This Day in Music History – May 13th

1954 – “The Pajama Game” made its debut on Broadway in New York City at the St. James Theatre.

1955 – Elvis Presley’s performance at Jacksonville, FL, became the first Presley show at which a riot ensued.

1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from his second wife six months after marrying his third wife, Myra.

1966 – The Kinks recorded “Sunny Afternoon.”

1970 – The Beatles film “Let it Be” premiered in New York.

1971 – Grace Slick smashed her Mercedes into a concrete wall near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

1977 – Dolly Parton made her New York City debut with a concert at the Bottom Line.

1977 – Linda Ronstadt denied reports saying she had been offered $1 million to be photographed nude for a Hustler centerfold.

1984 – “The Fantasticks” became the longest-running musical in theatre history with performance number 10,000. The show opened on May 3, 1960.

1985 – Bruce Springsteen and Julianne Phillips were married. They separated in 1989.

1993 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bette Midler and Barry White were guest voices on the season finale of the “The Simpsons.” The episode was entitled “Krusty Gets Kancelled.”

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