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Archive for May 17, 2009
This Day in Music…May 17
May 17th
1866 – Composer Erik Alfred-Leslie Satie was born.
1923 – Composer Peter Mennin was born.
1933 – Jimmie Rodgers began recording a series of 24 songs. He died nine days later at the age of 35.
1958 – “Jerry Lee Lewis Day” was held in his hometown of Farriday, LA.
1963 – Joan Baez headlined the first Monterey Folk Festival in California.
