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This Day in Music…September 5
Sep 5th
1735 – Composer Johann Christian Bach was born.
1781 – Composer Anton Diabelli was born.
1791 – Composer Giacomo Meyerbeer was born.
1867 – Composer Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was born.
1964 – “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” by Manfred Mann’s was released.
1965 – The Rolling Stones recorded “Get Off My Cloud” in Los Angeles.
1968 – Herbert Khaury, known better as Tiny Tim, sued Bouguet Records for $1 million in damages when the record label released early recordings of Khaury without his permission.
1975 – Wings released “Letting Go.”
1986 – Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” won the MTV award for Best Video.
1987 – “American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, was canceled after 30 years on television.
1988 – Metallica released “And Justice For All.”
1990 – B.B. King received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1992 – John Mellencamp and Elain Irwin get married.
1993 – Dave Navarro, guitarist, joins the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1993 – The musical “The Will Rogers Follies” closed after 983 performances.
1996 – Capitol Records released The Beatles Anthology video set. Over ten hours of material made up the set.
2001 – “Junichiro Koizumi Presents: My Favorite Elvis Songs” was released exclusively in Japan. The collection of Elvis Presley songs were picked by Japan’s prime minister.
2002 – In New York, the NFL held a concert to celebrate its season opener. Eve, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias and ‘N Sync’s Joey Fatone performed. The event preceded the rare Thursday-night opener between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers.
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