1661 – Composer George Bohm was born.

1814 – The composer Mihaly Mosonyi was born.

1862 – Composer Alphons Diepenbrock was born.

1917 – Composer Laurindo Almeida was born.

1924 – The operetta “Rose Marie”, by Rudolf Friml, opened on Broadway.

1927 – Sophie Tucker recorded her song “Some of These Days.”

1931 – The radio show, “15 Minutes with Bing Crosby”, debuted on CBS.

1935 – George Gershwin completed the orchestral score for the opera Porgy and Bess.

1963 – The Angels become the first white all-female group to have a No.1 record. The song was “My Boyfriend’s Back.”

1965 – The Beatles received a gold record for the song “Help!”

1965 – The Rolling Stones appeared on the British TV show “Ready Steady Go!” Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham performed a parody of Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe.”

1965 – The Beatles released “Yesterday.”

1970 – An ad was run in “Melody Maker” by Genesis. Phil Collins answered the ad and eventually joined the group.

1971 – The Grateful Dead’s ex-manager was arrested for embezzling $70,000 from the band.

1976 – The first issue of Musician magazine was published.

1978 – George Harrison married Olivia Trinidad Arias. She was a secretary at his Dark Horse record company.

1978 – The “Animal House” soundtrack was released.

1981 – The single “Controversy” was released by Prince.

1986 – Debbie Gibson, while still in school and only 16 years old, began recording the album “Out of the Blue.”

1987 – The Amnesty International Tour started in London, starring Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel and Tracy Chapman.

1988 – The Amnesty International Tour started in London at Wembley Stadium.

1989 – Ric Ocasek, of the Cars, married Paulina Porizkova.

1997 – WAR released its 20th album, “Coleccion Latina.”

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