By Keefer
ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY:
1965 - The Who had their first hit when they released I Can t Explain in the UK, with Jimmy Page on guitar. It was the group s first single released under the name The Who. Their previous was released under the name The High Numbers. In a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, Pete Townshend, the writer of the song, referred to I Can t Explain as a song, written by some 18-year-old kid, about the fact that he can t tell his girlfriend he loves her because he s taken too many Dexedrine tablets.
1967 - The Rolling Stones were forced to change the lyrics of Let s Spend The Night Together to Let s Spend Some Time Together when appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show after the producers objected to the content of the lyrics. Jagger ostentatiously rolled his eyes at the TV camera while singing the changed lyrics, resulting in host Ed Sullivan announcing that The Rolling Stones would be banned from performing on his show ever again.