Martin Chambers, drummer for the Pretenders is born. (1951)

WJZ-TV in Baltimore debuts “The Buddy Deane Bandstand.” It’s a rock and roll show running three to five, Monday through Saturday. Viewers go crazy for the show and when there’s a chance to call in and talk to one of the celebrities, the phone lines are swamped. The phone company are forced to ask Deane to desist. (1957)

In the wake of the stabbing deaths of two teenagers by a 17 year old and other similar incidents of violence in New York City, WCBS radio in the Big Apple bans all versions of of “Mack the Knife.” The tune is currently a chart climber for Bobby Darin. (1959)

The Marvelettes first hit, “Please Mr. Postman,” enters the Hot 100 at # 95. It will be Number One on both the pop and R&B charts and be covered by the Beatles and the Carpenters. (1961)

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr begin recording together for the first time at EMI’s St. John Studio. They record 6 songs including “Love Me Do” and “P.S., I Love You”. George Martin had the boys redo “Love Me Do” 16 times. (1962)

The Animals make their U.S. performing debut at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, which re-opened for the group’s ten night stand after being closed for several years. Other acts appearing with the Animals include Jan & Dean, Bobby Rydell, Del Shannon, the Dixie Cups, Dee Dee Sharp and Chuck Berry. (1964)

The Who have their equipment van stolen outside the Battersea Dog’s Home in England while they are inside the Home purchasing a guard dog. (1965)

The Beatles’ “Help!” hits #1 on the pop singles chart, while Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” peaks at #2; In addition, Wilson Pickett’s “In The Midnight Hour” peaks at #21, James Brown’s “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Part 1″ peaks at #8 and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ “The Tracks Of My Tears” peaks at #16. (1965)

The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” hits #1 on the pop singles chart. (1966)

The Rolling Stones latest single, “Street Fighting Man” is banned in Chicago and other American cities where authorities fear it might “incite riots and other forms of public disorder.” (1968)

Currently riding the charts with “People Got to be Free,” the Rascals add two LP’s to their collection of gold records: their two year old debut, “The Young Rascals” and their greatest hits collection, “Time Peace.” (1968)

The Youngbloods do not appear on “The Tonight Show” as scheduled. As Johnny Carson puts it in his monologue, “They complained about the set, the lighting, the sound, the show-everything. So we wiped their noses, told them they’d been in show business a day and a half and sent them home.” Youngblood Banana retorts, “We weren’t treated like guests so much as niggers.” (1969)

George Harrison releases “My Sweet Lord.” (1970)

The Rolling Stones release their live album, “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out.” (1970)

A story in the New York Times says that Sylvester Stewart’s West Hollywood landlord is suing the rock star for $3 million. The landlord says that because of Sly, his building is inundated with “loud, noisy, boisterous persons,” and wants Stewart out. (1971)

The Doors’ “Riders On The Storm” peaks at #14 on the pop singles chart while Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” hits #1!! (1971)

Aerosmith is awarded a gold record for “Rocks.” (1976)

Kiss’ “Beth” is released. (1976)

Paul Simonson of the Clash says in an interview with New Musical Express that the Clash shouldn’t be labeled a political band, saying, “I didn’t even know who the Prime Minister was until a few weeks ago!” (1977)

About 66,000 Dead Heads attend the Grateful Dead’s Labor Day concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. (1978)

A new version of Yes, with Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn sell out a three night stand at New York’s 19,000 seat Madison Square Garden. (1980)

The Stray Cats album, “Built For Speed” enters the LP charts. The album contains the hits “Rock This Town” and “Stray Cat Strut.” (1982)

The Steve Miller Band’s “Abracadabra” hits #1 on the pop chart. (1982)

Gregg Allman was arrested for drunk driving in Florida. He had just gotten his license back after a five-year suspension. (1986)

Yusaf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, emerged from seclusion in London to sign copies of his first album in 18 years — which was 80% talk. (1996)

The Smashing Pumpkins win 7 MTV Video Awards, including Best Video for “Tonight Tonight.” (1996)

Bruce Springsteen joins the Wallflowers on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Bruce trades vocals and guitar licks with Jakob Dylan on “One Headlight.” Sting also makes an appearance, joining Puff Daddy for “I’ll Be Missing You.” (1997)

Al Jardine of the Beach Boys is born. (1942)

Bill Haley & the Comets turn down their first invitation to tour outside of the U.S. because of a fear of flying. The Australian offer of $2,000 for 15 dates wasn’t enough to get them on a plane. (1955)

Billboard reports independent record manufacturers are continuing to expand at an unprecented rate. They took in $20 million last year. (1955)

The Four Tops “Reach Out I’ll be There” enters the Hot 100 where it claims the Number One position on October 15. (1966)

Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman” hits #1 on the chart, while Stevie Wonder’s “Blowin’ In The Wind” peaks at #9. (1966)

Question Mark and the Mysterians’ “96 Tears” makes into the Hot 100 where it will peak at Number One for a week on October 29. (1966)

Folk singer Woody Guthrie dies of Huntington’s Chorea in New York City. He was 52. (1967)

The Four Seasons’ “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” is released. (1969)

Rolling Stone reports that the Bob Dylan bootleg “Great White Wonder” has sold over 350,000 copies and that the Dave Clark Five have broken up. (1970)

At the Palermo Pop ’70 Festival in Italy, Arthur Brown (of the Crazy World of..) is arrested and put in solitary confinement for four days after he set fire to his helmet and stripped naked during his stage performance. The audience threw all sorts of things at him. While in solitary, he was given a note signed by over 200 locals telling him to get out of Italy and stay out. (1970)

The Rolling Stones’ “Angie” is released. (1973)

110,000 fans descend on Old Bridge, New Jersey for an eleven hour concert by the Grateful Dead, the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Marshall Tucker Band. (1976)

Heart’s “Barracuda” peaks at #11 on the pop singles chart. (1977)

Styx’ “The Grand Illusion” LP enters the charts. (1977)

The three day U.S. Festival gets under way in San Bernardino, California. Over 400,000 people show up to hear Fleetwood Mac, the Police, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, the Grateful Dead, the Cars, Pat Benatar, Talking Heads, Dave Edmunds, Santana, the B-52′s, the Kinks, Eddie Money, the Ramones, Gang of Four, the English Beat and Jerry Jeff Walker. It’s financed by Steve Wozniak, the founder of the Apple Computer Company. (1982)

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble’s “Texas Flood” LP enters the chart. (1983)

The Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” hits #1 on the pop singles chart. (1983)

David Bowie appears on the cover of “Architectural Digest”, the first human to do so in 4 years. He tells the magazine that, “my ambition is to make music so uncompromising that I will have no audience left.” (1992)

Former Stray Cat leader Brian Setzer marries Christine Schmidt. (1994)

The Rolling Stones’ “Love Is Strong” peaks at #91 on the singles chart. (1994)

John Mellencamp and Me’Shell NdegeOcello’s remake of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night” peaks at #3 on the singles chart. (1994)

Crosby, Stills and Nash release the LP, “After The Storm.” (1994)

We finally got them all out of the boxes they have been in.

In the final two hours of Flashback we will feature The Story of Radio England.

Swinging Radio England (“SRE”) was a top 40 offshore commercial station billed as the “World’s Most Powerful” that operated from 3th May 1966 to 13th November 1966 from a ship in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England. While the station was dubbed a pirate radio station, its operation took place within the law and its offices were in the West End of London. Its representation was by a company formed earlier in the year to represent in Europe the ABC radio and television stations of the United States.

Swinging Radio England was the brainchild of Don Pierson who lived in Eastland, Texas, USA. According to an interview by Dr. Eric Gilder with Don Pierson published by Sibiu University Press in Romania during 2001, Don Pierson got the idea following the success of his earlier venture called Wonderful Radio London.

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