Filming begins on the T.A.M.I. Show
Filming began on October 28, 1964, for the concert film T.A.M.I. Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California, using the Electronovision video process, with a second night on October 29, per Wikipedia.
The bill included James Brown and the Famous Flames, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, Chuck Berry and Marvin Gaye, and the clip below is Brown performing Please Please Please.
1969 in 1960s music: the full year guide
The Guess Who's Laughing is certified Gold
The Guess Who's single Laughing was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 28, 1969, after reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, per the RIAA database.
It was the band's second US gold record after These Eyes, and the clip below is the song.
1967 in 1960s music: the full year guide
The Miles Davis Quintet plays Antwerp
The Miles Davis Quintet of Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams played the Koningin Elisabethzaal in Antwerp, Belgium, on October 28, 1967, in a concert recorded by Belgian Radio and Television, per Sony Music.
The recording became the first disc of the 2011 box set Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, and the clip below is Footprints from that night.
1965 in 1960s music: the full year guide
EMI engineers mix We Can Work It Out in mono
EMI engineers made a rough mono mix of the Beatles' We Can Work It Out at Abbey Road on October 28, 1965, per the Beatles Bible.
The mix served as a playback track for a TV special filmed in Manchester on November 1 and 2, the band added more vocals the next day, and the clip below is the finished single.
1964 in 1960s music: the full year guide
Filming begins on the T.A.M.I. Show
Filming began on October 28, 1964, for the concert film T.A.M.I. Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California, using the Electronovision video process, with a second night on October 29, per Wikipedia.
The bill included James Brown and the Famous Flames, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, Chuck Berry and Marvin Gaye, and the clip below is Brown performing Please Please Please.
1963 in 1960s music: the full year guide
The Beach Boys release Be True to Your School
Capitol Records released the Beach Boys' single Be True to Your School, backed with In My Room, on October 28, 1963, per Wikipedia.
It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also appeared on the album Little Deuce Coupe, and the clip below is the song.
1962 in 1960s music: the full year guide
Louis Prima and Gia Maione play The Ed Sullivan Show
Louis Prima, Gia Maione and Sam Butera and the Witnesses performed Oh Marie and I Want You To Be My Baby on The Ed Sullivan Show on October 28, 1962, per AllMusic.
Maione, who joined Prima's act that year after a Mother's Day audition, also sang How High the Moon, and the clip below is Oh Marie from that broadcast.
1961 in 1960s music: the full year guide
Raymond Jones asks Brian Epstein for My Bonnie
Raymond Jones, a customer at Brian Epstein's NEMS record shop in Whitechapel, Liverpool, asked for the Beatles' single My Bonnie on October 28, 1961, per the Beatles Bible.
Epstein wrote that he noted the request, he first visited the Cavern Club on November 9, 1961, and the clip below is My Bonnie.
1960 in 1960s music: the full year guide
Sviatoslav Richter plays Carnegie Hall
Pianist Sviatoslav Richter played a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York on October 28, 1960, during his first American tour, per a Naxos Music Library listing of the recording made in performance.
The clip below is Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 3 from his Carnegie Hall 1960 archive release.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in 1960s music on October 28?
October 28 saw 8 verified music events across eight years, including filming beginning on the T.A.M.I. Show in 1964, Raymond Jones asking Brian Epstein for My Bonnie in 1961, and the Beach Boys releasing Be True to Your School in 1963.
When was the T.A.M.I. Show filmed?
The T.A.M.I. Show was filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964, with James Brown, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys and the Supremes on the bill.
When did Raymond Jones ask Brian Epstein for My Bonnie?
Raymond Jones asked for the Beatles' single My Bonnie at Brian Epstein's NEMS record shop in Liverpool on October 28, 1961.
When did the Beach Boys release Be True to Your School?
Capitol Records released Be True to Your School, backed with In My Room, on October 28, 1963, and it reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
When did the Beatles mix We Can Work It Out?
EMI engineers made a rough mono mix of We Can Work It Out at Abbey Road on October 28, 1965, as a playback track for a TV special.
When did the Miles Davis Quintet play Antwerp?
The Miles Davis Quintet played the Koningin Elisabethzaal in Antwerp, Belgium, on October 28, 1967, in a concert recorded by Belgian Radio and Television.