Ringo Starr coined the phrase "It's been a hard day's night" after a long day of work. He realized it was night while still feeling like it was day. This spontaneous remark occurred during a filming session, and it humorously captured the hectic lifestyle of the Beatles.

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.

Because They're Young is a 1960 American drama film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Dick Clark as Neil Hendry, a high-school teacher who tries to make a difference in the lives of his students. The film co-stars Tuesday Weld, Michael Callan, Warren Berlinger, Roberta Shore, Doug McClure, Victoria Shaw, and Stephen Talbot, and is based on the 1959 novel Harrison High by John Farris.

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."

Via Randy West: The single greatest TV invention ever. It changed everything... This year's NAB convention is happening in Las Vegas. Back at the 1956 NAB convention, on this date, the Ampex Corporation demonstrated its first commercial video magnetic tape recorder, the VRX 1000. The crowd of engineers at the National Association of Broadcasters gathering was aghast when they were unable to discern a difference in quality between live video and playbacks recorded moments earlier. Differentiating the video picture from grainy film or poor quality kinescopes, engineers described the TV picture played from tape as closest to a photograph. This giant reel-to-reel monster with its two-inch wide tape sold for close to $75,000 with taxes and shipping, that's close to $1 million in today's money! So many were ordered at the convention that day, on the spot, that it took months to build them all. The first use: time shifting for the different time zones. Believed to be the first such delayed re-broadcast was a CBS evening newscast with anchor Douglas Edwards. Repeating programming for the western time zones used to be a crazy affair of broadcasting filmed kinescopes that were almost still damp from developing fluid - they called them "wet kines." Then came variety shows and dramas - if you had hands like a surgeon, you could actually edit the tape once you located the sync pulses. It was done meticulously with a special fluid, a microscope and blade. You can see a tech editing in the photo. That kind of physical splicing continued through the end of the 1960s. An hour of NBC's quick-cut "Laugh-In" had as many as 100-plus hand-made physical splices, and that surgery was performed by one editing specialist over several days each week. That tape with all the edits was immediately dubbed to protect against the splices becomming undone during on-air playback.

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

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) officially launched on April 14, 1994, at 6 PM in Times Square, New York City. This event was significant as it coincided with the 100th anniversary of the first public showing of moving pictures in the city. Ceremony Highlights Host: Ted Turner, the founder of TCM, led the launch ceremony. Location: The event took place in Times Square, a historic site for cinema. Inaugural Broadcast: The first programming was simulcast on a large screen in Times Square, featuring classic film stars. Historical Significance The launch of TCM marked a pivotal moment in television history, celebrating a century of film. The channel aimed to provide a platform for classic movies, showcasing a vast library of films from various eras.

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

Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with an $800 loan from his family. The label quickly gained traction, leading to the establishment of Motown Record Corporation. The name "Motown" is a combination of "motor" and "town," reflecting Detroit's automotive industry, where the label was originally based.

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

The Mamas & the Papas and the Drama That Unfolded For The Legendary Musicians Read about what really happened to the folk-rock quartet!

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Help! (song)

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

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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."

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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.

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Johnny Horton Battle Of New Orleans (HQ Stereo) (1959) YouTube video by Billscustomsounds William Merz

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).

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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.

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April 12, 1975… #LindaRonstadt released the single "When Will I Be Loved." That's Andrew Gold to her left on guitar.

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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?"

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You Can’t Do That - The Beatles

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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.

You Keep Me Hangin' On YouTube video by Vanilla Fudge - Topic

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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

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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"

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The Trip and The Whisky A-Go-Go, Sunset Strip, January-May 1966 (Hollywood 66 I) A 1964 photo of the Whisky A-Go-Go, with a dancer on the raised stage over the crowd ( from the indispensable Alison Martino and her site ...

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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