Archive for July 24, 2009

1849 – Georgetown University in Washington, DC, presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman.

1880 – Composer Ernest Bloch was born.

1938 – Artie Shaw recorded “Begin the Beguine.”

1965 – The Beach Boys’ “California Girls” was released.

1967 – The Elvis Presley movie “Double Trouble” premiered.

1976 – Hall & Oates’ “She’s Gone” was released.

1978 – The movie “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees, opened in New York City, NY.

1979 – Little Richard, billed as the Reverend Richard Penniman, spoke to a revival meeting in San Francisco about the dangers of rock & roll.

1987 – The movie biography of Richie Valens, “La Bamba,” opened.

1990 – Pantera released “Cowboys From Hell.” It was their first major label release.

1990 – A wrongful death trial involving Judas Priest opened in Reno, NV. Parents had charged in a lawsuit that the band’s “Stained Class” album contained subliminal messages that drove two teen-agers to attempt suicide. The judge cleared the group.

1995 – A three-night celebration of Frank Sinatra’s 80th birthday began at Carnegie Hall.

1995 – Public Enemy postponed its televised farewell concert in Great Britain because Flava Flav broke his arm in a scooter accident.

1998 – Tanya Tucker filed a $300,000 lawsuit against Capitol Records Nashville. The charge was that the label has willfully neglected her career.

1998 – Aerosmith announced that they were postponing the first 13 dates of their U.S. tour. Drummer Joey Krammer had received second-degree burns in a gas station fire.

2007 – The game “Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s” was released in North America.

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