Archive for November 23, 2009

1876 – Composer Manuel De Falla was born.

1889 – The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.

1903 – Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in “Rigoletto.”

1959 – The musical “Fiorello!” opened on Broadway.

1964 – The Rolling Stones show up late for the BBC radio shows, “Top Gear” and “Saturday Club” and are banned by the BBC.

1972 – The musical “Pippin” opened.

1974 – Gary Wright quit the group Spooky Tooth to go solo.

1976 – Police arrested Jerry Lee Lewis outside the gates of Graceland after he showed up for the second time that night and made a scene by shouting, waving a pistol and demanding to see Elvis Presley.

1979 – Marianne Faithful was arrested at Oslo Airport in Norway for possession of marijuana.

1990 – MTV banned Madonna’s “Justify My Love” video.

1998 – Donald Bohana, 61, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the drowning death of Delores “DeeDee” Jackson, the ex-wife of Tito Jackson (Jackson 5).

1993 – Metallica’s album “Garage Inc.” was released worldwide. It was released in the U.S. the next day.

2001 – “U2: Elevation Tour 2001″ aired on VH1.

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