Archive for February 11, 2010

1830 – Composer Peter Arnold Heise was born.

1830 – Composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf was born.

1916 – The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presented its first concert. The symphony was the first by a municipal orchestra to be supported by taxes.

1963 – The Beatles recorded “Twist & Shout” and “I Saw Her Standing There.”

1964 – The Beatles played their first U.S. concert at the Collisseum in Washington, DC.

1965 – Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox were married. They divorced in 1975.

1966 – Cher recorded “Bang Bang.”

1967 – The Monkees announced that they would be playing all the instruments on all future recordings.

1970 – The film “The Magic Christian,” featuring Ringo Starr debuted in New York City.

1970 – John Lennon paid 1,344 pounds in fines for protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland.

1972 – David Bowie performed as “Ziggy Stardust” for the first time.

1979 – The TV movie “Elvis,” with Kurt Russell, aired on ABC.

1983 – The Rolling Stones concert film “Let’s Spend the Night Together” opened in New York.

1986 – Boy George guest-stared on an episode of “The A-Team.”

1986 – The single “Superbowl Shuffle” by the Chicago Bears Shufflin’ Crew was certified gold by the RIAA.

1994 – Prince premiered his song “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” on the 1994 Miss USA Pageant.

1999 – Jaki Byard was found fatally shot at his home. He was 76.

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