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Archive for November 10, 2008
This Day in Music…November 10
Nov 10th
1668 – Composer Francois Couperin was born.
1873 – Composer Henri Rabaud was born.
1958 – Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls were injured in an auto accident near Marion, AR. Sam Cooke’s driver was killed in the accident.
1960 – Gregg Allman received a guitar for his 13th birthday.
1967 – The Moody Blues released “Nights in White Satin.”
1969 – “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Gene Autry received a gold record. The song had been released 20 years earlier.
1973 – David Essex’s “Rock On” was released.
1978 – The Clash’s second album “Give ‘Em Enough Rope,” was released in England. The album would be their first U.S. release.
1986 – Bruce Springsteen’s “Live 1975-1985″ box set was released.
1988 – Steve Miller began his first tour in six years.
1991 – A St. Louis judge found Axl Rose of Guns ‘N’ Roses guilty of assault and property damage in connection with a riot at a 1991 concert in St. Louis.
1992 – Axl Rose was found guilty of assault and property damage at a 1991 Guns N’ Roses concert in Maryland Heights, MO. He was given two years probation and ordered to pay $50,000 to community groups.
1993 – The musical revival of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” opened.
2001 – The musical “Lady Diana – A Smile Charms the World” opened in Germany.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/nov10.htm