Today In Music

Birthdays

   1933 - William Francis McBeth, composer
   1935 - Keely Smith, Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
   1936 - Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
   1942 - John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground)
   1942 - Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers and Raiders)

Other happenings
   1842 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan
   1844 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice
   1849 - Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres
   1868 - The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris
   1902 - Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna
   1914 - Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co
   1922 - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
   1963 - Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe and Chris Montez
   1968 - 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up and Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4
   1974 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
   1984 - John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
   1993 - 7th Soul Train Music Awards