This Day in Music History – January 26th

1956 – At Decca Records’ Nashville studios, Buddy Holly’s first official recording session took place. “Blue Days, Black Nights” was recorded and became his debut single.

1966 – Eric Burdon (The Animals) sang lead vocals for Manfred Mann at a London concert.

1970 – Australia’s first rock festival ended. The Ourimbah Rock Festival had begun the previous day.

1970 – John Lennon wrote and recorded “Instant Karma.”

1974 – The Doobie Brothers opened their first European tour in London.

1975 – The BBC showed a documentary on David Bowie called “Cracked Actor.”

1977 – Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac’s first lead guitar player, was committed to a mental hospital in England. He had fired a pistol in the general direction of a delivery boy. Green left the band in May of 1970.

1988 – The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Phantom of the Opera” opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theater.

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