On October 22, 1964, Pete Townshend received mail from EMI.
On that October day in 1964, Pete Townshend received mail from EMI. He and his band The High Numbers, later The Who, applied for a contract with the renowned record label, home of the Beatles. But EMI refused – the band, they reasoned, didn’t have enough of their own songs. Too many cover versions. What in this respect…
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