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Today In Music History: The Kinks Arrive In The States

Posted at 7:42 AM on June 17, 2009 by Steve Seel

Barry Manilow, (born Barry Alan Pincus) is 64.
Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) is 51.

1967 - Moby Grape released five singles simultaneously in their debut with the CBS label.
1968 - The Ohio Express got their first gold single with "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy."
1978 - "You're The One That I Want" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (from the film Grease) started a nine week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1978 - Jefferson Starship failed to perform at a festival in Germany because singer Grace Slick was unable to go onstage. Angry fans started a riot and caused over a million dollars in damage.
1989 - Ringo Starr announced he would tour again for the first time in several years. His first All-Starr Band included Clarence Clemons, Joe Walsh, Billy Preston, and Nils Lofgren.
2005 - Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller died of throat cancer. He was 41.

Today in 1965, The Kinks made their US concert debut at the Academy of Music in New York City. An early Kinks song from that era was our choice today: "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion."

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