Archive for November 18, 2009

1680 – Composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet was born.

1772 – Composer Prince Louis Ferdinand was born.

1786 – Composer Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst was born.

1836 – Composer Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was born.

1956 – Fats Domino appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and performed his hit “Blueberry Hill.”

1964 – The Supremes and The Righteous Brothers appeared on the show “Shindig!”

1970 – Jerry Lee Lewis and wife Myra Brown were divorced in Memphis.

1972 – Danny Whitten, former singer/songwriter for Neil Young’s Crazy Horse, died in Los Angeles of a heroin overdose.

1987 – U2 opened for itself by pretending to be a country-rock group called The Dalton Brothers during a concert in Los Angeles.

1988 – Phil Collins made his debut on the big screen starring in “Buster” when it opened.

1990 – The musical revival “Fiddler on the Roof” opened.

1990 – Paul McCartney’s birth certificate sold for $18,000 in an auction.

1994 – Cab Calloway died at the age of 86.

1995 – The Rolling Stones become the first act to broadcast a concert on the Internet.

1995 – “Goldeneye” the James Bond movie, opened, featuring a title song by Tina Turner.

1996 – The Metallica single “Mama Said” was released.

1997 – John Denver’s last recording, “The Unplugged Collection,” was released in the U.S.

1997 – The AC/DC five-CD boxed set, “Bonfire” was released in the U.S.

2001 – ABC aired Britney Spears’ first TV concert, “Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas.”

2005 – “Walk the Line” opened in theaters. The film focused on the early years of Johnny Cash.

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