On This Day …

1942 – Glen Miller and his band recorded “Jukebox Saturday Night.”
1978 – Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist).
1980 – Linda Ronstadt made her dramatic debut in “The Pirates Of Penzance” at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park.
1986 – Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years. Johnny signed with Polygram the next year.
1992 – Aretha Franklin sang the U.S. national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
2010 – The group Take That announced that Robbie Williams had rejoined the band to record their first ablum since Williams left the band 15 years before.

On This Day …

1956 – Johnny Cash made his first appearance on “Grand Ole Opry.”
1956 – The Platters’ “My Prayer” was released.
1967 – The Monkees opened a national tour with Jimi Hendrix as the opening act
1968 – The Yardbirds disbanded.
1977 – Styx released the album “The Grand Illusion.”
1980 – The original lineup of Led Zeppelin gave its final show.
2007 – Live Earth took place. The 24-hour, 7-continent series of concerts featured more than 100 music artists.

On This Day …

1903 – V Herbert & H Smith’ musical “Babette,” premieres in NYC
1908 – Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY’s Metropolitan Opera
1916 – I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in NYC
1935 – Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart’s musical “Jumbo,” premieres in NYC
1955 – Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with “Cry Cry Cry”
1959 – “Sound of Music” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 perfs
1987 – Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz

On This Day …

1869 – Franz Schubert’s “4th Tragic,” premieres
1932 – Johnny Cash was born
1970 – Beatles release “Beatles Again” aka “Hey Jude” album
1983 – Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks
1985 – 27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins
1987 – 1st release of Beatles compact discs
1997 – 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck & LeAnn Rimes wins

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”.

On This Day …

1683 – Composer Johann David Heinichen was born.
1741 – Composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann was born.
1774 – Composer Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek was born.
1882 – Composer Artur Schnabel was born.
1953 – Benny Goodman returned to Carnegie Hall after 15 years.
1964 – The Rolling Stones’ debut album, “The Rolling Stones” was released in the U.K.
1965 – The Beach Boys’ “Help Me Rhonda” was released.
1970 – Johnny Cash performed at the White House at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon. He played “A Boy Named Sue.”
1980 – Bob Marley and the Wailers performed as the official guests of State at Zimbabwe’s Independence festival.
1982 – Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast” was #1 on the British albums chart.
1995 – Courtney Love and her band Hole performed on the sixth season premiere of MTV’s “Unplugged.”

On This Day …

1853 – Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” premiered in Rome.
1957 – Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS’ “Jackie Gleason Show.”
1976 – The Beatles turned down an offer of $30 million to play together again on the same stage. The offer was made by rock promoter Bill Sargent.
1988 – Metallica began recording their fourth full-length release, “And Justice For All.”
1998 – Pat Boone was awarded the first annual Michael the Archangel Award by the National Assn. of Chiefs of Police.
1999 – Jean-Michel Jarre delivered a petition to the European Parliment signed by hundreds of leading European recording artists asking for better legal protection against music piracy on the internet.

On This Day …

1680 – Composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet was born.
1772 – Composer Prince Louis Ferdinand was born.
1786 – Composer Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst was born.
1836 – Composer Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was born.
1988 – Phil Collins made his debut on the big screen starring in “Buster” when it opened.
1990 – The musical revival “Fiddler on the Roof” opened.
1994 – Cab Calloway died at the age of 86.
1995 – The Rolling Stones become the first act to broadcast a concert on the Internet.
1996 – The Metallica single “Mama Said” was released.
1997 – John Denver’s last recording, “The Unplugged Collection,” was released in the U.S.
1997 – The AC/DC five-CD boxed set, “Bonfire” was released in the U.S.
2005 – “Walk the Line” opened in theaters. The film focused on the early years of Johnny Cash.

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.
1959 – Buddy Holly (22), Ritchie Valens (17), and the Big Bopper (28) died in a plane crash in Iowa.
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.