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This Day in Music History – March 26th

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1957 – Ricky Nelson recorded his first songs.

1964 – “Funny Girl” opened on Broadway starring Barbra Streisand.

1964 – Pete Best (Beatles) appeared live on the TV show “I’ve Got a Secret.”

1965 – It was announced that Jeff Beck would take Eric Clapton’s place in the Yardbirds.

1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their “bed-in” for peace in Amsterdam.

1970 – Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) pled guilty to “taking immoral liberties” with a 14 year old girl in Washington, DC.

1975 – The film “Tommy” premiered in London. The movie was based on the rock opera by The Who.

1977 – The first single by Elvis Costello, “Less Than Zero”, was released.

1980 – Jon Paulus (Buckinghams) died of a drug overdose at the age of 32.

1986 – Guns N’ Roses was signed to Geffen Records.

1995 – Rapper Eazy-E died of AIDS at the age of 31.


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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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