This Day in Music History – October 29th

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 Macon, GA.

1975 – Joan Baez became a member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue.


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