April 1
1966
The Troggs recorded “Wild Thing” in London. The song was a hit in the US and number two UK hit in 1977, but the Jimi Hendrix version gives it new life in his stage act.
It gets revived again in the 90’s with a version by Sam Kiinison that features Jessica Hahn rolling around in lingerie and a cameo by Billy Idol.
1966
Pye Records releases David Jones and the Lower Third’s “Do Anything You Say.” You know him better as David Bowie.
1966
John Lennon looks over a copy of Timothy Leary’s The Psychedelic Experience and The Tibetan Book Of The Dead, and notices a passage that reads, “When in doubt, relax, turn off your mind, float downstream”. Lennon adapts it as the first line of “Tomorrow Never Knows,” which he records a few days later
1974
KISS plays the Cleveland Agora, but not without mishap. The Agora had a relatively low ceiling and when Peter Criss’ drum kit rises the smoke from their stage act makes him pass out.
The band recorded the show for a live broadcast.
