Music

This Day in Music History – April 13th

todayApril 13, 2020

Background
share close

1958 – Van Cliburn of Kilgore, TX, earned 1st prize in the Soviet Union’s Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest in Moscow. He was the first American to win the award.

1967 – The Rolling Stones performed their first concert behind the Iron Curtain at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland.

1969 – Diana Ross appeared solo on Dinah Shore’s NBC-TV special “Like Hep”.

1970 – Led Zeppelin became the first band to sell out the Montreal Forum.

1980 – The Broadway musical “Grease” closed after 3,883 performances.

1982 – David Crosby (Byrds, CSN) was arrested for the second time in three weeks for drugs in Dallas.

1985 – The single “We Are the World” hit #1 in the U.S.

1985 – “The Grand Ole Opry” debuted on television.


Photo Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com

Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

Rate it

Previous post

AAA

Iggy Pop ‘The Idiot’ and ‘Lust For Life’ Deluxe Editions Our 5/29

A 7-CD box set 'The Bowie Years' exploring Iggy Pop's Berlin-era albums is today announced for release on May 29th via UMe. The box set features remastered versions of The Idiot, Lust For Life, live album TV Eye and rare outtakes, alternate mixes and a 40-page book. Lust For Life and The Idiot will also be released as standalone 2-CD Deluxe Editions with bonus live CDs on the same date. […]

todayApril 13, 2020


Subscribe

LISTEN WITH YOUR APP

0%