Archive for November 8, 2009
This Day in Music…November 8
Nov 8th
1770 – Composer Friedrich Witt was born.
1785 – Composer Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner was born.
1883 – Composer Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax was born.
1932 – “Make Mine Music” debuted on Broadway. The show ran for 342 performances.
1939 – Frank Sinatra’s recorded were “Every Day of My Life” and “Ciribiribin”. They were the last songs he recorded with the Harry James Band.
1964 – Judy Garland and her daughter, Liza Minnelli appeared together at the London Palladium.
1967 – John Lennon’s “How I Won the War” opened in the U.S. It was the first solo movie by a Beatle.
1968 – Cynthia Powell Lennon was granted a divorce from John Lennon. The two had been married for six years.
1985 – Sting’s concert-movie “Bring On The Night” opened nationally.
1986 – Metallica performed their first live concert with Jason Newstead.
1995 – Michael Jackson and Sony Corp. of America combined forces and created the world’s third-largest music publishing company with more than 100,000 titles.
1997 – Dr. Tommy Comeaux died when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle.
1997 – Johnny Paycheck officially joined the Grand Ole Opry. He was the 72nd member of the radio show’s cast.
2005 – The original “Guitar Hero” game was released in North America.
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