Archive for July 31, 2009
This Day in Music…July 31
Jul 31st
1845 – The French Army introduced the saxophone to its military band. The musical instrument was the invention of Adolphe Sax of Belgium.
1847 – Composer Ignatio Cervantes was born.
1942 – Harry James and his band recorded “I’ve Heard that Song Before.” Helen Forrest sang the song.
1964 – Jim Reeves died when his single-engine Beechcraft crashed near Nashville, TN.
1969 – A Moscow police chief reported that thousands of Moscow telephone booths had been made inoperable by thieves who had stolen phone parts in order to convert their acoustic guitars to electric.
1971 – A security guard was stabbed to death at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium on the second night of the Who’s U.S. tour.
1976 – Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper” was released
This song needs more cowbell!
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