Archive for November 15, 2009

1978 – Echo & the Bunnymen made their performance debut in Liverpool, England.

1956 – Elvis Presley made his acting debut in the premiere of the “Love Me Tender” movie.

1965 – The Rolling Stones made their debut on NBC-TV’s “Hullabaloo” television show. The band performed “Get Off My Cloud.”

1969 – Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa, FL on charges of using “vulgar and indecent language” at a concert. All the charges were eventually dropped.

1971 – Grand Funk Railroad released their sixth album, “E Pluribus Funk.”

1975 – ABBA were guests on “American Bandstand.” They performed “S.O.S.” and “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.”

1978 – Echo & the Bunnymen gave their performance debute at Eric’s Club in Liverpool, England.

1988 – Metallica’s U.S. tour for “And Justice For All” opened in Toledo, OH, with Queensryche opening.

1990 – David Bowie opened on Broadway in the title role of “The Elephant Man.”

1990 – Frank Farian, producer of Milli Vanilli, publicly admitted that Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus never sang a note on the Milli Vanilli album and that they lip-synch when they perform live.

1992 – Ozzy Osbourne performed what he had announced would be his last concert, in Costa Mesa, CA. He did return to live shows.

1997 – Metallica’s video for “The Memory Remains” premiered on MTV.

2003 – The city of Augusta, GA, announced that it planned to construct a statue of James Brown and rename a music festival in his honor.

2006 – U2 won a court battle over allegedly stolen Bono memororabilia. The items, an iconic Stetson hat, a pair of metal earrings, a green sweat shirt and a pair of black trousers, were in the possession of a former stylist.

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