On This Day …

1736 – Composer Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was born.
1809 – Composer Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn was born.
1911 – Composer Jehan Alain was born.
1941 – Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded “Amapola.”
1956 – Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash held a recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis. The sessions were later named the “Million Dollar Quartet” and released.
1960 – The record label Reprise Records is formed by Frank Sinatra.
1961 – In New York, Bob Dylan made his first recording, taping “San Francisco Bay Blues”.
1993 – Gloria Estefan received the 1,974th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1996 – B.B. King guest starred on CBS-TV’s “Touched by an Angel”.