Archive for November 12, 2009
This Day in Music…November 12
Nov 12th
1833 – Composer Alexander Porfirievich Borodin was born.
1966 – Donovan’s “Mellow Yellow” was released.
1967 – Jerry Lee Lewis records “To Make Love Sweeter for You.”
1970 – The Doors made their last appearance with Jim Morrison in New Orleans.
1979 – Marty Balin’s, of Jefferson Starship, rock opera “Rock Justice” opens a four-day run at San Francisco’s Old Waldorf night club.
1984 – Madonna released the album “Like A Virgin.”
1987 – Sly Stone is arrested for nonpayment of child support when he arrives an hour late for his “comeback” concert in LA.
1989 – The musical “Grand Hotel” opened at the Beck Theatre.
1990 – Ron Wood, of the Rolling Stones, was injured when he was struck by a car near London.
1993 – Michael Jackson canceled a world tour, saying that he had a dependence on painkillers.
1996 – The album “Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack” was released.
1997 – Chang Yu-Sheng, best know for his hit Mandarin song “My Future Is Not A Dream,” died three weeks after being injured in an auto accident.
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