1954 – Sammy Davis, Jr. was involved in a serious auto accident in San Bernardino, CA. Three days later, Davis lost the ability see with his left eye. 1971 – B.B. King marked his 25th anniversary in music by opening a European tour in London. 1982 – Led Zeppelin’s album “Coda” was released. — Photo […]
1956 – Fats Domino appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and performed his hit “Blueberry Hill.” 1964 – The Supremes and The Righteous Brothers appeared on the show “Shindig!” 1970 – Jerry Lee Lewis and wife Myra Brown were divorced in Memphis. 1971 – Procol Harum recorded a concert with the Edmonton Symphony in Edmonton, […]
1976 – Queen’s single “Somebody To Love” was released in the U.K. 1979 – Marty Balin’s (Jefferson Starship) rock opera “Rock Justice” opened a four-day run at San Francisco’s Old Waldorf night club. 1984 – Madonna released the album “Like A Virgin” in the U.S. 1987 – Sly Stone was arrested for nonpayment of child […]
1916 – Musician/orchestra director Ray Conniff was born. 1965 – The Rolling Stones, Strangeloves and Fontella Bass appeared on “Shindig!” 1967 – The Monkees album “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.” was released. 1973 – Singer Gram Parsons’ manager Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin were fined for stealing Parsons’ coffin from the Los Angeles International […]
1961 – Bob Dylan made his Carnegie Chapter Hall debut in New York City. The show was seen by 50 people who paid two dollars each at Carnegie Hall. 1971 – Bob Dylan recorded the song “George Jackson.” Jackson was a black militant what had been killed in a California prison shootout. 1973 – Soft […]
1936 – Hank Snow made his first recordings, “Lonesome Blue Yodel” and “Prisoned Cowboy.” 1956 – Maria Callas made her Metropolitan Opera debut in “Norma.” 1957 – Bobby Helms recored “Jingle Bell Rock.” 1970 – Neil Diamond received a gold record for “Cracklin’ Rosie.” 1971 – Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in […]
1933 – Bing Crosby recorded “Temptation” with Lennie Hayton’s orchestra. He recorded it again in 1945 with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra. 1961 – Chubby Checker appeared on the “Ed Sullivan Show” and performed “The Twist.” 1964 – The Who failed an audition with EMI. They were known as High Numbers at the time. 1965 – […]
1958 – Buddy Holly recorded his last studio session. Holly and the Crickets recorded “True Love Ways,” “Moondreams,” “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore,” and “Raining in my Heart.” 1962 – Cliff Richard appeared on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” 1964 – The movie musical “My Fair Lady” made its world premier in New York. 1965 – The […]
Strax Technologies Inc., the innovative company behind a new wave of digital art and augmented reality art collections, has announced the global launch of the Jimi Hendrix Collection™. The news comes as a result of a global merchandise license agreement with Authentic Hendrix, LLC, a division of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., headed by CEO/President Janie Hendrix. […]
From 1962 to 1970, The Beatles released 22 UK singles; of those 44 A and B-side tracks, 29 were not included on the group’s British albums at that time. These singles, plus an exclusive new double A-side single for the mid-1990s-issued tracks “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love,” are newly cut for vinyl from […]