1957 – Elvis took the U.S. Army pre-induction exam on his 22nd birthday. 1960 – Eddie Cochran’s last recording session was held in Hollywood. 1966 – The final episode of “Shindig!” was broadcast on ABC-TV. The show featured the Kinks and the Who. 1968 – Otis Redding’s single “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” […]
1941 – “Good-for-Nothin’-Joe” was recorded by the sultry Lena Horne with Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra on Bluebird Records. 1955 – Marian Anderson became the first African-American to sing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. 1963 – Gary “U.S.” Bonds filed a $100,000 suit against Chubby Checker. The charge was that Checker “stole” “Quarter to Three” […]
1938 – Trummy Young played trombone and sang with the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra in New York City while recording “Margie. 1957 – Elvis Presley made his last appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York City. 1958 – Gibson patented its Flying V electric guitar. 1958 – Bobby Helms filmed a role in the […]
Jerry Lee Lewis, singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has been given a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker. Lewis is known for his outrageous energy and piano skills on songs like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Lewis was born in Ferriday, Louisiana, in 1935. He later moved […]
1941 – The Andrews Sisters recorded “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” 1968 – Merle Haggard released “Sing Me Back Home.” 1968 – Newark, NJ, police confiscated a shipment of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s album “Two Virgins”. The album featured a nude cover. 1975 – U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen ruled in New York, that […]
1904 – Composer Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky was born. 1962 – In Nashville, TN, Brenda Lee’s home was destroyed by fire. 1979 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer announced their break-up. 1999 – George Harrison and his wife were attacked in their home during a robbery. Though, Harrison was stabbed in the chest four times, he and […]
Christmas carols were first heard abroad thousands of years before we sang them, and the word Carol actually means praise. As we go about our daily lives, our modern day Carol is our favorite Christmas song we hear on our favorite local radio station. What are considered the most popular Christmas albums? You can’t have […]
As the lyric of the famed “The Christmas Song” proclaims, “from kids from one to ninety-two,” singer Tony Bennett has been celebrating the holiday season for 93 years and his heart-warming catalog of holiday recordings and original artwork are now featured on “Tony Bennett’s Holiday Yule Log,” launching on the 19-time Grammy winner’s YouTube channel […]
1934 – Willie Smith sang with Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra on “Rhythm is Our Business.” 1961 – Britain’s EMI Records rejected the Beatles. They later signed them. 1964 – Funeral services were held in Chicago for Sam Cooke. 1965 – U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler recorded “Ballad of the Green Berets.” 1971 – […]
1955 – Carl Perkins wrote “Blue Suede Shoes.” Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it in Memphis, TN. 1965 – Judy Garland and The Supremes became first artists to perform at the Astrodome in Houston, TX. 1969 – Television history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on “The Tonight […]