Music This Day in Music History – January 2nd 1941 - The Andrews Sisters recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." 1968 - Merle Haggard released "Sing Me Back Home." 1968 - Newark, NJ, police confiscated a shipment of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album "Two Virgins". The album featured a nude cover. 1975 - U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen ruled in New York, that John Lennon and his lawyers will have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to […] todayJanuary 2, 2020
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – January 2nd 1941 - The Andrews Sisters recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." 1968 - Merle Haggard released "Sing Me Back Home." 1968 - Newark, NJ, police confiscated a shipment of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album "Two Virgins". The album featured a nude cover. 1975 - U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen ruled in New York, that John Lennon and his lawyers will have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to […] todayJanuary 2, 2020
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – December 31st 1961 - The Beach Boys played a show under this name for the first time at a Ritchie Valens memorial concert in Long Beach, CA. 1969 - Jimi Hendrix introduced his new Band of Gypsys at a show at the Fillmore East in New York. Parts of that show and the show on January 1 were recorded and later released as the live album "Band of Gypsys." 1970 - Paul […] todayDecember 31, 2019
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – December 30th 1904 - Composer Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky was born. 1962 - In Nashville, TN, Brenda Lee's home was destroyed by fire. 1979 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer announced their break-up. 1999 - George Harrison and his wife were attacked in their home during a robbery. Though, Harrison was stabbed in the chest four times, he and his wife were able to subdue the assailant until police arrived. todayDecember 30, 2019
insert_link Classic Hits Our Favorite Christmas Stars and Albums Christmas carols were first heard abroad thousands of years before we sang them, and the word Carol actually means praise. As we go about our daily lives, our modern day Carol is our favorite Christmas song we hear on our favorite local radio station. What are considered the most popular Christmas albums? You can’t have a blessed Christmas without the ever-popular Twisted Sister, 'A Twisted Christmas,’ released in 2006. If […] todayDecember 25, 2019
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – December 23rd 1959 - Chuck Berry was arrested for transporting a minor across a state line for an immoral purpose. 1959 - The Drifters recorded "This Magic Moment." 1964 - Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) suffered a nervous breakdown on a flight from L.A. to Houston. The event led Wilson to stop touring with the group. 1964 - The Beach Boys made their first appearance on "Shingdig!" The show had been taped on […] todayDecember 23, 2019
insert_link Music “Tony Bennett’s Holiday Yule Log” Lights Up YouTube As the lyric of the famed "The Christmas Song" proclaims, "from kids from one to ninety-two," singer Tony Bennett has been celebrating the holiday season for 93 years and his heart-warming catalog of holiday recordings and original artwork are now featured on "Tony Bennett's Holiday Yule Log," launching on the 19-time Grammy winner's YouTube channel today at 11 am EST. The animated video presents a dozen of Bennett's classic holiday […] todayDecember 20, 2019
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – December 19th 1957 - "The Music Man" opened on Broadway. 1960 - Neil Sedaka’s "Calendar Girl" was released. 1960 - Frank Sinatra recorded his first session with his very own record company, Reprise Records. Frank did "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" and "Let’s Fall in Love." 1974 - Ron Woods joined the Rolling Stones. 1980 - The film "9 to 5," with Dolly Parton, opened. -- Photo Credit: Bruce Alan Bennett / Shutterstock.com todayDecember 19, 2019
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – December 18th 1934 - Willie Smith sang with Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra on "Rhythm is Our Business." 1961 - Britain's EMI Records rejected the Beatles. They later signed them. 1964 - Funeral services were held in Chicago for Sam Cooke. 1965 - U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler recorded "Ballad of the Green Berets." 1971 - Jerry Lee Lewis and his cousin Myra Brown were divorced. They were married when she […] todayDecember 18, 2019
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