Released in April 1969, was the rock opera Tommy composed by Pete Townshend and performed by The Who.

Five months after the release of Tommy, The Kinks released another concept album, Arthur ( Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire ) ( September 1969 ), written by Ray Davies ; though considered by some a rock opera, it was originally conceived as the score for a proposed but never realised BBC television drama.

* 1969 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer

Parts of the rock-opera Tommy ( May 1969 ) were inspired by Townshend's study of Baba, to whom the album was dedicated.

Sorrow ( December 1968 ), The Who's Tommy ( April 1969 ) and The Kinks ' Arthur ( September 1969 ).

* 1969 – Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian

Some musicals, such as Tommy ( 1969 ) and Jesus Christ Superstar ( 1971 ), Les Misérables ( 1980 ), Rent ( 1996 ) and Spring Awakening ( 2006 ), employ various operatic conventions, such as through composition, recitative instead of dialogue, and leitmotifs.

* 1969 The Best of Tommy James and the Shondells -- Roulette SR-42040

In 1975, The Who released their all-music feature film Tommy, directed by Ken Russell, based upon their 1969 rock opera of the same name.

According to rock historian Walter Rasmussen, Pete Townshend once said that The Who's 1969 album Tommy was inspired by the rock opera " Epic " by People!

After the imprisonment of Vito " Don Vito " Genovese in 1959, Thomas " Tommy Ryan " Eboli was made acting boss and kept his position toward 1969, when Genovese died in jail.

The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland, which existed from 1965 to 1969.

The Story of Tommy, a book written by Townshend and his art school friend Richard Barnes ( now the Who's official biographer ) about the writing of Townshend's 1969 rock opera and the making of the 1975 Ken Russell-directed film, was published by Eel Pie the same year.

In 1969, the Who ’ s first major rock opera Tommy was released, and Daltrey found a voice for the lead character that carried the Who to world stardom at such music venues as Woodstock and the Isle of Wight Festival, and in opera houses around the world during the next two years.

He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love ( 1969 ), The Devils ( 1971 ), The Who's Tommy ( 1975 ), and the science fiction film Altered States ( 1980 ).

The series sought to illustrate the cruelty of bigotry against: Asians (" The Fear Merchants ", episode # 27, 1960 ; " The Lonely Man ", episode # 404, 1971 ), African-Americans (" Enter Thomas Bowers ", episode # 164, 1964 ; " The Wish ", episode # 326, 1968 ; " Child ", episode # 305, 1969 ), Native Americans (" The Underdog ", episode # 180, 1964 ; " Terror at 2: 00 ", episode # 384, 1970 ), Jews, (" Look to the Stars ", episode # 90, 1962 ); the disabled (" Tommy ", episode # 249, 1966 ) and " little people " (" It's A Small World ", episode # 347, 1968 ).

Tommy Morrison born January 2, 1969, is an American heavyweight boxer and a former World Boxing Organization champion.

Thomas Richard " Tommy " Bolin ( August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976 ) was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr ( from 1969 to 1971 ), The James Gang ( from 1973 through 1974 ), and Deep Purple ( from 1975 to 1976 ).

* Eleven Major League Baseball players were born in Poughkeepsie: Frank Bahret ( 1858 ), Frank Beck ( 1860 ), Bill Daley ( 1868 ), Buttons Briggs ( 1875 ), Elmer Steele ( 1886 ), Mickey McDermott ( 1929 ), Fred Lasher ( 1941 ), Tommy Boggs ( 1955 ), Ricky Horton ( 1959 ), Frank Cimorelli ( 1968 ), Jeff Pierce ( 1969 ), and Dan Gallagher ( 1982 ).

The Thirteenth Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland, which existed from 1965 to 1969.

Released in December 1968, it was the first rock opera, preceding the release of The Who's Tommy in May 1969.

The controversial Russell film The Devils ( 1971 ) was followed in the summer of 1975 by the same director's musical film Tommy, based on The Who's 1969 concept album Tommy and starring its lead singer Roger Daltrey.

He thus earned the dubious distinction of going from leading his league in wins ( tied with Mike Cuellar with 24 wins in 1969 ) to two years later leading his league in losses.

The total of seven people in space tied the record set by the Soyuz 6, Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 flights of 1969.

In 1969, Skaggs tied a 50-foot bra to the front of the U. S. Treasury building on Wall Street, organized a Hells Angels ' wedding procession through the Lower East Side, and made a grotesque Statues of Liberty on 4th of July, again to protest against the Vietnam War.

He also led the National League in putouts every year from 1962 through 1967 and again in 1969, tying the league record shared by Pie Traynor and Willie Jones in leading the league seven times ; Tim Wallach later tied the mark as well.

As of 2011, Killebrew's home run, RBI, and walk totals from 1969 remain team records, and his 145 walks are tied for the 20th highest single season total in MLB history and 7th highest for a right-handed batter.

In 1993, he led the Knicks to the best regular season record in team history ( tied with the 1969 – 1970 team ) and received his second Coach of the Year award.

In 1968 / 1969, he rode 77 winners, which saw him tied with Bob Davies.

They also finished with a 1-13 record in 1969, tied with the Chicago Bears for the worst record in the NFL.

In the 1969 – 70 tournament the club close this decade tied for 9th place along with Atlante both with 28 points.

He tied for fifth place at the 1969 Praia da Rocha Zonal tournament, scoring over two-thirds and thereby obtaining the title of International Master.

In 1969 the United States was tied with the Commonwealth as the most important overseas connection for the British public, while Europe came in a distant third.

So far, Detroit's 20 consecutive playoff appearances ranks tied for fifth in league history after 29 consecutive trips by the Boston Bruins from 1967 – 1968 to 1995 – 1996, 28 consecutive trips by the Chicago Blackhawks from 1969 – 1970 through 1996 – 1997, 25 consecutive appearances by the St. Louis Blues from 1979 – 1980 to 2003 – 2004, 24 and 21 consecutive berths by the Montreal Canadiens from 1970 – 1971 to 1993 – 1994 and 1948 – 1949 through 1968 – 1969 respectively as well as tied with their own streak of 20 seasons from 1938 – 1939 to 1957 – 1958.

1969: With the score tied 7 – 7 and less than a minute to play, Oregon State placekicker Mike Nehl attempted a 29-yard field goal to put the Beavers ahead.

Later, Barber went on to win consecutive Formula Ford National Championships ( 1969 and 1970 ), a record tied only recently.

He tied first with Renato Naranja while representing Australia at the 1969 Asian Zonal tournament in Singapore, earning the International Master title, which immediately earned him an invitation to an international grandmaster tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

She led the tour in wins three times, 1968 with ten ( tied with Kathy Whitworth ), 1969 with eight, and 1975 with four ( tied with Sandra Haynie ).

She tied for fifth at the 1969 LPGA Burdine's Invitational as an amateur.

He won the Lone Pine tournament in 1973, tied for second place behind reigning World Champion Boris Spassky in the international tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1969, and took first place in the first-ever Grand Prix in 1980.

Highlights in Ireland's cricketing history include beating a touring West Indies side in 1928, 1969, and again in 2004, progressing to the second round of the 2007 World Cup – in which they beat Pakistan and Bangladesh and tied with Zimbabwe – and beating England in the 2011 World Cup.

He tied for second place with Al Oliver for the 1969 National League Rookie of the Year Award, which was won by Ted Sizemore.