On this day in 1965...

...while buying a guard dog for protection at Battersea Dog's Home near London, The Who's equipment van, parked just outside, was ironically stolen. 

Thank you

In the past year The Sound Boutique has had the good fortune of working with an amazing creative agency, two production music libraries (and counting), completed short film, transcription and podcast work, started work on composing, arranging and recording for a new animated feature and will soon release third album, 'Traveller'.

I'd like to extend a massive thank you to you all for your interest and support as we move into year two. 

All the best

Gareth

On this day in 1963...

...Peter, Paul & Mary performed "Blowin' In The Wind" before civil rights marchers who had gathered in Washington to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. 

On this day in 1961...

...Patsy Cline recorded 'Crazy', written by Willie Nelson. Cline was thrown through the windscreen of a car accident two months before she recorded the song. At the first session, she couldn't hit the high notes because of a broken rib, so the studio musicians recorded their parts without her. Two weeks later, she did her vocals while standing on crutches.

On this day in 1962...

…unhappy with drummer Pete Best's role in The Beatles, Brian Epstein and the other three members decided to sack him. Best played his last gig the following night at The Cavern, Liverpool. Ringo Starr who was nearing the end of a three-month engagement with Rory Storm & the Hurricanes at a Butlin's holiday camp received a telephone call from John Lennon, asking him to join The Beatles. Ringo gave Rory Storm three days notice and on August 18th, appeared as a member of The Beatles for the first time.

Here's Best and his mum talking about the dismissal: