Category: Oldies

This Day in Music History – November 26th

1962 – The Beatles recorded “Please Please Me.” 1968 – Cream gave its last concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 1969 – The Band received a gold record for the album “The Band.” 1976 – The Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.” was released. 1980 – The film “Rockshow” premiered in New York […]

This Day in Music History – November 21st

1934 – The Cole Porter musical “Anything Goes” opened. 1963 – The Elvis Presley film “Fun in Acapulco” premiered. 1960 – George Harrison was deported from Germany for being too young to perform there with the Beatles. 1961 – Bob Dylan began recording his first album. The self-titled album was released in March of 1962. […]

This Day in Music History – November 20th

1987 – “Sign ‘O’ The Times,” Prince’s third movie, opened. 1991 – Randy Jackson was sentenced in Los Angeles to a month in jail for violating probation related to charges of beating his wife in the previous January. 1994 – David Crosby got a liver transplant. 1995 – A new Beatles recording, “Free As a […]

This Day in Music History – November 19th

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. 1990 – Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the “Girl You Know It’s True” album. 1992 – The musical revival […]

This Day in Music History – November 15th

1956 – Elvis Presley made his acting debut in the premiere of the “Love Me Tender” movie. 1965 – The Rolling Stones made their debut on NBC-TV’s “Hullabaloo” television show. The band performed “Get Off My Cloud.” 1969 – Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa, FL on charges of using “vulgar and indecent language” at […]

This Day in Music History – November 14th

1961 – The Elvis Presley film “Blue Hawaii” premiered. 1962 – Bob Dylan recorded the song “Mixed-Up Confusion”. It was released as a single on December 14, 1962. 1970 – Santana’s “Black Magic Woman” was released. 1990 – The Who’s Pete Townshend confessed his bisexuality to Newsweek. 1992 – John Cascella, keyboardist of John Mellencamp’s […]

This Day in Music History – November 13th

1965 – “Fever” by the McCoys’ was released. 1968 – The Beatles’ animated movie “Yellow Submarine” premiered in the U.S. 1971 – Three Dog Night’s “Old Fashioned Love Song” was released. 1973 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr. was killed in a highway accident near Hernando, MS 1985 – At New York’s Whitney Museum, an exhibition […]

This Day in Music History – November 12th

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 […]