Do You Remember Today – May 18

• 1967 – The Beatles were selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, scheduled for June 25. John Lennon wrote ‘All You Need is Love’ which was thought to sum up the 1967 ‘summer of love’ and The Beatles’ sympathies.
• 1967 – Pink Floyd started recording their forthcoming single ‘See Emily Play’ at Sound Techniques Studos, Chelsea, London.
• 1967 – Paul McCartney and John Lennon sang backing vocals on the Rolling Stones song “We Love You” during a recording session in London.
• 1968 – Jefferson Airplane, the Steve Miller Band, the Youngbloods, and the Grateful Dead performed at the Northern California Rock Festival at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds in Santa Clara.
• 1968 – Tiny Tim’s “Tiptoe through the Tulips” was released. It was originally a number one hit for Nick Lucas in 1929.
• 1968 – The first Miami Pop event took place with an estimated 100,000 people attending the concert, which was promoted by Richard O’Barry & Michael Lang (later famous as the promoter of Woodstock). Bands featured at the festival included Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mothers of Invention, Blue Cheer, Chuck Berry, The Blues Image, Pacific Gas and Electric, Three Dog Night and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
• 1974 – Ray Stevens started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the novelty song ‘The Streak’ which capitalized on the then popular craze of streaking. Also No.1 in the UK.

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