Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend1967
Rael includes musical ideas later developed for Tommy.
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Rael includes musical ideas later developed for Tommy.
The Who release the rock opera Tommy.
Life Magazine says of Tommy, "...for sheer power, invention and brilliance of performance, Tommy outstrips anything which has ever come out of a recording studio". Between 1969 and 1971 Townshend, along with other devotees to Meher Baba, recorded a trio of albums devoted to his teachings: Happy Birthday, I Am, and With Love
Tommy is performed at New York's Lincoln Center.
The Who hit #12 in the US with See Me, Feel Me from Tommy
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