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A Day in the Life

What a Manager does!…A true sixties music story!

August 2, 2021 Rick 6

By 1967, I had been playing the drums for a few years, and had drifted in and out of a few local bands working the usual joints in the Eagle Rock, Glendale and Pasadena area’s […]

A Day in the Life

“Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship”

June 24, 2021 Rick 8

Fifty six years ago this week, specifically June 21, 1965 The Byrds’ debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, hit your local record store and marked the beginning of the folk-rock revolution. In just a few months, […]

A Day in the Life

The Beatles release “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”

June 4, 2021 Rick 4

Bob Dylan’s instant reaction to the recently completed album Paul McCartney brought by his London hotel room for a quick listen in the spring of 1967 may not sound like the most thoughtful analysis ever […]

A Day in the Life

Louie Louie, me gotta go…Hunh?

May 20, 2021 Rick 11

It all began in 1964 and reached an uneventful and silly conclusion 51 years ago this week! Based on an outcry from parents who bought into what may have started as an idle rumor, the […]

A Day in the Life

Beating The Beatles!

May 13, 2021 Rick 3

It happened this week 57 years ago in 1964 when The Beatles were “dethroned” by an aging Trumpet player ! Following the ascension of “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” to #1 in early February, the […]

A Day in the Life

Relax and Float Downstream

April 1, 2021 Rick 0

It was on this day, April first 1966 when John Lennon bought a copy of Timothy Leary’s “The Psychedelic Experience and The Tibetan Book Of The Dead” No foolin’ where he read near the beginning […]

A Day in the Life

When “Slowhand” Said Goodbye:

March 18, 2021 Rick 2

It was 56 years ago this week, specifically March 13th, 1965 when Eric Clapton, up and left The Yardbirds! Now, in and of itself, one man leaving one band in the middle of the 1960s […]

A Day in the Life

The Yardbirds blow up…“Blow-up”

February 25, 2021 Rick 1

It was on this day in 1966 When Pink Floyd made their  debut appearance at the popular Ricky Tick Club in Hounslow, England. However and far more interesting, on that same day The Yardbirds were […]

A Day in the Life

Getting back to “Get Back” with Peter Jackson!

January 3, 2021 Rick 4

Up here in the palatial offices and studios of Sixties Music Secrets, we feel a certain obligation to share any “Beatle” news that should come across our desk! Although infrequent, The Beatles occupy the heart […]

A Day in the Life

GOOOD, GOOOD, GOOOD, “Good Vibrations”

October 22, 2020 Rick 7

It was on this day, October 22, 1966, The Beach Boy’s ‘“Good Vibrations’ made its debut on the US singles chart. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, the track was recorded over several month’s […]

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