On April 18, 2020 one of the greatest solo debuts in rock history, Paul McCartney’s McCartney, will receive a special 50th anniversary release in a limited-edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing for Record Store Day. Originally released in April 1970, one month before The Beatles’ swansong Let It Be, McCartney saw Paul getting back to basics. […]
1955 – Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance on the “Louisiana Hayride” show. 1960 – Elvis Presley was honorably discharged from the Army. 1963 – Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Nashville, TN. 1968 – Jerry Lee Lewis opened in the rock musical adaptation of “Othello” in […]
1942 – Dick Jurgens’ orchestra recorded “One Dozen Roses.” 1963 -The Beach Boys single “Surfin’ U.S.A.” was released. 1967 – It was announced that Steve Winwood and his brother Muff were leaving the Spencer Davis Group after an April 2 show. 1970 – Janis Joplin was fined $200 for using obscene language onstage in Tampa, […]
1931 – The first jazz album to sell a million copies was recorded. It was “Minnie The Moocher” by Cab Calloway. 1940 – Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded “Frenesi”. 1945 – Bing Crosby recorded “Temptation” with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra. He had recorded it before on October 22, 1933, with Lennie Hayton’s orchestra. 1957 […]
1964 – “Twist and Shout” by the Beatles was released in the U.S. 1964 – The Beatles began their first film, “A Hard Day’s Night.” 1975 – Linda McCartney was arrested for personal possession of marijuana. Paul was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident but was not charged. 1977 – “The Barry […]
The Peggy Lee Estate has announced that Peggy Lee 100, a centennial celebration honoring one of the 20th century’s most important musical influences in the world of jazz and popular music. Throughout 2020, the 100th anniversary of Peggy Lee’s birth—May 26, 1920—will be commemorated around the globe with music releases, notable exhibitions, special events, programming […]
1954 – A U.S. Congresswoman introduced a bill to prohibit the distribution of “obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy” recordings. 1955 – LaVern Baker appealed to Congress in a letter to Michigan Representative Charles Digges Jr. The letter requested the revision of the Copyright Act of 1909. 1955 – Billboard reported that the 45rpm single format […]
1952 – The first musical choreography score was copyrighted. It was Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate”. 1953 – The musical “Wonderful Town” opened. It ran for 559 performances. 1957 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded “That’ll Be The Day.” The song would be their first hit. A previously recorded version, on July 22, 1956, […]
1940 – Frances Langford recorded “When You Wish Upon a Star.” 1956 – In Cleveland, OH, police invoked a 1931 ordinance barring people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult. 1963 – Near London, the Rolling Stones took over as the Sunday house band at the Station Hotel. […]
Heaven’s Door™ Spirits, an ever-evolving collection of highly awarded American whiskeys co-created by Bob Dylan, has announced their expansion into the Alabama market, further growing their retail footprint across the US. “We are excited to launch in Alabama, 40 years after Bob Dylan recorded one of his most well-known albums, Slow Train Coming in Muscle […]