Archive for July 11, 2009
This Day in Music…July 11
Jul 11th
1918 – Enrico Caruso recorded “Over There” written by George M. Cohan.
1946 – Dean Martin recorded his first four songs.
1959 – Joan Baez made her first recording. It was a duet with Bob Gibson which was recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival.
1964 – The Supremes’ “Where Did Our Love Go?” was released.
1967 – Kenny Rogers formed The First Edition. Rogers had left the New Christy Minstrels.
1969 – David Bowie’s “Space Oddyssey” album was released.
1970 – The Who’s “Summertime Blues” was released.
1979 – Neil Young’s concert film, “Rust Never Sleeps,” debuted at the Bruin Theatre in Westwood, CA. The album of the same name was released simultaneously.
1995 – Mike Mills (R.E.M.) underwent emergency intestinal surgery in Germany. Seven shows of R.E.M.’s European tour had to be cancelled.
1996 – Beck made a surprise performance at Lollapalooza ‘96 in St. Louis, MO.
1998 – MTV premiered the special “Beastiography,” a profile of the Beastie Boys.
2000 – Lars Ulrich (Metallica) was the first witness to testify at a U.S. Senate hearing over copyright law issues concerning free sharing of music files on Web sites such as Napster and MP3.com.
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