This Day in Music History – June 11th

1965 – The Beatles received their MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) awards.

1972 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono released “Some Time In New York City.”

1989 – Graceland opened the Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, which contains over 20 cars owned by Presley.

1990 – Mariah Carey’s self-titled debut album was released in the U.S.

1994 – Cab Calloway suffered a stroke from which he never truly recovered from. He died November 18, 1994 at the age 86.

2014 – Amazon’s Prime Music was launched.

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