  The roots of Pink Floyd began
when Syd Barrett was rooming in London with
Roger Waters in 1964, and Barrett and Waters
formed a band with Nick Mason. The group had
numerous name evolutions but was eventually
changed to Pink Floyd in honor of blues
performers Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Pink Floyd performed for the
first time in London.
 Rick Wright joined the group.
Pink Floyd signed with EMI
Records. The group released various singles
over the year and continued performing around
the world and in the US. Also throughout the
year, Barrett began exhibiting his eventual
trademark bizarre behaviors.
 Pink Floyd released Piper
At The Gates Of Dawn.
Barrett's inability to play led
to David Gilmour replacing him. By April,
Barrett had officially left the group.
 Pink Floyd released Saucerful
Of Secrets.
Pink Floyd released Ummagumma.
 Pink Floyd released Atom
Heart Mother.
Atom
Heart Mother topped the UK LP charts.
Relics was released.
 Pink Floyd released Meddle.
Pink Floyd released Obscured
By Clouds.
 Pink Floyd released Dark
Side Of The Moon and hit the pop charts
with "Money." The LP went on to
spend 741 weeks (over 14 years) on the
Billboard Top 200 Album chart (breaking Carole
King's longevity award with Tapestry).
Dark
Side Of The Moon topped the Billboard
Albums chart for a week.
The 1969 LP More was released - as was A
Nice Pair (which includes the LPs Piper
At The Gates Of Dawn and Saucerful
Of Secrets).
 Pink Floyd released Wish
You Were Here with the tribute to Barrett,
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond."
Pink Floyd released Animals.
 Pink Floyd released the
double-LP The
Wall.
 # 29
Singles Artist of the Year
Pink Floyd hit the Top 40 with
"Another Brick In The
Wall, Part 2." (  )
 Pink Floyd hit the Top 10 and #1 for 3 weeks with "Another Brick In The
Wall, Part 2."
Pink Floyd topped the Billboard
Hot 100 Singles chart for 4 weeks with "Another Brick In The
Wall, Part 2."
Pink Floyd hit the Top 40 with
"Run Like Hell."
Pink Floyd topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Duo/Group (singles & albums), Top
Billboard 200 Album Artist, Top Billboard 200
Album Artist - Duo/Group, and Top Billboard
200 Album (The
Wall).
Pink Floyd were nominated for an
American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("Another Brick In The
Wall, Part 2").
Pink Floyd were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group (The
Wall).
 A
Collection Of Great Dance Songs was released.
Pink Floyd released The
Final Cut.
Pink Floyd's Dark
Side Of The Moon broke a longevity
record when it charted its 491st week on
Billboard's LP chart.
Works was released.
 Waters officially left Pink
Floyd.
A press release issued stated
that the group will be recording a new LP as
Pink Floyd without Roger Waters.
 # 207
Singles Artist of the Year
Water's issued his own statement
through his lawyer proclaiming himself to be
an integral portion of Pink Floyd, and any
use of the group's name without his
involvement would be inappropriate.
 Pink Floyd (Gilmour, Mason and
Wright) released A
Momentary Lapse Of Reason.
Remaining Pink Floyd members and
Waters agreed to end their legal dispute.
The video for "Learning To
Fly" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Concept Video and was nominated for Best Direction and Best Cinematography.
 Pink Floyd released the live LP Delicate
Sound Of Thunder.
Waters filed a claim against
Pink Floyd for illegal use of an inflatable
pig during a recent tour which was deemed a
breach of copyright.
Pink Floyd were nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Music Video, Long Form (In
Concert - Delicate Sound Of Thunder).
 Pink Floyd performed at the
Knebworth Festival.
Waters staged a live concert of
'The Wall' with numerous guest vocalists in
Berlin.
Pink Floyd hit the Top 40 with
"Learning To Fly."
The box set Shine
On
was released.
 Pink Floyd released The
Division Bell.
Pink Floyd topped the
Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for 6 weeks
with "Keep Talking."
The
Division Bell topped the Billboard Pop Albums
chart for 4 weeks.
Pink Floyd were nominated for an
American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock
Band/Duo/Group.
Pink Floyd won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("Marooned").
 Pink Floyd released the live LP Pulse.
Pulse topped the Billboard
Pop Albums chart for a week and the UK Albums
chart for 2 weeks.
Pink Floyd were inducted into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "Another Brick In The
Wall (Part 2)," "Money," and
"See Emily Play."
A lot of press was given to the
uncanny connection between The Wizard Of
Oz and Pink Floyd's Dark
Side Of The Moon. For those who didn't
know, if you start Pink Floyd's CD after the
3rd trademark MGM Lion roar at the beginning
of the movie, you'll be amazed at the
synchronicity between the 2 classics.
 Unreleased
material from Jerry Garcia (Grateful
Dead) and Pink Floyd was made
available with the release of a new
soundtrack to a 1970 film, Zabriskie
Point. The double-LP featured 4 songs
each from Garcia and Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd ranked # 19 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 4 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
 A live LP recorded in the early
80s, Is
There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live was released.
The LP contains all tracks from The
Wall and 2 tracks deleted
from the original release: "What Shall
We Do Now?" and "The Last Few
Bricks."
Is
There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live topped the
Billboard Internet Album Sales chart for 1
week in May.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock includes Pink Floyd at
# 15.
VH1: 100
Greatest Albums includes
Dark
Side Of The Moon at # 51.
A
Collection Of Great Dance Songs was certified 2x
platinum and A
Momentary Lapse Of Reason was certified
4x platinum.
The single "Another Brick In The
Wall (Part 2)" was certified gold.
 Another hits compilation was
released - Echoes:
The Best Of Pink Floyd.
Echoes:
The Best Of Pink Floyd topped the Billboard
Internet Albums Sales chart for 2 weeks.
Echoes:
The Best Of Pink Floyd was certified 2x
platinum.
Echoes:
The Best Of Pink Floyd was certified 3x
platinum.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Another Brick In The
Wall (Part 2)" at # 15.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 43:
Dark
Side Of The Moon, # 87:
The
Wall, # 209: Wish
You Were Here, # 347: Piper
At The Gates Of Dawn.
 On July 2nd, a reunited Pink
Floyd with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick
Mason, and Richard Wright performed in
London, England, as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
Syd Barrett, co-founder of Pink
Floyd, died at the age of 60 in London from
complications of of diabetes.
On July 7th, Roger Waters
performed at the Live
Earth
concert in the US. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
 Echoes:
The Best Of Pink Floyd was certified 4x
platinum.
The enitre discography of Pink
Floyd was released in a 16-CD box set called Oh
By The Way (box set).
Rick Wright died at the age of
65 after a battle with cancer.
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Piper At The Gates Of
Dawn
Released: August, 1967
US: Gold
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Astronomy
Domine" - "Lucifer Sam" -
"Matilda Mother" -
"Flaming" - "Pow R. Toc
H." - "Take Up Thy Stethoscope
And Walk" - "Interstellar
Overdrive" - "The Gnome" -
"Chapter 24" -
"Scarecrow" - "Bike" |
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Saucerful Of Secrets
Released: June, 1968
US: Gold
Tracks: "Let There
Be More Light" - "Remember A
Day" - "Set The Controls For
The Heart Of The Sun" -
"Corporal Clegg" - "A
Saucerful Of Secrets" -
"See-Saw" - "Jugband
Blues" |
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