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09/18/2024

Music History for September 18

1947 - Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, NY. It was the first country show at the venue.

1957 - The Big Record premiered on CBS-TV. The show only lasted one season.

1969 - Tiny Tim announced on The Tonight Show to Johnny Carson his engagement to Miss Vicki Budinger. Carson asked the two to be married on the show. They made TV history with the wedding on December 17, 1969.

1970 - James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix died in his London apartment at the age of 27. The death was from an overdose of sleeping pills.

1971 - Pink Floyd performed "Atom Heart Mother" at the Classical Music Festival in Montreux, Switzerland.

1972 - The Who headlined the Rock at The Oval festival in London.

1976 - The second annual Rock Music Awards ran on CBS.

1976 - "More Than A Feeling" by Boston was released.

1978 - The members of KISS all released solo albums. The members at the time were Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss.

1979 - "Heartache Tonight" by the Eagles was released.

1983 - The album Lick It Up was released by KISS.

1983 - The members of Kiss appeared on MTV without makeup.

1987 - KISS released the album Crazy Nights.

1998 - Reba McEntire received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2002 - Bon Jovi performed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. More than 375,000 people viewed the live Web cast of the show.

2004 - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were married. The legal documents were not filed until early October.

09/17/2024

Music History for September 17

1931 - RCA Victor Records began demonstrations of the long-playing (LP), 33-1/3 RPM phonograph record.

1939 - Frank Sinatra recorded "All or Nothing at All" with the Harry James Orchestra for Columbia Records.

1952 - Frank Sinatra completed his final session with Mitch Miller and Columbia Records.

1955 - Capitol Records released "Magic Melody, Part Two". The song consisted only of the last two notes of the musical phrase, "Shave and a haircut, two bits." It was the shortest song to ever to be released.

1956 - Brenda Lee's single "Jambalaya" was released. It was her first single.

1965 - "The Smothers Brothers Show" premiered on CBS-TV.

1967 - The Doors appear on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and performed "Light My Fire" and "People Are Strange."

1967 - The Who appeared on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. An incident occurred with flash explosions that damaged Pete Townshend's ears.

1976 - Ringo Starr released "Ringo's Rotogravure."

1980 - Bette Midler's concert film "Divine Madness" premiered in Los Angeles, CA.

1983 - Vanessa Williams, as Miss New York, became the first black woman to be crowned Miss America.

1989 - Natalie Cole married Andre Fisher. Cole filed for a divorce less than three years later.

1989 - At the Emmy Awards, Paula Abdul won Best Choreography for her work on "The Tracey Ullman Show."

1991 - "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II" were released simultaneously by Guns N' Roses.

1992 - Tiffany gave birth to her son Elijah Bulmaro.

1997 - Fleetwood Mac began their reunion tour with the support of their LP "The Dance."

1998 - An American Airlines flight made an emergency stop in Denver because a passenger had become violent after meeting Hootie & The Blowfish on the plane.

1998 - Terri Clark had her shoulder dislocated when she was pulled from a moving car at the New Mexico State Fair. A male fan had pulled her from the open car.

1998 - Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russell Jones) was arrested on a charge of making terrorist threats in Los Angeles. He had been ejected from the House of Blues nightclub and had threatened to return and kill them all.

1999 - Eminem had a $10 million lawsuit filed against him. The suit, brought by his mother, claimed that he had made defamatory remarks in several interviews.

2002 - Kelly Clarkson's first single "Before Your Love/A Moment Like This" was released.

2003 - David Lee Roth injured himself while doing a very fast, complicated 15th-century samurai move onstage. Roth needed 21 stitches when a staff he was using hit him in the face. A few days later the remainder of his tour was canceled.

09/16/2024

Music History for September 16

1920 - Enrico Caruso recorded his last work for Victor Records.

1938 - "Boogie Woogie" was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.

1963 - The Beatles single "She Loves You" was released in the U.S.

1963 - The Beach Boys album Surfer Girl was released.

1964 - Shindig! premiered on ABC. The first show opened with Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, The Wellingtons, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman and Alan Sues.

1965 - The second season of Shindig! was opened with the Rolling Stones performing "Satisfaction." The Kinks, Byrds and Everly Brothers also appeared on the season opener.

1965 - The Grace Cathedral in San Francisco was the site of Duke Ellington's first concert.

1966 - The Metropolitan Opera opened its new opera house at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The opening performance was Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra."

1966 - Pete Quaife left the Kinks and was replaced by John Dalton.

1970 - Jimi Hendrix made his final public appearance. He appeared with Eric Burdon and War at a club in London.

1977 - Marc Bolan (T. Rex) died in a car accident at the age of 29.

1978 - The Grateful Dead recorded a concert at the pyramids in Egypt.

1979 - The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" by was released.

1980 - Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall officially opened.

1985 - KISS released the album Asylum.

1991 - Willie Nelson and makeup artist Ann-Marie D'Angelo got married.

1992 - Barbra Streisand made her first live appearance in six years at a fundraiser for the U.S. Democratic party.

1993 - Grace Slick's home was destroyed by fire.

1997 - The Delfins debuted their first album Azul (Blue) in Madrid's Las Ventas bullfight arena.

1998 - The members of Mott the Hoople played together for the first time in 24 years at the Virgin Megastore on London's Oxford Street.

2014 - The George Strait live album The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium was released. The show was the last of George Strait's last tour.

09/13/2024

Music History for September 13

1954 - Judy Garland was on the cover of Life magazine.

1960 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission banned payola.

1965 - The song "Yesterday/Act Naturally" was released by the Beatles.

1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band made their live debut at the Rock 'n' Roll Revival Concert. Eric Clapton was on guitar.

1969 - The Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival Festival took place.

1974 - Stevie Wonder started his first tour since his near-fatal car accident.

1977 - Symphonic conductor Leopold Stokowski died at the age of 95.

1979 - Abba began their first North American tour in Edmonton, Alberta.

1982 - RCA Records announced that David Bowie had left for the South Seas where the filming of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence was to begin.

1984 - KISS released the album Animalize.

1989 - Bruce Springsteen recorded "Viva Las Vegas" for The Last Temptation of Elvis. Today in Elvis History

1989 - Sting made his stage debut at the Threepenny Opera in Washington, DC.

1991 - Alice Cooper sold his new album Hey Stoopid in New York's Times Square for 99 cents.

1994 - The debut album Ready to Die was released by The Notorious B.I.G.

1996 - Tupac Shakur died six days after being shot four times in a drive-by shooting.

1996 - CMT (Country Music Television) was allowed to resume broadcasting in Canada. The network had been taken off the air over a broadcasting rights dispute.

1997 - Elton John's single "Candle in the Wind 1997" was released in the U.K.

1998 - Mel B (Spice Girls) and Jimmy Gulzar were married.

1999 - Marcelo Rodriguez, a Beverly Hills police officer, filed a multi-million-dollar slander lawsuit against George Michael. The suit alleged that the singer had committed slander in the song and video for "Outside." Rodriguez had arrested Michael on charges of lewd behavior in a public park on April 7, 1998.

09/12/2024

Music History for September 12

1940 - Johnny Long’s orchestra recorded the classic, "A Shanty in Old Shanty Town."

1948 - Elvis Presley, age 13, moved with his parents to Memphis, TN.

1953 - Luigi Vena sang "Ave Maria" at the wedding of U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

1966 - ABC-TV's "The Roger Miller Show" premiered.

1966 - The Beatles received a gold record for "Yellow Submarine."

1966 - The Monkees TV show premiered on NBC.

1970 - "Josie and the Pussycats," the cartoon, debuted on CBS.

1987 - Morrissey left The Smiths for a solo career.

1990 - Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie both announced that they would no longer perform with Fleetwood Mac.

1996 - Oasis canceled their U.S. tour citing "internal differences" as the cause.

1998 - A concert by Shania Twain was televised live on DirecTV. It was the first time direct broadcast had been used for a country star.

1998 - Vince Gill made his 100th appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.

2000 - The family of Jimi Hendrix released 56 rare tracks in a 4-CD boxed set, "The Jimi Hendrix Experience."

2002 - The house that Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) lived in as a child, from 11-15, was sold on Ebay for $210,000. The house had been valued at $52,660 in 2000.

2002 - John Houston Entertainment LLC filed a $100 million lawsuit against Whitney Houston for breach of contract.

2006 - The iTunes Music Store reached 1.5 billion songs and 45 million videos sold.

2008 - The Metallica album "Death Magnetic" was released.

2009 - Steve Jobs announced that Apple's iTunes had 88% of the legal U.S. music download market.

09/11/2024

Music History for September 11

1847 - Steven Foster's song "Oh! Susannah" was performed in public for the first time by a local quintet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1850 - Jenny Lind gave her first concert in the United States at New York's Castle Garden Theater. Lind was known as the "Swedish Nightingale."

1945 - Ernest Tubb recorded "It Just Doesn’t Matter Now" and "Love Turns to Hate."

1962 - George Martin had the Beatles return to EMI's Abbey Road to re-record "Love Me Do." They also recorded "P.S. I Love You" and an early version of "Please Please Me."

1964 - George Harrison formed Mornyork Ltd. as his own song publishing company. The name was later changed to Harrisongs, Ltd.

1967 - "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles was certified as a million seller.

1967 - The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" bus began cruising the English countryside.

1968 - Larry Graham, of Sly and the Family Stone, was arrested for possession of cannabis. The groups TV appearance and hotel reservations were canceled as a result.

1971 - The animated The Jackson Five TV series debuted on ABC.

1975 - Aerosmith's self-titled debut album was certified gold.

1977 - Bernie Taupin made his television acting debut on ABC's The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew meet Dracula. He played the character Circus. Taupin was known for being Elton John's lyricist.

1977 - David Bowie and Bing Crosby recorded a duet version of "The Little Drummer Boy." The song appeared on Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas LP.

1984 - Bruce Springsteen broke the attendance record at Philadelphia's Spectrum. 16,800 fans attended the first of six sold-out shows.

1987 - Geffen Records released Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume 3.

1987 - Peter Tosh was shot and killed by robbers in his home in Jamaica.

1987 - Prince's Paisley Park Studios officially opened.

1988 - Metallica began their first headlining tour of Europe in Budapest, Hungary.

1995 - Janet Jackson's "Runaway" made history by becoming the first single by a woman to make its debut in the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100.

1996 - David Bowie's single "Telling Lies" was released exclusively on the Internet. It was the first time a new single by a major selling artist was released exclusively on the Internet.

1996 - Michael Hutchence of INXS pled guilty to hitting a photographer and was fined $600. The picture was of Hutchence and Bob Geldof's estranged wife outside a hotel where they had spent the night.

1997 - John Lee Ho**er received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2001 - Dream Theater released the album Live Scenes From New York. The original artwork was recalled the same day due to the artwork portraying the New York skyline and World Trade Center towers engulfed in flames. The album was re-released with different artwork.

09/10/2024

Music History for September 10

1956 - Record stores were swamped with requests for Elvis' "Love Me Tender" which had not been released yet.

1964 - Rod Stewart recorded his first single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl."

1966 - The Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1966 - "The Last Train to Clarksville" was released by the Monkees.

1973 - BBC Radio banned the song "Star Star" by the Rolling Stones.

1974 - The original New York Dolls split up.

1975 - Alive! was released by KISS. The album contained live performances from KISS' first three albums.

1979 - Patti Smith announced that she was performing her last show in front of 85,000 people in Florence, Italy. She returned to performing a decade later.

1979 - The Who made their first U.S. concert appearance without Keith Moon. Kenny Jones replaced him on drums.

1980 - "She's So Cold" by the Rolling Stones was released.

1980 - The song "Uptown" was released by Prince.

1980 - Peter Comita replaced Tom Peterson in Cheap Trick.

1990 - Will Smith made his debut in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

1990 - The Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas, NV, opened.

1991 - The Garth Brooks album Ropin' the Wind was released.

1992 - Howard Stern appeared as Fartman on the MTV Video Music Awards.

1995 - Cyndi Lauper won an Emmy for her guest appearance on Mad About You.

1996 - Walmart banned Sheryl Crow's self-titled second album because of the song "Love is A Good Thing." The song specifically mentions buying a gun at Walmart.

1998 - Gary Glitter appeared in court on child po*******hy charges.

09/09/2024

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09/09/2024

Music History for September 9

1938 - Paul Whiteman and His Swing Wing recorded "Aunt Hagar’s Blues" featuring Jack Teagarden and The Modernaires.

1955 - The Dual Music System Jukebox was introduced by the J.P. Seeburg Corporation. It was the first to hold a hundred singles.

1956 - Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show Toast of the Town. He was shot from just the waist up during the performance. Elvis would make a total of three appearances on the show.

1967 - "Soul Man," by Sam & Dave, was released.

1969 - Jimi Hendrix mad his U.S. television debut on The Dick Cavett Show.

1971 - John Lennon's LP Imagine was released.

1978 - "Beast of Burden" was released by The Rolling Stones.

1978 - U2 opened for the Stranglers in Dublin at the Top Hat Ballroom.

1981 - Sting and Phil Collins both played their first solo sets at Amnesty's International's "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball."

1982 - The gospel musical Your Arms Too Short to Box with God by Vinnette Carroll opened with Al Green and Patti LaBelle.

1987 - Pink Floyd began their "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" tour. It was the band's first tour without Roger Waters.

1996 - The Metallica single "Hero of the Day" was released.

1998 - An episode of Judge Judy aired in which S*x Pistol Johnny Rotten appeared as the defendant in a case involving a drummer who sued Rotten for allegedly head-butting him during a contract dispute.

1999 - Nine Inch Nails performed at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. It was their first-ever appearance on a televised award show.

2003 - A recording of a February KISS concert was shown at big-screen theaters in 21 U.S. cities. The show was recorded in Melbourne's Telstra Dome with a 60-piece symphony orchestra.

2009 - The iTunes Music Store reached 8.6 billion songs sold.

09/06/2024

Music History for September 6

1937 - Benny Goodman and his orchestra recorded "Sugar Foot Stomp."

1958 - Georgia Gibbs sang "The Hula-Hoop Song" on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1961 - Bob Dylan debuted at the Gaslight Cafe in New York City.

1963 - Jerry Lee Lewis' contract with Sun Records expired.

1968 - Eric Clapton recorded his guitar solo on The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

1969 - After a show in the Memphis Mid-Southern Coliseum, James Brown announced his retirement from live performance after July 4, 1970.

1972 - John and Yoko appeared on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.

1982 - Paul McCartney released the single "Tug Of War."

1982 - Peter Gabriel's Security album was released. The album is also known as Peter Gabriel 4.

1989 - The Pittsburgh Steelers were banned from practicing on their own field, Three Rivers Stadium, because The Rolling Stones were rehearsing for their upcoming concert.

1989 - The New Kids on the Block released the album "Hangin' Tough."

1993 - Don Henley, Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Sting and Aerosmith performed at a benefit concert in Boston for Walden Woods.

1995 - Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis performed the National Anthem in Baltimore's Camden Yards before Cal Ripken Jr. set baseball's all-time consecutive games played record.

2000 - MP3.com agreed to pay Universal Music $53.4 million to end their legal dispute over licensing.

2010 - Jane's Addiction announced that it had parted ways with bassist Duff McKagan. McKagan had only been working with the band for five months.

09/05/2024

Music History for September 5

1968 - Herbert Khaury, known better as Tiny Tim, sued Bouquet Records for $1 million in damages when the record label released early recordings of Khaury without his permission.

1986 - Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" won the MTV award for Best Video.

1987 - "American Bandstand" was canceled after 30 years on television.

1990 - B.B. King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1993 - Guitarist Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

1993 - The musical The Will Rogers Follies closed after 983 performances.

1996 - Capitol Records released The Beatles Anthology video set. Over ten hours of material made up the set.
Today in Beatles History

2001 - Junichiro Koizumi Presents: My Favorite Elvis Songs was released exclusively in Japan. The collection of Elvis Presley songs was picked by Japan's prime minister.

2002 - In New York, the NFL held a concert to celebrate its season opener. Eve, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias and 'N Sync's Joey Fatone performed. The event preceded the rare Thursday-night opener between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers.

09/04/2024

Music History for September 4

1928 - Wingy Manone recorded "Downright Disgusted" with Gene Krupa on drums.

1957 - The teen dance TV show The Buddy Deane Show debuted in Baltimore, MD.

1959 - "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin was banned by a radio station in New York City.

1964 - The Animals gave their debut U.S. performance in Brooklyn, NY, at the U.S. Paramount Theater.

1965 - The Who had their equipment van stolen while purchasing a guard dog at Battersea Dog's Home in England.

1968 - "Street Fighting Man" by the Rolling Stones was banned by several Chicago radio stations in Chicago, IL. Authorities feared it might incite public disorder.

1969 - The Youngbloods did not appear as scheduled on The Tonight Show due to pre-show conflicts.

1970 - 'Get Yer Ya Ya's Out!': The Rolling Stones in Concert was released by the Rolling Stones.

1981 - George Strait's first album, Strait Country, was released in the U.S.

1986 - Gregg Allman was arrested for drunk driving south of Ocala Florida.

1991 - Dottie West died at the age of 58. She died from injuries incurred in a car accident several days earlier. West was the first female country Grammy winner.

1996 - In London, Cat Stevens (Yusaf Islam) signed copies of his album The Life of the Last Prophet. It was his first album in 18 years.

1996 - Kiss performed on the MTV Video Music Awards. They performed under the Brooklyn Bridge.

1997 - After performing at the MTV Video Music Awards, Pat Smear publicly announced that he would no longer be the guitarist for the Foo Fighters.

2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the Fox TV series.

2008 - Billboard announced that Aerosmith was working closely with the creators of a new Guitar Hero release which would be dedicated to the band's music. The game was released on June 29, 2008.

09/03/2024

Music History for September 3

1940 - Artie Shaw and the Gramercy Five recorded "Summit Ridge Drive."

1942 - Frank Sinatra started his solo singing career.

1955 - Bill Haley & the Comets refused their first offer to tour outside the U.S. because of a fear of flying.

1963 - Reprise Records, owned by Frank Sinatra, became part of Warner Brothers Records.

1970 - Rolling Stone magazine reported that the Dave Clark Five had broken up.

1990 - Listen Without Prejudice was released by George Michael. It was his second solo album.

1992 - David Bowie appeared on the cover of Architectural Digest. He was the first human on the cover in 4 years.

1994 - Brian Setzer (formerly of the Stray Cats) married Christine Schmidt.

1994 - Prince/The Artist appeared on Soul Train as the bass player for Nona Gaye on the song "Love Sign."

1994 - After the Storm was released by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

2010 - In Devon, England, Mike Edwards (Electric Light Orchestra) was killed when a giant bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van.

08/30/2024

Music History for August 30

1922 - The New Orleans Rhythm Kings recorded the song "Tiger Rag."

1965 - Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited was released.

1968 - The first Beatles single on their own Apple Records was released in the U.K. The single was "Hey Jude" b/w "Revolution."

1968 - The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo album was released in the U.S.

1969 - The 3-day Texas International Pop Festival opened at the Dallas International Motor Speedway. The three-day event included 23 acts.

1970 - Jimi Hendrix performed at the Isle of Wight Pop Festival in England.

1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono played their "One To One" concert at New York's Madison Square Garden.

1980 - Cher made an unannounced appearance as vocalist with Black Rose at a concert in New York's Central Park.

1984 - Beatles fans paid $271,180 for memorabilia at an auction in London, England.

1989 - Izzy Stradlin (Guns 'N' Roses) was arrested for creating a disturbance on an airline flight.

1991 - Dottie West was critically injured in a car accident while enroute to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. She died five days later.

1991 - Jan Berry (Jan & Dean) married Gertie Filip in Las Vegas, NV. The marriage took place onstage during a Jan & Dean performance.

1993 - Billy Joel became the first musical guest on CBS-TV's The Late Show with David Letterman when the show debuted.

1994 - Usher's self-titled debut studio album was released.

1994 - Oasis' first studio album, entitled Definitely Maybe, was released.

1995 - James Taylor and ex-wife Carly Simon reunited for their first concert together in 16 years on Martha's Vineyard, MA.

1998 - Roberto Augusto Miranda Soares was shot four times when he refused to give up the keys to his Mercedes to robbers. Soares was the president of Sony Music/Brazil.

1998 - Marilyn Manson changed his appearance from blackened-eyes for lighter makeup and 70's outfits including platform shoes. The sound of his album Mechanical Animals was a radical change from the 1996 album Antichrist Superstar.

2002 - Bjork's west London flat was burglarized while she slept. Valuable recording equipment was stolen.

08/29/2024

Music History for August 29

1922 - The New Orleans Rhythm Kings recorded for the first time.

1946 - Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys recorded "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight."

1958 - Alan Freed's "Big Beat Show" opened at the Fox Theatre in Brooklyn, NY.

1958 - George Harrison joined the band Quarrymen. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were also members.

1964 - Roy Orbison's single "Oh, Pretty Woman" was released. The song was Orbison's second #1 hit in the U.S and his third in the U.K.

1966 - The Beatles ended their fourth American tour at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. It turned out that the show was their last public concert.

1977 - Three people were arrested in Memphis after trying to steal Elvis' body. As a result, his body was moved to Graceland.

1984 - Prince's 12" single "Let's Go Crazy"/"Erotic City" was released in the U.S.

1986 - The former "American Bandstand" studio was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The studio is in Philadelphia, PA.
Today in American Bandstand History

1990 - Elton John checked into a rehab center in Chicago, IL, for bulimia, drinking and drugs.

1995 - While shooting the music video for Meat Loaf's "I'd Lie for You," a pilot and cameraman were killed in a helicopter crash in the Sequoia National Forest about 150 miles north of Los Angeles, CA.

1996 - Isaac Hayes, who co-wrote the Stax classic "Soul Man," sent a protest letter to presidential candidate Bob Dole requesting Dole to stop using his song, which his supporters had changed to "I'm A Dole Man."

08/28/2024

Music History for August 28

1850 - Wagner’s opera, "Lohengrin," was performed for the first time.

1931 - "You Rascal You" was recorded by Henry "Red" Allen with the Luis Russell Band.

1963 - Peter, Paul & Mary performed "Blowin' in The Wind" before Civil Rights marchers who had gathered in Washington to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak.

1964 - The Beatles appeared on the cover of "LIFE" magazine.

1967 - The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company played at the wake of a Hell's Angels member who had been struck by a car in San Francisco, CA.

1978 - Devo released their "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo" LP.

1984 - The Jacksons’ Victory Tour broke the record for concert ticket sales. The group surpassed the 1.1 million mark in only two months.

1986 - Tina Turner was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1988 - The Metallica single "Harvester of Sorrow" was released.

1995 - Oingo Boingo announced they would break up following a series of Halloween shows in California.

1997 - The first Genesis album in six years was premiered live in an Album Network radio special and simultaneous webcast at www.atlantic-records.com.

08/27/2024

Music History for August 27

1889 - Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet.

1939 - Allan Jones recorded "I'm Falling in Love with Someone."

1965 - Elvis Presley played host to the Beatles at his home in Bel-Air, CA.

1967 - Brian Epstein was found dead in his home from an overdose of sleeping pills. Epstein was the manager of the Beatles.

1970 - Jimi Hendrix created his last ever studio recording when he recorded "Slow Blues" at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan and three members of Eric Clapton's band were killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.

1992 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" sold for $87,000 at an auction.

1997 - Steven Seagal kicked off a North American music tour to promote his newest film "Fire Down Below."

2012 - The single "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz was released.

08/26/2024

Music History for August 26

1939 - The radio program, "Arch Oboler's Plays," presented the NBC Symphony for the first time.

1964 - The Kinks "You Really Got Me" was released in the U.S.

1968 - The first Beatles single on their own Apple Records was released in the U.S. The single was "Hey Jude" b/w "Revolution."

1967 - Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" was released as the opening track on the U.S. release of "Are You Experienced."

1970 - An official opening party was held at Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studio in New York City.

1976 - Aerosmith was featured on the cover of "Rolling Stone."

1978 - The first Canada Jam Festival in Ontario took place.

1980 - Tom Petersson quit Cheap Trick due to the "personal and musical differences." He was replaced by Pete Comita. Peterson returned to the group in 1988.

1983 - The film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" premiered in the United States. The movie starred David Bowie.

1985 - Sheila E's "Romance 1600" album was released.

1987 - Sonny Bono announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, CA. He won the election.

1997 - Coolio's "My Soul" was released.

1997 - Boyzone began a tour of Southeast Asia in Bangalore, India. It was a first-time tour launch for the region by an international act.

1997 - Creed released their debut album "My Own Prison."

2001 - Madonna filmed live footage at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, MI. The show was released as "Drowned World Tour 2001" on November 13, 2001.

2016 - The live album "Kiss Rocks Vega" was released on DVD/Blu-ray.

08/23/2024

Music History for August 23

1947 - Margaret Truman, U.S. President Truman's daughter, gave her first public performance as a singer. The event was at the Hollywood Bowl and had an audience of 15,000.

1962 - John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool, England. They were divorced on November 8, 1968.

1968 - Ringo Starr temporarily quit The Beatles.

1988 - Good Question released their self-titled debut album.

1993 - The Los Angeles Police Department formally announced that Michael Jackson was the subject a criminal investigation.

1993 - Duran Duran received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

1994 - Prince released the home video 3 Chains O' Gold.

1995 - Natalie Merchant, former lead singer for 10,000 Maniacs, became the first guest in a series of live chats on the Elektra Entertainment Group's World Wide Web site.

1998 - "Scary Spice" Melanie Brown of the Spice Girls announced that she was pregnant.

2008 - Madonna began her "Sticky & Sweet" tour. When the tour ended it was the highest grossing tour on record

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