Archive for October 19, 2008
The Amazing Race 13 Recap: My Heart is Breaking (Sob!)
Oct 19th
Missed recapping last week, so sorry, blame Thanksgiving and turkey, mmmm lots of good turkey.
And pumpkin pie. More >
This Day in Music…October 19
Oct 19th
1938 – The Bob Crosby Orchestra recorded “I’m Free.”
1953 – Singer Julius LaRosa was fired publicly on “Arthur Godfrey Time” by Godfrey.
1966 – The Yardbirds arrive in New York for their first U.S. tour.
1967 – “I Second That Emotion” by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles was released by Tamla-Motown.
1979 – Prince’s second album “Prince” was released.
1997 – On stage at the Grand Ole Opry, Vince Gill honored John Denver. Gill played “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
1998 – George Martin, “The Fifth Beatle”, retired from the music business.
1998 – Mark Nieto filed a lawsuit against Aerosmith for alleged hearing loss after he attended an Aerosmith concert.
2006 – NBC said that it had decided not to show pictures of Madonna mounting a crucifix when a concert special was aired the following month.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/oct19.htm
