Archive for October 16, 2008

This Day in Music…October 16

1679 – Composer Jan Dismas Zelenka was born.

1821 – Composer Albert Franz Doppler was born.

1951 – Little Richard held his first recording session in Atlanta, GA.

1954 – Elvis Presley made his first radio appearance on the “Louisiana Hayride.”

1956 – The Elvis Presley film “Love Me Tender” premiered.

1957 – “You Send Me,” by Sam Cooke, was released by Keen Records.

1966 – Joan Baez and 123 other anti-draft demonstrators were arrested for blocking the entrance to the Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, CA.

1968 – The New Yardbirds played their first concert. The band later changed their name to Led Zeppelin.

1971 – Isaac Hayes’ “Theme From Shaft” was released.

1972 – A statement was released by Creedance Clearwater Revival that announced the group’s break up.

1976 – Stevie Wonder’s “Song in the Key of Life” was released.

1982 – RCA Records released “H2O” by Daryl Hall and John Oates.

1989 – The single “The Arms Of Orion” was released by Prince.

1992 – Sinead O’Connor was booed off stage at Madison Square Garden during a show to honor Bob Dylan.

http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/oct16.htm

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