Archive for November 13, 2009

1854 – Composer George Whitefield Chadwick was born.

1937 – NBC formed the first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio broadcasting. The conductor for its first 17 years was Arturo Toscanini.

1961 – The Tokens’ “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” was released.

1965 – “Fever” by the McCoys’ was released.

1968 – The Beatles’ animated movie “Yellow Submarine” premiered in the U.S.

1971 – Three Dog Night’s “Old Fashioned Love Song” was released.

1973 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr. was killed in a highway accident near Hernando, MS.

1974 – An imposter posing as Deep Purple guitar player Ritchie Blackmore smashed up a borrowed Porsche in Iowa City.

1985 – At New York’s Whitney Museum, an exhibition opened celebrating Bob Dylan’s 25 years in the music industry.

1990 – Madonna’s “The Immaculate Collection” was released.

1992 – Elton John performed in Mexico for the first time for 90,000 people in Mexico City.

1995 – M.C. Hammer played a benefit in Moscow for Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin’s political party, Our Home Is Russia.

1997 – The musical “The Lion King” opened.

1997 – Celine Dion released her first single in Japanese. The song, “Be The Man,” was released in Japan only and is the theme to the Japanese TV drama “Eve.”

1997 – Ray Charles conducted his first-ever online chat at www.rhino.com.

2000 – Elton John released his live album “One Night Only.” It was recorded at Madison Square Garden only 22 days before.

2001 – Madonna’s “GHV2″ was released.

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