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Peter Lorrimer #Whitehead ,
born into a working-class family in #Liverpool in 1937
took his camera to #festival of ‘Beat’ #poetry at #RoyalAlbertHall in1965. The resulting Wholly Communion (1966) is now celebrated as the documentation of the founding event of London’s #Counterculture. It attracted the attention of , the manager of The #RollingStones, who employed Whitehead to make a documentary of The Stones’ Ireland tour – Charlie is my Darling (1966) #Rock #Music
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www.dmu.ac.ukTHE LONG READ: Peter Whitehead obituaryThe controversial counterculture filmmaker, who archive is held at DMU, has died aged 82

"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 song written by #ChuckBerry, originally released on #ChessRecords, with "Drifting Heart" as the #Bside. The lyrics of the song mention #rockAndRoll and the desire for #rhythmAndBlues to be as respected as #classicalMusic. The song has been #covered by many other artists, including the #RollingStones and #theBeatles (both in 1963). Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 97 on its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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"Cortez the Killer" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter #NeilYoung from his 1975 album, #Zuma. It was recorded with the band #CrazyHorse. It has since been ranked No. 39 on #GuitarWorlds 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and No. 329 on #RollingStones list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. Young has stated in concert that he wrote the song while studying history in high school in #Winnipeg. According to Young's notes for the album #Decade.
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"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 song written by #ChuckBerry, originally released on #ChessRecords, with "Drifting Heart" as the #Bside. The lyrics of the song mention #rockAndRoll and the desire for #rhythmAndBlues to be as respected as #classicalMusic. The song has been #covered by many other artists, including the #RollingStones and #theBeatles (both in 1963). Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 97 on its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
youtube.com/watch?v=sagmwSY-ZEY

Today in Labor History March 18, 1968: The staff of San Francisco's "progressive" rock station KMPX-FM walked out on strike citing a lack of control over programming & "hassles over the whole long-hair riff." Performers like the Rolling Stones, Joan Baez, the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead requested the station not play their music as long as the station was run by strikebreakers.