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Archive for May 22, 2008
Today is declared Kimkac appreciation day!
May 22nd
I just wanted to post a public thanks to Kac for her amazing recaps over the course of the American Idol season. They were brilliantly done and much appreciated.
Each week Kac made me roar with laughter, even while cursing the show itself.
There are no words to adequately express my thanks.
I’d also like to add an extra thank you to Moogoo for stepping in for Kac when she was away. Excellent job!
*wonders if that was too asskissy*
This Day in Music…May 22
May 22nd
1813 – Composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born.
1954 – Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) celebrated his bar mitzvah.
1955 – In Bridgeport, CT, a Fats Domino concert was canceled because policed feared a rock ‘n’ roll riot would occur.
1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis announced that he had married his 13-year-old cousin, Myra.
1966 – Bruce Springsteen and his first band, the Castilles, recorded their first and only record, “That’s What You Get” backed with “Baby I.” It was never released.
1967 – On “The Tonight Show,” Florence Ballard appeared with the Supremes for the last time.
1970 – Elvis Presley signed a three-picture deal with MGM.
1980 – In New York, five gold records that belonged to Jimi Hendrix were stolen from the Electric Ladyland studios.
1987 – Roy Orbinson performed on “Saturday Night Live.”
1992 – Michael Jackson financed the funeral of a 9-year-old boy that had been killed in a drive-by shooting.
1997 – Fleetwood Mac performed the first of two MTV Unplugged specials that would be aried in the summer of 1997.
1999 – New Jersey’s Continental Airlines Arena sold out of tickets for 15 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band shows.
2000 – Steely Dan received the Founders Award for a lifetime of songwriting at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.
2001 – An remastered version of the album “Madonna” was released.
2003 – The final manuscript of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which was annotated by the composer, sold at an auction for $3.47 million.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/may22.htm
