Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Tommy

The Who hit #12 in the US with See Me, Feel Me from Tommy

Eel Pie Records

Pete Townshend founds Eel Pie Records

Lifehouse

"Lifehouse" is never completed in its intended form, although it is reconstructed as a radio play for the BBC in 2000, and most of the material was released on a 6-CD album from Pete Townshends website

Won't Get Fooled Again

Release Won't Get Fooled Again.

Role range: 1964-

Baba O'Riley

Release Who's Next with Baba O'Riley.

Role range: 1964-

Who's Next Album

Release the album Who's Next.

Role range: 1964-

Behind Blue Eyes

Release Behind Blue Eyes as a single.

Role range: 1964-

Lifehouse

The Lifehouse project is abandoned as a completed multimedia work.

Who's Next

The Who release Who's Next from available Lifehouse material.

Join Together

Release Join Together as a single.

Role range: 1964-

5:15

Release 5:15 from Quadrophenia.

Role range: 1964-

Quadrophenia Album

Release Quadrophenia as a double album.

Role range: 1964-

Quadrophenia

The Who release Quadrophenia.

Quadrophenia

"Quadrophenia", a work in the rock opera vein, which can also be seen as something of an autobiographical or social history piece about early 1960s adolescent life and conflict in London

The Who by Numbers Album

Release The Who by Numbers.

Role range: 1964-

Squeeze Box Single

Release Squeeze Box as a single.

Role range: 1964-

Tommy

A movie version of Tommy is released, directed by Ken Russell, starring Roger Daltrey in the title role and earning Pete Townshend an academy award nomination for Best Original Score

Squeeze Box

The Who release Squeeze Box from The Who by Numbers.

The Who by Numbers

The Who release The Who by Numbers.

Charlton Loudest Concert

The Who's Charlton Athletic concert is measured at 126 decibels.

Eel Pie Publishing

Townshend founds Eel Pie Publishing, which specialized in childrens titles, music books, and several Meher Baba-related publications

Eel Pie Publishing

Townshend founds Eel Pie Publishing, which specialized in childrens titles, music books, and several Meher Baba-related publications

Pete Townshend collaborates with The Faces

Pete Townshend collaborates with The Faces bassist and fellow Meher Baba devotee Ronnie Lane on a duet album (1977s Rough Mix)

Who Are You Single

Release Who Are You as a single.

Role range: 1964-

Who Are You Album

Release the album Who Are You.

Role range: 1964-

Who Are You

The Who release Who Are You.

The Kids Are Alright

The Who release the documentary The Kids Are Alright.

Amnesty International

Townshend became the first major rock musician to donate his services to the human rights organisation Amnesty International when he performed three songs for its benefit show The Secret Policemans Ball

Politics

Townshend became the first major rock musician to donate his services to the human rights organisation Amnesty International when he performed three songs for its benefit show The Secret Policemans Ball

Rock Against Racism

A 1979 Rock Against Racism benefit concert, organized to raise money to pay the legal costs of those arrested in a London area anti-racism demonstration

Let My Love Open the Door

Townshends solo breakthrough, following the death of Who drummer Keith Moon, was the 1980 release Empty Glass, which included a top-10 single, "Let My Love Open the Door", with long-time friend and guitarist, David Gilmour

You Better You Bet

Release You Better You Bet.

Role range: 1964-

Face Dances Album

Release Face Dances with Kenney Jones on drums.

Role range: 1964-

Rock Against Unemployment

Rock Against Unemployment benefit concert, part of the Peoples March For Jobs campaign

Face Dances

The Who release Face Dances.

It's Hard Album

Release It's Hard.

Role range: 1964-

Eminence Front

Release Eminence Front from It's Hard.

Role range: 1964-

Farewell Tour

The Who launch a publicised farewell tour before later reunions.

It's Hard

The Who release It's Hard.

Who, The

Keith Moon died in 1978, after which the band released two more studio albums, the top five Face Dances (1981) and the top ten Its Hard (1982), with drummer Kenney Jones, before officially disbanding in 1983