This Day in Music History – March 25th

1960 – Roy Orbison recorded “Only the Lonely.”

1961 – Elvis Presley performed his last live show for the next eight years in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The show raised $62,000 for the U.S.S. Arizona memorial fund.

1963 – The Beach Boys released the album “Surfin’ U.S.A.”

1967 – The Who made its U.S. concert debut in New York.

1968 – The 58th and final episode of “The Monkees” TV show was aired.

1975 – The Jimi Hendrix live album “Band of Gypsys” was released.

1985 – Prince won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the soundtrack for the movie “Purple Rain.”

1990 – Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) was arrested for allegedly exposing his buttocks during a concert in Augusta, GA.


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