYwM...

Today in Today in 1965…The movie "The T.A.M.I. (Teen-Age Music International) Show" featuring the Rolling Stones, Supremes, Four Tops, James Brown, Beach Boys, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, opened in London under the title "Teenage Command Performance."

Today in 1965…The Beatles released the single "Ticket to Ride."

Today in 1948…The ABC-TV network began operation.

1979…The reality television series "Real People," with John Barbour, Sarah Purcell, Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, and Bill Rafferty, began its five-season run on NBC.

1963…Backstage following a Beatles performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, Paul McCartney met the actress and television personality Jane Asher. Their ensuing romantic relationship lasted five years.

1957…Five years before taking over "The Tonight Show" on NBC-TV, comedian Johnny Carson turned briefly to acting in a role on the "Playhouse 90" production of "Three Men on a Horse" on CBS-TV.

1956…Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a civil ceremony. A religious ceremony took place the following day. They had three children and remained together until her death in a 1982 car accident. The prince died in 2005.

April 15, 1964…After a long day of filming for their first movie, which was still called "Beatlemania!," Ringo Starr declared that it had been "a hard day's night." John Lennon immediately began writing the song of that name on the back of an old greeting card.

April 15, 1960…"Because They're Young," starring Dick Clark, Tuesday Weld, Warren Berlinger, and Doug McClure, with cameos by Duane Eddy and James Darren, opened in U.S theaters.

April 15, 1956…Columbia Records music director Mitch Miller, disc jockey Alan Freed, and two psychiatrists appeared on Eric Sevareid's TV program "CBS Sunday News" to discuss the "potentially negative effects of rock 'n' roll on teenagers."

Saturday April 14, 1956, the Ampex VR1000 2" Quad video tape machine was introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters convention. At $75000 each ($1 million today) so many were ordered that one day that it took months to build them all.

Happy birthday to David Cassidy. He would've been 76 today. He first became famous in 1970, when he got the role of Keith Partridge on the musical TV show The Partridge Family. He was just 20. The part of his mother was played by Shirley Jones who was his stepmother in real life. 1/9 #DavidCassidy

April 14, 1994: Turner Classic Movies cable channel launches; media mogul Ted Turner hosts ceremony in NYC's Times Square district at 6PM marking "the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City"

April 14 1963: The Italian puppet Topo Gigio appears on the "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time

April 14 1960: A new American record company is founded by Berry Gordy Jr, who had launched Tamla Records one year earlier. He incorporates it as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit. Michigan.

April 13, 1974: Paul McCartney & Wings' LP Band On The Run hits #1. #AT40

April 13, 1974: "Bennie And The Jets," Elton John's song about a glam-rock goddess who wears electric boots and a mohair suit, hits #1 in America. #AT40

Read about what really happened to the folk-rock quartet!

BBC Radio 3 Unwind Mindful Mix: Soothing classical melodies for a calm mind Now Playing John Lennon & Paul McCartney Yesterday (Arr. for Guitar)

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On April 13, 1965: The Beatles record their single "Help!".

Sunday’s lineup includes headliner Karol G plus FKA Twigs, Young Thug, Foster the People, Iggy Pop and Fatboy Slim.

April 13, 1986…Most of the cast of the long-running sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" reunited for the NBC-TV special "Return to Mayberry." www.youtube.com/watch?v=156z... #ReturnToMayberry #AndyGriffithShow #Mayberry #OnThisDay #1986TV #ClassicTV #TVHistory

April 13, 1962…In Hamburg, Germany, the #Beatles began a marathon stint at the new Star Club, performing three to four hours per night for 48 days, with only one day off, for a total of 172 hours of performances. #StarClub #HamburgGermany #1962Music #BeatlesHistory #OnThisDay #RockHistory

1959… Johnny Horton released the single "The Battle Of New Orleans." It won the 1959 Grammys for #Song of the Year (for composer Jimmy Driftwood). www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjXM... #JohnnyHorton #BattleOfNewOrleans #1959Music #MusicHistory #OnThisDay

April 12, 1979… Mickey Thomas became the new lead singer of Jefferson #Starship. He had been the vocalist on "Fooled Around And Fell In Love," Elvin Bishop's hit in 1975. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MtX...

April 12, 1975… #LindaRonstadt released the single "When Will I Be Loved." That's Andrew Gold to her left on guitar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaFz...

April 12, 1973… #StevieWonder became one of the first contemporary music stars to appear on #PBS's #SesameStreet.

Today on #Keener in 1971. Trivia question: Who wrote "Joy to the World?"

#LookAndSee 374 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky You Can’t Do That - The Beatles youtu.be/6PK21u7YzmI?...

Detroit’s People Mover elevated train reflected in the mirrored windows of a downtown building. #WindowsOnWednesday #StreetPhotography #Photography #Detroit #Mirrored #MassTransit

Harry Belafonte was some kind of civil rights/acting/singing superman. He also made a bunch of interesting albums in the late 60s and early 70s, donning his folk-rock cape. I've written about them on my Record Room page: www.patreon.com/bobstanley

The Pleasure Seekers “What A Way To Die” (1965) Mid-60s all-female rock band from Detroit featuring Suzi Quatro, who led the band with her sisters Patti and Arlene, before embarking on a successful solo career.

#davidsmonthofmusic #MusicChallange Day 22 Letter V ‘Vanilla Fudge’ Psychedelic thunder slowed to a heartbeat “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” A Motown classic turned into a storm Organ, echo, and pure late‑60s rock youtu.be/L93z5qoIdb0?...

He lived in the Bay Area in the late 60s i believe, and from start I've read/ heard was lowkey very influential on the SF rock guitarists of the era. This is most obvious with Carlos Santana, who covered this Szabo tune - his early style is largely "Szabo turned up to 11" youtu.be/A3--HVjDk7s?...

pack a lunch and read this story of two Hollywood rock clubs and the people who played them at a pivotal moment of the 60s lots of famous names colliding

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Today in 1939: After being barred from performing at Constitution Hall by the DAR due to her race, opera singer Marian Anderson delivered an historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for 75,000 people.