Song of the Dave

April 12-May 19: SLACKIN'

April 11:

1970: Peter Green said See Ya!!!! to Fleetwood Mac.

April 7-10

2017: Off to discover new musical instruments.

April 6:

1971: To accommodate The Rolling Stones, the company, Rolling Stones Records was formed to promote the group's hits. 

April 5:

1968: Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was released.  Cougars were born with the easy to understand term, "older woman."

April 4:

1859: "I Wish I was in Dixie's Land" by Daniel Emmett was made public by the artist.  This was two years before it became the Civil War song of the Confederacy. 

April 3:

1960: Britain experienced its first Everly Brothers concert.

April 2:

The album "Sign O' The Times" by Prince was released across the world. 

April 1:

1966: The single "Do Anything You Say" was released.  It was the first song under the name David Bowie and was originally performed by The Buzz with Bowie as lead singer.

March 31:

1969: In the U.K., Led Zeppelin's debut album "Led Zeppelin" was released.

2017: In the U.S., Dundalk, Md. to be precise, a doozy was released after a breakfast of eggs, sausage, cheese, onions, oranges, grapefruit, 1% of the world's chocolate, avocado, chocolate milk with Rum Chata, and half of a 7.2% Indian Brown Ale.  In the key of F# I believe.

March 30:

1974: A lucky audience were the first to see The Ramones live.

March 29:

1951: On Broadway, "The King and I" debuted.

2017: Pick up an instrument, practice for a while, quit your job.  You made the right choice.

March 28:

1972: Elvis Presley's single, "Burning Love," was recorded and would turn out to be his last big hit.

March 27:

1950: Becoming one of the first jazz musicians to perform a solo concert was jazz pianist, Erroll Garner.

1982: The fashions did not always go with the intended genre.

March 26:

1975: Premiering in London was the Rock Opera film "Tommy."

March 16-25:

2017: Emergency 80s Hair Bands Air Guitar, Air Bass & Air Drums College.  Well, it's more like a building in a field, but it works.

March 15:

1968: Jimi Hendrix was named "The Most Spectacular Guitarist in the World" by "Life" magazine. 

2016: I was here.  La la la.

March 14:

1958: The very first certified gold single became Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star."

March 13:

1937: Zing a Dang Bang Baby" may have very well been an inappropriate conjuncture of words.

2004: At the Metropolitan Opera in NY, Luciano Pavarotti bellowed his final performance.

March 12:

1996: The album "MTV Unplugged" was released by KISS.

March 11:

1968: For his song, "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record.

2017: It's Saturday, Music........Wake.......Bake........Music.

March 10:

1992: At the Soul Train Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award went to Prince.

March 9:

1961: The song "I Want A Guy" was released by The Supremes.  It was their first single.

2017: Upon waking, instead of the news, their are about 30 or so music channels on TV. 

March 8:

1993: On MTV, the "Beavis and Butthead" series premiered.

1994: Millions of misguided youth and adults wanted to be Beavis or Butthead. 

March 7:

1939: Recording "Auld Lang Syne" was Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians.

March 6:

1853: Debuting in Venice, Italy was Giuseppe Verdi's opera, "La Traviata."

March 5:

1963: Making the trip to Country Music Heaven was Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas.

2017: You are required to play some Patsy Cline records.

March 4:

1942: "One Dozen Roses" was recorded by Dick Jurgens' orchestra.

March 3:

1986: Metallica released the album "Master of Puppets."

2017: Hum or sing or whistle upon rising in the morning.  Do all 3 if you like, it will make a difference.

March 2:

1964: In the U.S. "Twist and Shout" was released by The Beatles.

1965: The population boomed suddenly, most likely due to the song "Twist and Shout."

March 1:

1982: The "Death Wish II" soundtrack was released which was actually Jimmy Page's first solo LP.

February 28:

1996: For the first time in 17 years, KISS sported their full make-up and garb.  This occurred at the Grammys.

2017: Tis a non leap year, but you can pretend anything you want.  Like singing in the shower, holding an invisible microphone with a coliseum full of your loyal fans going wild over your wet, naked, not so musical ass. 

February 27:

1970: Members of Jefferson Airplane cursed in concert in Oklahoma City.  The band was fined $1,000.00.  The good old days when cursing meant something.

February 22-26: Wilderness Adventure

February 21:

1896: The music was great but the beer was warm.  Not as much in Feb though.

1981: Prince made his first appearance on "Saturday Night Live." 

February 20:

1969: The group Cream had their movie "Goodbye Cream" premiere in Baltimore.  It was of their farewell concert which occurred at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 

February 19:

1974: On "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" show, KISS made their TV debut.

2017: Irish drinking songs with Irish whiskey tonight.

February 18:

Vince Neil said "See Ya" to Motley Crue and set off on a race car driving career.

February 17:

1979: Beginning their first U.S. tour at The Palladium in NY City was The Clash.

2017: Here is a special unrelated to music announcement:  Don't take shit from anybody.

February 16:

1972: Starting his first British tour was Ricky Nelson.

February 15:

1954: Recording "Shake, Rattle & Roll" was Big Joe Turner.

1951-1965: I'm not an expert on the time period but imagine the divine wonderfullness of the "Malt Shop."

February 14:

1998: At the Roxy in NY, Madonna performed.  It was her first club performance in over ten years.

February 13:

1978: In Los Angeles, CA., the first "Al Green Day" was celebrated.

2017: Silence can certainly be a soothing melody.

February 12:

1956: "I Put a Spell On You" was recorded by Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

February 11:

1967: From now on, The Monkees would be playing all of their own instruments on all recordings.

February 10:

1971: Carole King released the album "Tapestry."

1994: Many musicians didn't know what they were playing, searching for that new sound.

February 7-9:

2017: Wilderness break.

February 6:

2002: The single, "A New Day Has Come," by Celine Dion was released in radio format.

February 5:

1998: Tim Kelly of Slaughter passed on to Music Heaven.

2017: Wherever you are for the Superbowl today, create minor musical interruptions. 

 February 4:

1814: How could they not have Rock yet.?

1969: In Jackson, TN, the first "Carl Perkins Day" was celebrated.

February 3:

1978: Premiering on ABC was the show "Dead Man's Curve."

February 1-2:

2017: Mary Jane and I were listening to Opera and Psychedelic Rock.

January 31:

1970: The inspiration for the song "Truckin'" happened when the Grateful Dead was arrested for barbiturates and LSD possession.  Imagine receiving a dollar every time a drug inspired a song.

January 30:

1973: At The Coventry Club in Queens, NY, KISS played 2 sets for a crowd of under 10 people.  Rock & Roll has always been charitable.

 January 29:

1979: AWWW Man, Emerson, Lake & Palmer split up.

January 28:

1980: AWWWW Man!!  Adam and the Ants split up.

January 27:

1956: The song, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released by Elvis.

2017: Learning to play the water glasses.

January 26:

1974: Opening their first European tour was the Doobie Brothers which happened in London.  Anyone who doesn't like this band has something bass ackwards going on.

January 25:

1970: The Ourimbah Rock Festival began in the land down under and ended the following day.  It was Australia's first rock festival.

January 24:

1957: The single Teddy Bear" was recorded by Elvis.  AWWWWW

January 23:

1941: The song "Moonglow" was recorded by Artie Shaw and his orchestra.

1973: Marijuana was illegal everywhere. 

January 22:

1981: In the obituary issue of John Lennon, Rolling Stone published a nude picture of him.

January 21:

1957: Being recorded by Chuck Berry was the single, "School Day."

1962: Four months and 4 weeks till SOD possibility.  

January 20:

1958: Elvis got drafted but first, they let him finish his movie "King Creole" because it was of course way more important than fighting for our country.

January 19:

1957: On the "Jackie Gleason Show," Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance.

2016: Watching the NFL Playoffs right now and there's a bit of sweet music going on.

January 18:

1991: Kicking off Brazil was the 10 Day Rock in Rio Two festival.

January 17:

1999: On The Simpsons show, Cyndi Lauper got to be a voice.

January 16:

1976: On ABC, the Donny & Marie show premiered.

2016: In Fells Point, Md., the Cat's Eye Pub features diverse musical artists.

January 15:

1968: The album "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" was released by The Byrds.

January 14:

1873: If you could play well in this era, you were probably going far.

1972: In Honolulu, HI, Elvis Presley held a worldwide concert on live television drawing the largest single audience for that time period.

2016: So many earphones, a beautiful part of the world.

January 13:

1973: In London at the Rainbow Theatre, Eric Clapton recorded his comeback concert.

January 12:

1949: Tingle dangle wingle twangle jangle dingle hoo!!!

2005: Having his remains dug exhumed was Bob Marley by his widow.  She had him moved from Jamaica to his "spiritual resting place" in Ethiopia.  Sounds expensive.

January 11:

1967: Kicking off the recording sessions for "Purple Haze."  

January 10:

1776: An all George Washington look-a-like rock band would have been appropriate.

2003: In Fort Worth TX, George Strait was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.

January 9:

1962: Being released by Sam Cooke was "Twistin' the Night Away."

1962: Five months and 9 days later, the S.O.D. Master was born.  Ala Bala Kooky Mala.

January 8:

1968: "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was released by Otis Redding.

1985: Severely banging heads.

January 7:

1964: Putting together the group Hoochie Coochie Men was Long John Baldry.

January 6:

1963: Opening its doors on Broadway was the musical "Oliver."

1979: The end of the 70s and time for an even more ridiculous wardrobe that went with no genre whatsoever. 

January 5:

2016: Making some history, La La La La.

January 4:

1950: RCA Victor would begin making long playing (LP) records.

January 3:

1901: Take me back here.  Who wants to go?

1957: "I'm Walkin'" was recorded by Fats Domino

January 2:

1975: Being named "Outstanding Community Organization" by the Georgia Dept. of Corrections was The Allman Brothers.

2016: ROCKIN' Bee-otch!!!!!!!!!!

January 1:

1959 ; At San Quentin, Johnny Cash played his very first prison concert.

2016: A new year!!  Make a resolution to learn an instrument and drown out even more idiot noise.

December 31:

1981: The very first New Year's Eve Rock and Roll Ball took place and was hosted by MTV. 

1992: Don't know why I picked this year.  Could be any year, but somebody on this night  was hoping to become a star overnight.  Think it happened?

December 30:

Not much happened worth mentioning that wasn't mentioned last year.

December 29:

1967: Saying goodbye to Traffic and venturing into a solo career was Dave Mason.

2016: The Kennedy Center Honors are on right now.

December 28:

1944: Containing the tune "New York, New York," "On the Town," the musical opened in NY City and ran for 462 shows.

December 27:

1970: After 2,844 shows, "Hello Dolly" closed its doors on Broadway.

December 26:

1939: "St. Louis Blues" was recorded by W.C. Handy.

December 25:

1818: At the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Australia, "Silent Night" was performed for the very first time.

December 24:

1966: Recording "I Think We're Alone Now" was Tommy James.

2016: Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, everyone was laughing their ass off, even my spouse.

December 23:

1959: "This Magic Moment" was recorded by The Drifters.

2016: Unrelated to music: Will be searching for Mistletoe. 

December 22:

1808: Being performed for the first time by Beethoven was his Opus 67: Symphony No. 5 in Cminor.  He did so for Prince Lobkotwitz.

1888: 125 years, 9 months & 2 weeks till the birth of S.O.D.  Try to imagine it.  

December 21:

1904: The first evidence of a white man believed to have soul.

1969: On "The Ed Sullivan Show," Diana Ross gave her last TV performance as a Supreme.

December 20:

1932: The single "April Showers" was recorded by Al Jolson.

December 19:

1957: Opening on Broadway was "The Music Man."

December 12-18:

2016: Getting things ready at the North Pole.  Rich history though.

December 11:

1970: Making its premiere in London was Ringo Starr's film, "The Magic Christian."

2015: Too many Christmas songs on the SOD, sorry.

December 10:

2010: Selling for $422,500 at an auction was the handwritten lyrics from "The Times They are a-Changin."

December 9:

1956: So many trying to put their finger, and ear for that matter, on the changing sound.

1974: On George Harrison's Dark Horse label, he released "Dark  Horse," the first album for the label.

December 8:

1998: Bruce Springsteen began touring with the E Street Band Again.  This hadn't happened in almost a decade.

December 7:

1966: On the CBS, show "Frank Sinatra A Man and His Music Part II,"  Nancy Sinatra was a guest. 

December 6:

1969: The album, "Beggar's Banquet" was released by the Rolling Stones.

1974: Some musician smashed a guitar.

December 5:

1965: In their hometown of Liverpool, The Beatles played their last show specifically for that town.

December 4:

1961: "Duke of Earl" was released by Gene Chandler

December 3:

1966: The Monkees performed their very first live concert which took place in Honolulu.

December 2:

1988: Special guests on "Geraldo" included Willie Nelson and KISS members, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley to discuss sex on the road.

2016: Musicians are still having sex on the road. 

December 1:

1968: In San Francisco, Janis Joplin made her last appearance with Big Brother & the Holding Company.

November 30:

1970: "All Things Must Pass," the triple album by George Harrison, was released.

1974: The middle school dance is the place to be.

November 29:

1982: Metallica played their song "Whiplash" for the first time at their first headlining gig which took place in San Francisco.

2015: I Remember doing this last year.  What song was playing?  That is the question.

November 28:

1974: A reminder from last year; John Lennon's last stage performance took place.  It happened at Madison Square Garden during which Lennon sang a duet with Elton John featuring the song "I Saw Her Standing There."

November 27:

1743: Being performed for the first time was "Dettingen Anthem" by 15th-16th century composer, George Frideric Handel.

1847: Tuning was mostly tedious.

November 26:

1940:  "Orchids in the Moonlight" was recorded by Xavier Cugat and his orchestra.

November 25:

1997: The Zombies, after 30 years, performed with all original members.

November 24

1793: A musician's hair was much less important.

1950: Opening for the first time was the musical "Guys and Dolls."

November 23:

1974: Gary Wright said SEE YA!!! to Spooky Tooth, and went solo.

November 22:

1965: Surviving for 2,328 performances was the musical "Man of La Mancha," opening this night.

2016: And now for the non-musical segment of the SOD.... That was fast.

November 21:

1984: Hair Band Heaven!!

1993: After only 14 shows, Cinderella closed.

November 20:

2001: KISS released a 92 track bow set.

November 19:

1971: Music can cure hangovers.

1992: The S'Crue store opened in Los Angeles which is a retail store owned by Motley Crue. 

November 18:

1997: "The Unplugged Collection," John Denver's last recording, was released in the U.S. 

November 17:

1980: The album "Double Fantasy" was released by John Lennon.

2016: I sing in my sleep.

November 16:

1998: Kmart put its online music store into action.

November 15:

1601: Making music with many objects.

1978: At Eric's Club in Liverpool, Echo & the Bunnymen gave their debut performance.

 November 14:

1857: What would the Rock & Roll garb have looked like?

1962: "Mixed-Up Confusion" was recorded by Bob Dylan.

November 11-13: Brewery Tour.  Too full of barley and malt to type.

November 10:

1973: "Rock On" was released by David Essex.

2016: This entry took place 2 days before during the election coverage.  That's some kind of horror music.

November 9:

1974: Billy Joel released "Piano Man."

November 8:

1770, 1785 & 1883: You can hear whatever you want to hear and make it out to be so much more.

1964: Mother and daughter performed at the London Palladium.  They were Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.

November 7:

1810, 1877 & 1905: Look deep for the composer in you.

1979: Bette Midler's movie "The Rose" made its premiere in Los Angeles.

November 6:

1753, 1854 & 1916: Missed these guys last year.  1854 was John Philip Sousa.

1975: Performing live for the first time was the Sex Pistols.  This occurred at St Martin's College of Art in London.

November 5:

Every instrument you can think of was played.

November 4:

1988: Opening in the U.S. & U.K. was the concert movie "Rattle & Hum" with U2.

2016: Try doing what Snoopy does when hearing music.  It's satisfying.

November 3:

1997: Being released in the UK was John Denver's last recording, "The Unplugged Collection.   

November 2:

1989: "Meet Me in St. Louis" the musical, opened for the first time.

November 1:

1991: The album "MTV Unplugged in New York" was released by Nirvana.

2016: No craft beer left in the house yesterday.  Talk about scary.

October 31:

1998: The Smashing Pumpkins opened for KISS on their Psycho-Circus tour starting in Los Angeles with a Halloween shindig. 

2016: All music aside, scare someone out of their socks.

October 30:

2001: The album "Invincible" was released by Michael Jackson.

October 29:

1867: He had his hat out for any generosity as the violin cried on a crowded European city street.

1975: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue included Joan Baez as a member.

October 28:

1972: "Join Together" by The Who was made the official theme of The United States Council for World Affairs.

October 27:

1981: The song "Under Pressure" was released in the U.S. by David Bowie and Queen.

October 26:

1965: The MBE (Member of the British Empire) award was bestowed on The Beatles.

2012: The middle C note from the ridge of the Grand Canyon. 

October 25:

1969: In the UK, Pink Floyd released the album "Ummagumma."

1995: Opening on Broadway was the musical "Victor/Victoria.

2016: Due to the current presidential race, more people have headphones on listening to something.

October 24:

1963: Beginning their first tour beyond Great Britain was The Beatles.

1993: Street performers were on the rise.  Did they make more money then?

October 23:

1962: Stevie Wonder at the age of 12 recorded his first single "Thank you for Loving Me All the Way"

 October 22:

1964: Going by the name of High Numbers at the time, The Who did not pass the audition for EMI.

1983: Celebrating its 100th anniversary was the New York Metropolitan Opera.

October 21:

1964: "My Fair Lady" the movie premiered in NY.

October 20:

1874: Still playing above us.

1973: The Steve Miller Band released "The Joker."

1977: A plane crash took Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Steve's sister Cassie and their road manager Dean Kilpatrick to Music Heaven

2016: Make up your own ridiculous chant and turn a surface into a hand drum.

October 19:

1500-1900: Musical people were born but are not listed.

1967: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' song "I Second That Emotion" was released.

October 18:

1975: On Saturday Night Live, Simon & Garfunkel reunited.

2016: Cookouts with music are coming to a damn close.

October 9-17: Hurricane Matthew and me, rockin' together.

October 8:

1935: Hitching it up were Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Hilliard

1988: On Saturday Night Live, Keith Richards was musical guest.

October 7:

1802: Push, push, push, push.....La La La La.

1954: Becoming the first African-American singer belting it out for the New York Metropolitan Opera Company was Marian Anderson.

2001: For the last time, drummer Peter Criss performed with KISS.  This occurred in Charleston, SC. 

October 6:

1969: George Harrison made the A side of a Beatles' 45 for the first time with "Something."  The B side was "Come Together."

1996: Hitching it up were Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

2016: The wide thick table I"m working at is made for hand percussion.

October 5:

1968: Cream released "White Room" and began U.S. farewell tour.

1978: So many concerts to choose from.

2004: The album "50 Number Ones" was released by George Strait.

October 4:

1875: Time travel?

1970: Janis Joplin passed on to Music Heaven.

1982: AWWWW MAN!!!!!  Squeeze broke up!!

October3:

1945: At the age of 10, Elvis Presley in his first public appearance won 2nd place in a talent show.  His prize was $5.

1961: Hank Williams along with Jimmy Rodgers and Fred Rose were the first artists to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

2016: Today's S.O.D. accompanying music which took place on 10/1/2016 during this glorious computer admission was "The White Stripes" which was their debut album.

October 2: 

1792 & 1929: A pedestal is not high enough.

1977: A platinum record was awarded to Gene Simmons for his solo album.

2016: Music and Bourbon.  Damn!!!!!!

October 1:

1865: Unusual name for a composer.

1962: "Surfin' Safari" was released by The Beach Boys which was their first album.

1974: Just goofing off jams were recorded by accident and of course spawned a #1 song.

September 30:

1752, 1840 & 1852: Soothing, pulsating, enriching, heightening.  Add your own adjectives.

1954: Making her Broadway debut in "The Boyfriend" was Julie Andrews.

1966: Cat Stevens released his first single, "I Love My Dog."

 1988: Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was John Lennon. 

September 29:

1654: Ooo Ooo Ooo, I wanna be like you Ooo Ooo.

1962: After 6.5 years on Broadway and taking the title of the longest running musical at the time, "My Fair Lady" saw its last performance.

1989: During an unplanned show in a small salon in Prescott AZ, Bruce Springsteen heard a woman talking about overwhelming medical bills and severe financial problems.  She received a check for $100,000 one weed later.

2016: In tune forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

September 28:

1963: Maybe the first time a Beatles song was  played on a U.S. radio station.  It was "She Loves You" on a NY station by DJ Murry The K.

1965: Mostly Peace & Love.

1975: In Lindley Park, San Francisco, a free concert was given by Jefferson Starship and Jerry Garcia and Friends for 40,000 fans.

September 27:

1898: Get your fill of composer births, 10 more days to report.

1942: Performing for the last time was Glenn Miller and his orchestra.

2000: Those that payed more attention to music were not afraid of computer changes.

September 26:

1868: Listen and fall hard.

1975: Opening in theaters was "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

1984: Prince released "Purple Rain."

1985: People were wishing that rain was purple.

September 25:

1683 & 1906: "Just Do It" remember that saying?  That's what they did.

1980: John Bonham passed on to Genius Drumming Heaven.

2016: If you are reading this, you may be the first one.

September 24:

1955: The "Ford Star Jubilee" show featured Judy Garland in her  television debut.

1988: The result of a car chase across two states was James Brown being arrested.

September 23:

1952: The last recording session of Hank Williams took place.

1969: The rumor was printed that Paul McCartney was dead.  47 years later he's still on stage.

1997: "Candle in the Wind" was released in the U.S.

September 22:

1964: The first of 3,242 performances of "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway.

1972: With the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie began his very first U.S. tour.

2016: It rained all day and I was singing.  

September 21:

1874: Some see the light, some hear the light.

1902: So much music undiscovered.  Still.

1989: AW MAN!!!!  The Bangles broke up!!!

2001: Simultaneously on 35 different broadcast and cable networks, "America: A Tribute to Heroes" took place to raise money for the families affected by the 9/11 attacks.  150 million dollars was pledged in four days.

September 20:

1877: Just sit back and wait, and they will come.

1970: Oops, Jim Morrison did something indecent on stage again.

1973: Jim Croce passed on to Music Heaven.

September 19:

1968: Steppenwolf was awarded a Gold Record for "Born to be Wild."

1974: Musical discoveries gave youngsters a reason to get out of bed.

2010: A bronze bust of Frank Zappa was dedicated at a library in east Baltimore.

September 18:

1970: Jimi Hendrix passed on to Music Heaven.

1976: Boston released "More Than A Feeling."

1983: On MTV, KISS appeared without makeup.

2016: How many sustained letters can you roll?

September 17:

1711, 1795 & 1884: Imagine one as your high school music teacher.

1965: Premiering on CBS was The Smothers Brothers Show.

1998: After meeting Hootie & The Blowfish on an airplane, a passenger became fairly violent and the plane had to make an emergency landing.  They could have at least done a free concert.

September 16:

2016: On the beach playing harmonica.  Look, there's a beer next to me.

September 15:

2016: On the beach listening to the sharps, not to many flats, and more flats of the sea birds.  Damn does that not sound romantic.

September 14:

2016: On the beach listening to the tempo of the ocean.  Toes in the sand.

September 13:

1819 & 1874: What is the earliest composer birth recorded?  Keep checking back!!!

1979: Kicking off their first North American tour in Edmonton, Canada was Abba.

1991: At New York's Times Square, Alice Cooper sold his newly released album "Hey Stoopid" for 99 cents.  That's cool, not stupid.

September 12:

1953: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Married Senator John F. Kennedy.  Luigi Vena sung "Ava Maria" at the wedding.

1966: Premiering on NBC was The Monkees TV show.  I never missed an episode.

2016: Sorry but even though football season has begun, we still need music badly.

September 11:

1711 & 1786: You don't want it to stop, do you?

1847: In Pittsburgh, PA a quintet, of which we don't have the name, performed Steven Foster's composition "Oh! Susannah."  It was the first time the tune was performed in public.

1995: The single "Runaway" by Janet Jackson made history, becoming the first single by a female artist to debut in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.   

September 10:

1585, 1588, 1779, 1823, 1836, 1866 1869: I can feel the power!!!!!

1974: AAAWWWWW MMMAAAAANNNN, The New Dolls Split Up

September 9:

1583: Imagine how they could have shaped Rock.

1955: The J.P. Seeburg Corporation presented the Dual Music System Jukebox, which contained 100 singles.  OOOOOOOOO!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

1987: Pink Floyd kicked off  their first tour without Roger Waters.

September 8:

1935: With Frank Sinatra providing lead vocals, the Hoboken Four filled a spot on the radio show, "Major Bowes Amateur Hour."

1972: "All The Young Dudes" was released by Mott The Hoople.

1991: The S.O.D. had already been invading my head for many years with no structured guidance.

September 7:

1541: A glimmer of hope in violent times.

1936: Being brought into the world if only for a short time was Charles Holley, later Buddy Holly.

1975: The record for picking a guitar was broken by 22 y/o Steve Anderson.   At a time of 114 hours, 7 minutes, he broke the old record by more than 4 hours.

1978: Amazing drummer Keith Moon passed on to Music Heaven.

September 6:

1958: On "The Ed Sullivan Show" Georgia Gibbs belted out "The Hula-Hoop Song."

1968: On The Beatles' "My Guitar Gently Weeps," Eric Clapton recorded his guitar solo for the tune.

2016: Don't just stare at those concert tickets, order them already. 

September 5:

1735, 1781, 1791 & 1867: Four per day could cut down on the insignificant clans.  1735 was Bach.

1876: Imagine, extravagant parties with live classical foursomes.

1987: After 30 years, the television show "American Bandstand" was canceled. 

September 4:

1644, 1815, 1824 & 1892: As smooth as fine silk.

1964: At the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, NY, The Animals had their debut performance for the U.S.

1991: Dottie West, the very first female country Grammy winner, passed on to Music Heaven.

2003: Did disco make a comeback?

September 3:

1695: Starting very small with resonating results.

1942: Beginning his singing career as a solo act was Frank Sinatra.  Shouldn't we all be off work?

1970: AWWW MAN!!!  The Dave Clark Five broke up!!!

September 2:

1661, 1862 & 1917: Ever hear this music at a wedding?  Wait, anywhere?

1963: "My Boyfriend's Back" became the first #1 record by an all-female caucasian group.  The band was The Angels.

1995: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Cleveland, OH. 

September 1:

1653 & 1854: The bare necessities.  

1967: There was a movie released on this day called "The Fastest Guitar Alive."  It starred Roy Orbison and Sheb Wooley.

1977: The group Blondie signed with Chrysalis record company.  It was their first major label. 

1995: Louis Armstrong got his own stamp.

August 31:

1775 & 1834: Anytime, just listen.

1974: Going off the air was "The Partridge Family."

1991: Reaching #1 on Billboard's 200 album chart was Metallica's self-titled album which was only released on August 12.

August 30:

1968: The album "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" by The Byrds was released in the U.S.

1995: At Martha's Vineyard, Carly Simon and James Taylor who were once married, did a concert together.

2016: I just heard a sound wave.

August 29:

1958: Paul McCartney and John Lennon were joined by George Harrison in the band Quarrymen.

1964: The single "Oh Pretty Woman" was released by Roy Orbison.

1967: Musical brains are more intricate than most others.

August 28:

1963: In Washington DC, Peter, Paul & Mary performed "Blowin' In The Wind" at a Martin Luther King Jr. speaking in front of many Civil Rights marchers.

1972: At Carnegie Hall in NY, Davi Bowie and the Spiders made their debut.

2016: Joyous Harmonies!!!!!!  

August 27:

1889: Receiving a patent for the metal clarinet was Charles G. Conn.

1967: Long time Beatles manager Brian Epstein passed on to Music Heaven.

1997: To promote his film "Fire Down Below," actor Steven Seagal began a North American music tour.  He's actually a pretty good guitarist.

August 26:

2016: Sorry, was performing ventilator synchrony.

August 25:

1970: At the Plymouth Guild Hall in Plymouth, England, Emerson, Lake and Palmer made their global debut.

1980: "42nd Street" the musical, opened on Broadway.

1981: An 8 year old listened to the radio and heard a rock song, and that was that.

August 24:

1801: Ah to be there with an electric guitar. 

1979: A half million fans showed up for The Cars concert in NY City's Central Park.  DAAAAMMMMNNNN!!!!!!

1998: Lightning struck 40 yards behind the stage at a Shania Twain concert.  The show was then stopped just before it was over.  C'MON!!!!!!!

August 23:

1968: Ringo Starr said See Ya to The Beatles.  Only for a bit though.

1995: On the Elektra Entertainment Group's Web site, former 10,000 Maniacs lead vocalist Natalie Merchant became their first live chat guest.

2016: A Musician Is.

August 22:

1827 & 1862: Do you realize what you're missing?

1964: The Chipmunks went back a long way.  The album "The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles" was selling 25,000 copies per day as reported by Liberty Records. 

2008: Chipmunks live a long time and their vocal cords stay perfect.

August 21:

1893: A woman, with 5 names of course.

1923: Things must have been pretty hot in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as you were not allowed to look or gaze into your dance partner's eyes.  Who says?  An ordinance passed this day.

1990: The album "Detonator" was released by Ratt.  

August 20:

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was released by The Rolling Stones.

2000: Before its official demolition, Bon Jovi played the last concert at Wembley Stadium in London

2016: I think today should be "Bang on a Pot with a Big Spoon Day."

August 19:

1881: Most of the time, alone time is required.

1964: In San Francisco, The Beatles began their first U.S. tour.

1984: Rocking Hard!!!!!

August 18:

1750 & 1849: Aspirations of being like this?  Sort of ?  Maybe? 

1973: "China Grove" was released by The Doobie Brothers.  Rockin' in the far East.

1977: After Henri Padovani left The Police they performed for the first time as a trio.

2016: All I wanna do is play guitar.

August 17:

1686: Blister on your finger, blister on your thumb.  Kind of the good life way back when.

1758: Street performers must have been interesting.

1838: The very first music convention took place in Boston.  Attending were 138 vocal teachers.  Laaaaaaa...

1986: Playing his first concert after the loss of his left arm was drummer Rick Allen with Def Leppard.

August 16:

1795 & 1863: Get on the classical train.

1962: After 2.5 years with the Beatles, Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr.

1977: Elvis passed on to Music Heaven.

August 15:

1875 & 1890: What differences occurred from one century to another.  A journey that would be never ending, thank goodness.

1939: Judy Garland began her stride to fame for "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" when "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood. 

1979: The last album before John Bonham's death was released by Led Zeppelin, "In Through the Out Door."

August 14:

1810 & 1892: Is there a museum for these masters that we can stay at for weeks?

1985: Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono were outbid by Michael Jackson for 250 songs written by Lennon and McCartney.

1989: The album "New Jersey" by Bon Jovi became the first U.S. album to be released in the Soviet Union legally.  They were paid in firewood due to the country's monetary unit, rubles not allowed out of the country. 

August 13:

Checking out beer in the north eastern wilderness.

August 12:

2016: Checking out black bear in the north eastern wilderness.

August 11:

2016: Checking out moose in the north eastern wilderness.  

August 10:

1865: Extreme composure.

1985: Becoming the first album by a female artist to sell 5 million copies was "Like A Virgin" by Madonna.  Whew, that's a lot of virgins.

1990: New artists trying to make it equal the number of senior citizens in Florida at Tuesday night bingo games.

August 9:

1874: A lot going on overseas those days.

1963: In England, "Ready Steady Go" made its TV premiere.

2016: The Olympics are providing a steady harmony.

August 8:

1857: Hope none of these guys came out with a piano.

1975: Hank Williams Jr. being the tough dude that he is, resumed his musical career after two years of surgeries from falling down a mountain 500 feet.  WOW!!!!  Maybe I'll switch to country.

August 7:

1868: You just can't beat these names; Sir Granville Ransome Bantock.

1974: Faye Dunaway married Peter Wolf from the J. Geils Band.

August 6:

1960: On American Bandstand, Chubby Checker performed "The Twist" for the first time on TV.

1982: In NY city, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" premiered in the U.S.

2016: Can you carry a tune beyond the shower? 

August 5:

1975: Signing a 7 year contract for 13 million dollars was Stevie Wonder.  At the time it was the largest in music history.

1980: AWWWW MAAAAN!!!!!  The Osmonds broke up.

1983: Music cheered up thousands.

August 4:

1958: The Billboard Hot 100 was presented by Billboard magazine.

1979: Premiering in New York, NY was the movie "Rock & Roll High School" starring The Ramomes

August 3:

1943: For music, a time of experimentation, confusion and epiphanies.  Well worth every minute.

1971: Paul McCartney formed Wings.

1999: Being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was Patsy Cline.

August 2:

1929: Fats Waller recorded "Ain't Misbehavin'"

1995: Giving her final public performance was Peggy Lee.  This took place at the Hollywood Bowl.

2016: Composers are still being born but they are now known as artists.

August 1:

1779: Composer, social worker, attorney and poet Francis Scott Key was born.

1960: In the German newspaper "Young World," you could read that Elvis Presley was public enemy #1.

1981: "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the very first video to be aired on MTV.  It was 12:01 am

2016: Is anybody reading this?  Oh that's right, I am. 

July 31:

1845: The French Army's military band began using the saxophone.

1847: Dyslexic resopmoc.  Probably even more brilliant.

1976: "Don't Fear) The Reaper" was released by Blue Oyster Cult.

July 30:

1903: People got on trouble for dancing so a lot of in front of the mirror dancing went on.

1954: Playing his first concert professionally was Elvis Presley which took place in Memphis.

1970: The Rolling Stones told their manager, Allen Klein to hit the road.  Cold, Cold, Cold like an ice cream cone.

July 29:

1965: Showing up in London was the movie "Help" with The Beatles.

1980: Making his first live stage appearance was David Bowie in "Elephant Man."  He played the title role.

1994: Disco?  Nope!!!

July 28:

1893: A genius straggler.

1933: Receiving the very first singing telegram was singer, actor and entertainer Rudy Vallee on his birthday.  He was 32.

1995: After many companies profited from the music and name among other things of Jimi Hendrix, James Al Hendrix, Jimi's dad, won the rights to his son's legacy.

July 27:

1781, 1784, 1867 & 1877: "Coming out of the woodwind."

1976: John Lennon finally was approved for residency in the U.S.

1984: Debuting in the U.S. was the Prince film "Purple Rain."

July 26:

1782, 1791 & 1863: If fast food joints existed, classical music would have been played in the background.  1791 was Mozart.

1969: Performing live for the first time in 8 years was Elvis Presley.

1974: Flowers are out, plants are in.

July 25:

1965: Performing for the first time with an electric guitar instead of acoustic was Bob Dylan at the Newport Jazz Festival.

1983: The very first album by Metallica was released.  "Kill 'Em All."  It changed a lot of things.

2016: Getting ready to do something stupid?  Sing or hum your favorite song instead.

July 24:

1849: Receiving the very first Doctorate of Music Degree from Georgetown University in Wash DC was Professor Henry Dielman.

1880: He snuck in there with a smooth melody.

1987: "La Bamba" starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens debuted.

2016: Have you tried music with a scotch ale and boubon chaser? 

July 23:

2016: I was bangin' on the drum all day!!!!!!

July 22:

1933: Singing "Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera House was Caterina Jarboro.  She became the first black prima donna (leading lady) of opera.

1977: The album "My Aim Is True" was released by Elvis Costello.  It was his debut album.

1977: Aw Maaaaan, Tony Orlando quit the biz.

July 21:

1979: "Bad Case of Loving You" was released by Robert Palmer.  A drink in one hand.  A cigarette in the other, and a girl on his arm all the time.

1989: "UHF," debuted.  It was Weird Al Yankovic's first movie.

1991: Music is better than everything.

July 20:

1872: Is there anything left to say?  YeeeeeeeeeeeeS!!!!

1940: The first list of top singles was published by Billboard magazine with a total of 10 songs.

1974: And now, let me introduce the new lead singer for The Ramones; Joey Ramone!!!

2016: Vivaldi goes well with the "F Wave."

July 19:

1811: No hard labor with music so it was played to the death.

1954: Elvis Presley released "That's All Right."  I was his first single.

1976: Aw Man, Deep Purple broke up.

2016: It's 11:10 pm and the musical part of my brain is fading.

July 18:

1670: When was the last time you tuned to a classical station?

1953: The first recording made by Elvis Presley was "My Happiness."  He dedicated it to mom.

1995: A 45,000 year old bear bone with 4 man-made holes placed accordingly was found in Slovenia in the Indrijca River Valley.  It is the oldest known musical instrument.

July 17:

1837: Had the spoons been discovered?

1967: At the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York, The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees.

1976: "Magic Man" was released by Heart.

1987: Keith Richards went solo.

July 16:

1966: Cream was formed by Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton.  Oh Yeahhhhh!!!!

1973 The hit single "We're An American Band" was released by The Grand Funk Railroad.

1981: Due to a car accident, 38 y/o Harry Chapin passed on to Music Heaven.

2016: I may have said this before but, learn how to play an instrument would ya.

July 15:

1978: Right around 200,000 fans showed up at Blackbushe Airport in England for Bob Dylan's open air concert which broke the attendance record for a single artist.

1980: Making her debut in "The Pirates of Penzance" was Linda Ronstadt

1981: Classical music was being pushed out.  WTF!!!!!!

July 14:

1795: "La Marseillaise" was made the first National Anthem of France by the French National Convention.

1901: If you guessed a composer, you're the winner!!

1987: AW MAN!!!!!  The Everly Brothers broke up.

1989: The song "My First Night Without You" by Cyndi Lauper became the first closed-captioned video released.

July 13:

1909: He was Constant.

1959: "Dedicated To The One I Love" was released by tThe Shirelles.

1995: Lead vocalist/bassist, Geddy Lee of Rush made an appearance at Camden Yards before the All Star Game, singing "Oh Canada."  

July 12:

1861 & 1885: It's safe to close your eyes.

1954: After signing his first recording contract, Elvis Presley quit his job as a truck driver.

1962: Making their debut performance was the Rolling Stones.  This took place at the Marquee Jazz Club in London.

1992: In Dallas TX, a Buddy Holly memorial was unveiled. 

July 11:

1946: Recording his first four songs was Dean Martin.

1979: Debuting in Westwood, CA was the film "Rust Never Sleeps", which featured Neil Young in concert.

1998: The Beastie Boys special "Beastiography" premiered on MTV. 

July 10:

1778 & 1835: Milk from the teat to magic from the fingers.

1900: The logo that shows a dog looking into a gramophone horn was registered at the U.S. Patent Office.  It belonged to the Victor Recording Company and then RCA Victor.  The name of this image is called "His Master's Voice" and the dog's name is Nipper.

1971: Three Dog Night released "Liar."

1985: "Poplife" by Prince was released.

2016: Artfully draw the name of your favorite musical artist on your bedroom ceiling.  Really, go ahead and do it.  DO IT!!!!!!

July 9:

1879 & 1915: Popped out with a twang!!

1955: Taking the #1 spot on the Billboard Pop charts was "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets, becoming the first Rock & Roll song to do so.

1995: Jerry Garcia made his last appearance with The Grateful Dead.  This happened at Soldier Field in Chicago.  Garcia passed on to Music Heaven about a month later.

July 8:

1882: First Movement - 2nd Movement - Born

1958: Receiving the very first Gold Record was the soundtrack for "Oklahoma."

1985: Madonna appeared nude in Penthouse and Playboy.

1986: Non of those issues left?

July 7:

1954: WHBQ in Memphis made history when Dewey Phillips became the first DJ to ever play an Elvis Presley record.

1968: AW Man!!!!  The Yardbirds broke up.

2007:  Featuring more than 100 artists, Live Earth took place.  It was 24 hours long and spanned 7 continents.  Too bad musicians don't run the Government. 

July 6:

1957: Making their first acquaintance was John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

1965: In San Francisco, The Jefferson Airplane began.

2016: I feel like dancin".  Wait, let me get a beer.  Be right back.

July 5:

1775, 1878, 1895 & 1918: The day after Independence Day seems musically famous.

1943: Riff discoveries were as abundant as raging hormones.  Probably not that abundant.

1969: 250,000 fans crowded into London's Hyde Park for a free Rolling Stones concert.  Mick Taylor was their new guitarist and they started him off with the right kind of introduction.

2015: The Grateful Dead played the last of their Fare Thee Well concerts which took place in Chicago.

July 4:

1694 & 1826: One was an American.

1832: In Boston at the Park Street Church, the song "America" was, for the first time sung in public.

1895: "America the Beautiful was published.

1982: Ozzy married Sharon.  At the time, she was his manager.

July 3:

1854 & 1879: They're there whenever you need them.

1969: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones fame passed on to Music Heaven.

1971: Jim Morrison passed on to Music Heaven.

2016: On a good note, Chuck Berry is playing in the background during this entry.

July 2:

1955: The Lawrence Welk Show premiered on ABC.

1981: Playing the very first show at Brendan Byrne Meadows Arena in New Jersey was Bruce Springsteen.  He was The Boss that day.

2014: Motley Crue began their final tour starting in Grand Rapids, MI.

2016: This weekend at the Heritage Festival in Dundalk, MD., tribute bands include; Heart, The Beatles, Queen, AC/DC and KISS.  Also the popular hard rock group that got their start in Baltimore, KIX.

July 1:

1956: Elvis Presley was told not to dance while performing "Hound Dog" on The Steve Allen Show.  He had to sing the song to a real life basset hound.

1976: Buddy Holly's musically published material, we're talking the whole shabang, was purchased by Paul McCartney.  

June 30:

1722 & 1892: More often they come in pairs, sometimes 170 years apart.

1977: A comic book released by Marvel Comics was based on the band KISS.  It was the first of two.  I believe their powers were: Simmons; Could shoot fire out of any hole in his body, OUCH!!!  Stanley; Made people want to be a Star just by looking at them.  Freehly; Could get you stoned if you came within 20 feet of him.  Criss; Always landed on his feet and could purr up to 6,002 decibals.

1986: "Back in the High Life" was released by Steve Winwood.

June 29:

1911: Must be an American.

1969: On the last day of the Denver Pop Festival, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their final concert.

1973: Ian Gillan said See Ya! to Deep Purple.

June 28:

1831, 1852 & 1913: Kick out the jams!!!

1986: The final concert of the group Wham! took place at Wembley Stadium in London.  Elton John sang "Candle In The Wind" with George Michael.

1995: New sounds, patterns, harmonies, beats, songs, mixing, genres, progressions, movements, instruments, tempos and artists were either worked on or they emerged.  Yes, this happens every day.

June 27:

1789: Monstrously Good!!

1959: After its 734th performance on Broadway, "West Side Story" said they'd had enough.

1989: At Radio City Music Hall in NY City, The Who performed "Tommy" in its entirety.  The last time they had done the show was 17 years earlier.

2016: I'm writing this on June 28 because of Scotch, pool, music, family, A.D.D. and going with the flow.

June 26:

1747: In a crowd they look normal and even non-artistic.

1977: At Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Elvis Presley played his very last concert.

1985: Believe it or not, this was the first time a soundtrack album was recorded in Nashville.  The album was "Big River."

June 25:

1674: Rubbing a stick on a rough surface was considered music.  We now take this for granted.

1969: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" was recorded by The Hollies with Elton John on piano.

1992: After oversleeping in 1967 and missing his finals in Gym and English, Billy Joel finally got his high school diploma.  He wasn't trying to be a straight A student.

2004: Every artist cringes when they sell a guitar, but Eric Clapton sold 3 and brought in 7.5 million.  It was for a good cause with the proceeds going to the drug addiction center he set up in the Caribbean.  Yes these were record sales.

June 24:

1840: A smile most of the time I would imagine.

1975: Alice Cooper took a tumble off his "Welcome To My Nightmare" set and broke 6 ribs.  DAAAAAAAAMMMMMNNNNN!!!!!!!

June 23:

1824: C.H.C.R.

1965: The single "Tracks Of My Tears" was released by The Miracles.

2003: Eminem announced from a stage in London while holding up a $450,000 necklace, "I'm going to give this to the sexiest woman I see.  Oh yes he did!!

2016: Music kicks my ass every day!!  How about you?

June 22:

1611 & 1763: Yes it's worth going back in time for.

1963: The single "Wipe Out" was released by the Surfaries.

1990: At Yankee Stadium, Billy Joel became the first rocker to perform there.

June 21:

1732: Piano pedals benefit from a breech composer.

1955: The single Cry Cry Cry" was released by Johnny Cash.  It was his first. 

1981: Awwww maaaan, Steely Dan broke up.

1997: Mary Jane still kills the pain.

June 20:

1756 & 1819: Make up your own lyrics.

1937: "Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan became the first operetta to be televised.  The station was W2XBS-TV which later became WCBS.

1978: Foreigner released "Double Vision."

June 19:

1708 & 1717: Close your eyes and it could be angelic.

1980: Geffen Records signed Donna Summer as their first act.

1982: Heavy Metal inspired many to act crazy, but funny at the same time.

June 18:

1757 & 1905: Is there anything else as constant?

1948: The 33 and 1/3 record was shown to the public for the first time in NY City by Columbia Records.

1977: Some kids with knives slashed up Johnny Rotten's hands and face.  Think he enjoyed the scars on stage?

1994: The majority of new age shit was shit.

June 17:

1818, 1882 & 1902: Pull up a brew and a bud and listen for hours.  More brews and buds then.  Brews and buds all around!!!  Culture clash!!!

1964: "Where Did Our Love Go" was released by The Supremes and became their first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

1980: Their last tour began.  That's right, Led Zeppelin.

June 16:

1858: The melodic realm.

1967: In Northern California at the Monterey Fairgrounds, the Monterey Pop Festival kicked off.  I was 5.

1999: Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was Phil Collins.

2016: Boogie Woogie Chap Pow Kanoogie!!!!!

June 15:

1734, 1763, 1843, 1864, 1865, 1894, 1900 & 1910: OK, so June 15 should be known as "The Birth of Music Day."  Who's with me?

1967: Peter Green said See Ya!! to John Mayall's Blues Breakers in order to form Fleetwood Mac.

1974: Your daddy did dance and your mama did Rock & Roll.

2010: Devo their first album in 20 years.

June 14:

1953: Elvis graduated high school.  Know what I mean?  I think ya do.

1970: Making their 1st live appearance was Derek and the Dominoes which took place in London.

1995: Appearing live on TV, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were interviewed by Diane Sawyer.

2016: There would be a lot more musicians if there was no such thing as real jobs. 

June 13:

1761 & 1899: Only 2 spaces and a & sign between the two.  No no don't count the years.

1969: The Rolling Stones added Mick Taylor as Brian Jones replacement.

1975: John Lennon's last television appearance was to perform "Imagine."

1988: A ten year old boy somewhere, plucked his first note on the guitar, and it began.

June 12:

1897: Just keep hitting that "G" while I compose.

1935: Recording her first two songs at age 17 was Ella Fitzgerald.

1965: The MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) awards were bestowed on
The Beatles.

2015: Musicians can be pretty tough, as Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters fell off the stage and broke his leg while performing in Sweeden.  After having his leg set backstage, he returned to finish the performance.

2016: You don't really need yard work when you have music, but you certainly need music when you have yard work. 

June 11:

1672, 1704 & 1864: Did they have time for sports?

1990: Becoming a United Nations environmental ambassador was Olivia Newton-John.

2002: "American Idol" debuted.  All of the sudden, everybody thought they could sing.

2005: I can't remember.

June 10:

1843: Heinrich von Herzogenberg.  Even if he was made fun of in school, he went on to  be a composer.

1886: Imagine putting a hat out for street performing.

1966: It was through reverse tape in their song "Rain", that The Beatles were first heard.

1985: More then 800 newspapers showed the Doonesbury comic strip of Frank Sinatra as a friend of orgnaized crime. 

June 9:

1810, 1865 & 1865: Does the number 88 mean anything to you?

1962: Making his debut at Carnegie Hall was Tony Bennett.

1994: Football star Andre Rison's house was set on fire by his then girlfriend, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes of the group TLC.  People with strange names seem more apt to do crazy things.

2006: Young people would often ask, "Disco, what's that?

June 8:

1671, 1810, 1812 & 1894: Blowing your mind.

1974: Keyboardist Rick Wakeman said See Ya to Yes.

1999: Prince released "The Hits Collection" home video.

June 7:

1972: "Grease" opened on Broadway.

1978: The song "Soft and Wet" was released.  It was Prince's very first single.

2014: George Strait set the record for the largest attendance in North American history, 105,000, for his final concert which took place in Arlington, TX.

2015: The S.O.D is emerging. 

June 6:

1807, 1869 & 1903: Could these guys have made up the term "jamming?"

1962: Auditioning for George Martin was The Beatles.

1971: Gladys Knight and the Pips performed on the very last airing of "The Ed Sullivan Show."  It had been on TV for 23 years.

1999: The movie itself and the music from "Mary Poppins" seemed to be romantic to a certain someone.

June 5:

1956: "Be-Bop-A-Lula", a Gene Vincent song, was released.

1969: Premiering was the documentary "Feast of Friends", all about The Doors.  Could there be a more perfect title?

1977: A rat bit Alice Cooper's pet boa constrictor that the boa was trying to eat.  The snake died.

 2016: Don't forget to turn on your radio.

June 4:

1942: The idea of distributing promotional copies of records to radio stations in the U.S. came about through the thinking of Capitol Records' Glenn Wallichs.

June 3:

1883: Not very many Americans.

1931: Opening at the New Amsterdam Theatre in NY City, the Broadway musical, "The Band Wagon."

1972: "Exile On Main Street", The Rolling Stones North American tour, began in Vancouver.  The opening act; Stevie Wonder.

2016: Son-of-a-glockenspiel!!!! 

June 2:

1857: Magic in the extremities.

1869: Music was a treat, and enjoyed to the absolute fullest.  

1972: At Madison Square Garden, Dion & The Belmonts reunited for a single show.

2000: Garth Brooks tied Bruce Springsteen's album, "Live 1975-1985" for 13 million units sold.  The album that did it was "Double Live."

June 1:

1653, 1755 & 1804: Not concerned with ego.

1967: The Beatles released "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in Britain.  It was released in the U.S. the next day.

1971: In Tupelo MS, Elvis' birthplace was opened to the public.

2002: New genres was the flavor and they didn't always taste that good.

May 31:

1656: Born again.  Not really but it sounded that way.

1941: Going on sale for the first was "Parade: The Weekly Picture Newspaper."

1976: In England, The Who made the Guinness Book of World Records when they were recorded as the loudest rock band ever.  They managed to put out 120 decibels and 76,000 watts.

1987: Hair metal was kickin'.

May 30:

1962: The first American jazz band played in the Soviet Union, led by Benny Goodman.

1978: Brains rustled attempting to write the next hit.

1992: Edie Brickell married Paul Simon.

1997: Neil Young sliced his finger while simultaneously slicing a sandwich.  The whole European tour was cancelled.

May 29:

1860 & 1897: Not caring much about an audience.

1950: One of the first outdoor rock festivals took place at the Herndon Stadium in Atlanta.  On the bill was B.B. King, Jimmy Reed and Ray Charles.

1981: Prince debuted in Europe for the first time.

2016: Music and Beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 28:

1883: From music to vacuum?

1955: According to Billboard, "Davy Crockett" is the most popular song in America.

1976: Awww Maaan!!!  Tha Allman Brothers broke up.  Oh, wait!!  They got back together in 1978.

May 27:

1822: Imagine how it feels to want to be one of these guys.

1964: At a school in Coventry, England, 11 boys were suspended for having a hair style similar to Mick Jagger's.

1989: The Polish Labor Movement in Warsaw bestowed the Badge Of Solidarity upon Stevie Wonder.

2016: Sleep is sweet music.

May 26:

1893: There are most likely about 1-5 people reading about these composing births.

1918: Imagine the street performers. 

1973: "Smoke On The Water" was released by Deep Purple.  Neighborhood bands caught on quickly.

1998: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Coca-Cola jingle was aired.

May 25:

1735: Something musically significant happens every day.

1969: At Merriweather Post Pavilion, Led Zeppelin and the Who were on the bill.

1973: In NY's Central Park, more then 100,000 people showed up for a Carole King concert.

1978: Keith Moon appeared with the Who for the last time.

May 24:

1781: No one to announce their coming, just artistry.

1979: The group Genesis worked the box office at L.A.'s Roxy, to selling tickets for their own show.

1998: At the Fox Theater in Mashantucket, CN, the first Native American Music Awards took place.

2016: Stay up late, find a quiet place and listen to a new genre.

May 23:

1794 &1912: They kind of had a right to be snooty, but probably weren't.

1969: The Who released "Tommy."

1971: Awwww Maaaan, Iron Butterfly broke up.

2016: Many of us are still grooving the way that music intended us to groove.  Zee hit notteth escape during that typing period.

May 22:

1813: "He's the man" was not a popular saying back then, but he was the man.

1966: "That's What You Get" was recorded by Bruce Springsteen and his first band.  The band was the Castilles, it was their only record and was never released.

1992: The funeral of a 9 year old boy killed in a drive by shooting took place.  All costs were covered by Michael Jackson.

2003: Selling for $3.47 million dollars at an auction was Beethoven's final manuscript of the Ninth Symphony.

May 21:

1959: "Gypsy" the musical began its Broadway run.

1970: CSNY released "Ohio."

2016: Try to break a glass with your voice.  Go ahead hit a high note.  For best results use a water glass, not a wine, beer or whiskey glass for goodness sake.

May 20:

1954: "Rock Around the Clock" was released by Bill Haley and the Comets.

1970: Opening in the UK was The Beatles film, "Let It Be."

2008: Tis Frank Sinatra Day.  That's right, a resolution passed by Congress to honor the artist's contributions to America.

May 19:

1616 & 1884: From infants to shining bright.

1904: Hard working times when music was a real treat.

1961: The record label Calliope was made public.  It was owned by The Everly Brothers.

1975: The album, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" by Elton John became the first album released in the U.S. to sell one million copies on its release date.

May 18:

1830: A Mark of Gold.

1911: Composer and one of the world's most notable conductors, Gustav Mahler, passed on to Music Heaven.  His last word was "Mozart."

1968: Tiny Tim's version of "Tiptoe through the Tulips" was released.  That's really the only thing you need to know about music history.

2016: I've really been thinking about singing very loud at work.

May 17:

1866 & 1923: Push yourself listen to one composition.  If you need to keep pushing, it's not for you.

1963: Headlining the first Monterey Folk Festival in CA, Joan Baez.

1980: Peter Criss said "See Ya" to KISS.  Beth was happy.

May 16:

1970: Randy Bachman said "See Ya" to the Guess Who.

1983: For the first time before a live audience, Michael Jackson performed the moon walk.  This occurred on TV.

2000: Prince reclaimed the name "Prince."  

May 15:

1567 & 1813: You don't really want to take a break from this.

1957: Elvis Presley was rushed to a  hospital after inhaling a cap from his tooth which went to his lung.  WTF.

1961: A distinctive smokey aroma began to fill the air.

1994: Receiving Honorary Doctorates of Music from Berklee College was Nancy Wilson and Sting.

May 14:

1805: You can't avoid classical forever, and you son't want to.

1904: Were there power chords yet?  Probably.

1956: Unable to get used to contact lenses, Buddy Holly switched back to his familiar glasses.

1998: Frank Sinatra passed on to Music Heaven.

May 13:

1842: Pipe down?  I think not.

1970: The film "Let It Be" starring The Beatles, premiered in New York.

1977: Making her NY City debut at the Bottom Line music venue in Greenwich Village, Dolly Parton.

May 12:

1739, 1754, 1755, 1842, 1845 &1903: Keying it up for an Ivory party.

1963: Before "The Ed Sullivan Show" had a chance to start, Bob Dylan discovered that he would not be allowed to play "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues", and he walked on down the road.

1977: "Hotel California" went gold.

2016: Stoned while reading this?  Your better off.

May 11:

1791 & 1895: Never take them lightly.

1965: On NBC's show Hullabaloo, The Byrds made their TV debut.

1990: 31 years after his death, Ritchie Valens received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

May 10:

1697 & 1855: How amazing is it that all of these amazing artists from the days of candlelight and blacksmithing are available by pushing a few buttons.

1964: Making her television debut on the "Ed Sullivan Show" was Dusty Springfield.

1971: Psychedelic mama!!!!

1985:  Awww Man, The Go-Go's broke up.

2003: Berklee College of Music bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Music on Steven Tyler.

May 9:

1740, 1814 & 1865: Hold a note and direct it at the sky!!

1944: Jimmie Davis, the writer of "You Are My Sunshine", became Governor of Louisiana.

1998: Jimmy Page and Puff Daddy performed the song "Come With Me" together on Saturday Night Live.

May 8:

1742, 1745 & 1829: If you're reading this, proceed to the light classical genre for stress relief.  Add your own benefits as needed.

1972: At Radio City Music Hall, Billy Peston was the first rock artist to perform.  

1998: Hollywood's Rock Walk inducted Johnny Winter.

2016: It's more than a slight difference between people who live for karaoke and this who are there for that one evening to sing.

May 7:

1704, 1833, 1840 & 1901: Can you handle it?  Probably not.  1840 was Tchaikovsky.

1824: For the first time, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed.

1968: Changing his name to Elton John was Reginald Dwight.  I would have changed it.

1998: Lead vocalist Steve Perry said See Ya!! to Journey.

May 6,

1858: Tuned by ear I imagine.

1973: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel began their first world tour together which began in Boston.

2005: To honor his musical accomplishments, a life-size statue of James Brown was unveiled in Augusta, GA.  Everyone there felt good.

May 5:

1584: No way to record a tune.  Retention was a must.

1708, 1819 & 1869: The sound of a pitch so sweet and alluring.

1891: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first artist to perform at The Music Hall which later became Carnegie Hall.

1968: In Long Beach, CA, Buffalo Springfield performed their final concert.

1999: At the 34th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Garth Brooks was named Artist of the Decade.

May 4:

1860, 1870 & 1905: The elite keep coming.

1886: The first model of the phonograph was patented by Charles S. Tainter and Chichester Bell.  It was called the gramaphone.

1959: The first American Grammys took place.

2016: How can one work when there's so much music to listen to.

May 3:

1939: Being recorded by The Andrews Sisters was "Beer Barrel Polka."

1960: The musical "The Fantasticks" opened and became the longest running musical in history when it reached performance #10,000 on May 13,1984.

1969: Jimi Hendrix was arrested for possession of hashish and heroin.  Can you imagine such a thing?

1972: Marijuana is still not legalized.  WTF!!!!!!

May 2:

1660, 1752, 1843 & 1905: Back on track with a quadruple melodic whack.

1979: After the death of Keith Moon, The Who performed their first concert with new drummer, Kenney Jones, formerly of Faces.

1982: Aw Man, Adam and the Ants broke up.

1992: Receiving an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berklee College of music was Bonnie Raitt.

May 1:

1872: Guess what profession.

1967: Elvis married Priscilla Beaulieu.  She would later go on to star in "The Naked Gun" movies.

1972: Paul Simon's self-titled debut album was released.

1979: Becoming the first pop artist to perform in Israel, was Elton John.

2016: Lovey Dovey with deep drum beat. 

April 30:

2016: Playing me glockenspiel all day.  Tune in next year for April 30 music history or be proactive and look it up.

April 29:

1636 & 1899: If only to experience history first hand.

1976: Whoops!!!  Elvis wasn't home when Bruce Springsteen climbed the Graceland wall to meet him.

April 28:

1986: The compact disc of a record was released before the vinyl.  This was the first time for this occurrence and the album was "The Art of Excellence" by Tony Bennett.

1989: Jon Bon Jovi married his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley.

2016: Just to perform. 

April 27:

1767 & 1891: Coming into the world to create Wonderfulness

1964: "In His Own Write," a collection of funny poems and drawings by John Lennon, was published in the U.S,

1981: The marriage of Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach took place in London.

1981: Wing broke up, WTF.

2006: Keith Richards fell out of a palm tree.  A blade of grass broke his fall.

April 26:

1975: "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" by B.J. Thomas became the longest song title to top the Billboard popular music chart.

1982: In the daylight, Rod Stewart was mugged in Los Angeles.  He was not hurt but of course the real question is; did the attacker think he was sexy?

1999: Sinead O'Connor became the first woman priest for the Latin Tridentine Church.  Sounds Great!!!!

2003: Slam-a-wam-bam-jam-jammy-wang-tam!!!!

April 25:

1690: Not much competition in those days.

1961: Making his last stage appearance for approximately 8 years was Elvis.

2016: Still in Purple Mourning. 

April 24:

1721: Another Johann.

1934: Granted a patent for the pipeless organ was Laurens Hammond.

1961: His recording debut was a harmonica solo on Harry Belafonte's song, "Midnight Special."  Yes we're talking about Bob Dylan.

1990: While constructing the stage set for "The Wall," in Potsdamer Platz, Germany, the Roger Waters road crew found an unexploded World War II bomb. 

April 23:

1623: Kick out the jams?

1772: The national anthem of France, "La Marseillaise" was written by Claude Joseph Rouget.

1981: In Stuttgart, Germany, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash got back together and recorded "The Survivors."

1984: Thank goodness for cassette tapes. 

April 22:

1658: I trust you're looking up some of these classics.

1956 Making his Las Vegas debut was Elvis Presley.

1969: From Winston to Ono, John Lennon changed his middle name.

1978: On Saturday Night Live, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi made their debut as The Blues Brothers.

2016: Start playing an instrument early in life.  It could mean the difference between 9 to 5 and naming your price.

April 21:

1899: He did not know what composing was in his birth century.

1970: Opening for T. Rex in London was Elton John in his concert debut.

1977: Opening on Broadway was "Annie."

1994; Making a record was really not a big thing unless you're the one making it.

2016: Prince passed on to Incredible Music Heaven.

April 20:

1881: Did somebody say maestro? 

1935: For the first time, the radio show, "Your Lucky Hit Parade" was broadcast and lasted 24 years.

1959: The single "Puppy Love" was released by Dolly Parton.  It was her first.

1992: Eight different artists including Elton John, David Bowie, Liza Minnelli and Guns N' Roses performed at a memorial concert in London for Freddie Mercury.

2016: All I wanna do is play guitar!!!!

April 19:

1660, 1868 & 1892: Letting the wind out and the wind shall soothe. 

1945: Opening at the Majestic Theatre in NY City was the musical "Carousel."

2008: Metallica kicked of the "Record Store Day" event.  This celebrated record stores that were independently owned.

2016: Bangin' on the drum all day for the next 5 days.

April 18:

1796: The first opera written by an American composer was performed in NY City.  It was "The Archers" by Benjamin Carr.

1819, 1863 & 1907: The tuning fork of life.

1973: Making its debut was Neil Young's movie, "Journey Through the Past."  This happened at the Dallas Film Festival.

1984: Surgery was done on Michael Jackson's scalp (you don't say) after his hair caught on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.  What did they mix it with, a dash of the Sex Pistols?

2016: It's time for some dodge ball and the recording of the flat note off the ass and the sharp off my gleaming frontal lobe protector.  

April 17:

1683, 1741, 1774 & 1882: OHHHH YEEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!  Ting--------

1964: The lyrics could not be determined by the FBI lab.  Not a lot of criminal activity going on I suppose.

1969: Performing their concert as an independent band was The Band.

1970: Invited to the White House by Richard Nixon, Johnny Cash performed "A Boy Named Sue."

April 16:

1956: "Blue Days, Black Nights" was released as Buddy Holly's first single.

1971: The Rolling Stones released their first single on their own record label, Rolling Stones Records.  It was "Brown Sugar."

1972: Playing their first live show in England was Electric Light Orchestra.

1999: The Nashville Songwriters Association International named Shania Twain, songwriter/artist of the year.  She was the first woman to achieve this honor.

2006: 42 more genres then 1940.

April 15:

1688: Just one can make a bigger impact then all of the fast food employees put together.

1899: No computers to worry about for the new century so they just sang about it.

1996: Jerry Garcia's ashes were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge.  California was grateful.

April 14:

1958: Winning the International Tchaikovsky piano competition was Van Cliburn.

1963: After a Rolling Stones concert in Richmond, England, the Stones and Beatles met for the first time.

1980: The self-titled album from Iron Maiden was released.

2016: Tomorrow is Monday and I will be singing when I open my eyes.

April 13:

1674: Disco balls were not even an idea.

1816: Figaroooooooooooo!!!!

1970: Becoming the first band to sell out the Montreal Forum was Led Zeppelin.

1980: After 3,883 shows on Broadway, the musical "Grease" closed.

1985: "The Grand Ole Opry" made its television debut.

 April 12:

1716, 1722 & 1801: More rhythm & melody & harmony & toe tapping to come.

1963: At Town Hall in NY City, Bob Dylan put on his first solo concert. 

1973: Doing anything at all in a meadow was popular.

1988: Palm Springs, CA. elected Sonny Bono as their new mayor.

2002: Ozzy Osbourne was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

April 11:

1682: At the end of a rough day, classical can be a soothing reward.

1961: In Greenwich Village, Bob Dylan made his singing debut opening for John Lee Hooker.

1970: Paul McCartney temporarily left The Beatles due to differences with Lennon.

1991: Ringo Starr made a guest appearance on The Simpsons.  Animated as usual.

2016: Just stop and hummmm something already, you'll feel better.

April 10:

1633 & 1864: Discovering music still happens, it's just not as rich.

1957: For the first time on the TV show "Adventure's of Ozzie and Harriet," Ricky Nelson sang a song.  It was "I'm Walking."

1971: John Denver appeared for the first time on the charts with "Take Me Home Country Roads."

1978: On the cover of People magazine, Cher appeared with Gene Simmons as a couple.

April 9:

1627 & 1717: Were they classically rocking?

1970: Paul McCartney said See Ya to The Beatles.

1976: Phil Ochs passed on to Music Heaven.

1983: Playing his last show with Metallica was Dave Mustaine.

2007: Apple sold its 100 millionth iPod.  Makes you want to just sit and think of ideas.

April 8:

1533, 1692 & 1843: If only to go back in time for one song each.

1971: Chicago sold out Carnegie Hall for an entire week.  They were the first band to do so.

1994: The "Dark Side of the Moon" album became the 4th biggest selling in U.S. history.

2016: Due to attempting to make music at a very pathetic rate, the brain is at full power.

April 7:

1763: His name has Dragon in it.

1845: A Led Zeppelin song was accidentally, partially played by some musician somewhere, probably, maybe, maybe not, I don't know, we can fantasize if we want.

1981: Beginning their first European tour was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

1985: The group Wham! became the first American musical act to perform in China.

April 6:

1660, 1672 & 1815: Makes me want to catch a sound wave in my mouth.

1962: Youths were warned of the danger of "twisting."  Which of course made them explore twisting.

1971: At the Troubadour club in Los Angeles, James Taylor and Carly Simon met.

1990: Swinging from some scaffolding above his drum kit, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue, fell, banged his head and was then concussed.

2016: Karaoke is producing stars every day that nobody will ever hear of.

April 5:

1784 & 1869: What?  Two more?  Makes me want to sing!!

1978: Making their live debut was Duran Duran, which took place at The Lecture Theatre at Birmingham Polytechnic.

1980: A strange live debut here as R.E.M. rocked St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Athens, GA.

1985: At the same time, 5,000 radio stations across the world played "We Are the World."  And they were right.

1994: Kurt Cobain passed on to Music Heaven.

April 4:

1954: After a 17 year run, maestro Arturo Toscanini conducted his final concert  with the NBC Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

1959: Becoming Buddy Holly's 1st posthumous hit song at #13 was "It Doesn't Matter Anymore."

1964: For the first time in history the top 5 charting songs were all from the same artist, yes, The Beatles.

2002: Megadeath broke up.  SHIT!!!  

April 3:

1889 & 1895: Swished right out, twanged right up.

1904: Many musicians avoiding cool genres.

1955: On the show "Toast of the Town" with Ed Sullivan, Fred Astaire made his television dancing debut.

1998: Saying "see ya" to the Red Hot Cili Peppers was Dave Navarro.                                 

April 2:

1803: Franz Lachner, look him up.

1967: Steve Winwood said "see ya" to the Spencer Davis Group.  He then formed Traffic.

1974: Piccadilly Radio, the British station, went on the air.

2016: A good Bourbon is beautiful music all by itself.

April 1:

1582, 1866 & 1873: They nailed it and kicked classical ass.

1735: For the first time, Handel's "Organ Concerto in F major, Op. 4 No. 4" was performed.

1964: After 17 years, John Lennon was reunited with his father.

1965: A rock star woke up in a field, rolled over, and dreamed again.

1984: Marvin Gaye passed on to Music Heaven.

March 31:

1684 & 1732: I've lost count.

1943: On Broadway, Oklahoma debuted.

1967: The first British tour of the Jimi Hendrix Experience began.  It was also the first time he set a guitar on fire.  Later, that guitar sold for $450,000 at an auction.

1982: Aw man The Doobie Brothers broke up!! From "Romancing the Stone,"  Jack Colton; "Aw man!! The Doobie Brothers broke up."  Joan Wilder; "How long have you been here?" 

1995: Selena passed on to Music Heaven.

1998: At the Grosvenor House in London, the very first Celebration of Female Artists Awards took place.

March 30:

1957: Becoming the first artist to write and perform a #1 hit was Buddy Knox with the song "Paty Doll."

1975: "Blow by Blow," Jeff Beck's first solo album, was released in the U.S.

1978: It happened in London during, before or after the music.  No one is really sure.  Two members of The Clash, Topper Headon and Paul Simonon were arrested for shooting pigeons at  a rehearsal hall.

2016: The wife is in the same room and once again I'm listening to the background music on HGTV.  BLAH!!

March 29:

1719: The author of the first book of music history written in English, "The General History," Sir John Hawkins, was born.

1902 & 1936: The latter still kicking?

1942: Many were reaching for something new that sort of sounded like rock.

1998: In her homeland of Sudbury, Ontario, Shania Twain began her first headlining tour.

March 28:

1969: The unorthodox vocals of Joe Cocker were heard at his debut concert in America.

1976: Replacing Peter Gabriel as lead vocalist for Genesis was Phil Collins, beginning their North American concert dates.

1996: Leaving Genesis was Phil Collins to go solo.  20 years is a long time to stay with one group.

2016: It's Easter and the bunny cooking in the pot simmered to a G sharp.

March 27:

1851, 1892 & 1927: Everything was live at this point.

1958-1978: Every plant known to man was sampled in its burning form.

1986: Making his debut as lead singer for Van Halen was Sammy Hagar.

2002: Lyle Lovett was trampled by a bull.  Musicians are all over the place.

March 26:

1827: Beethoven passed on to Music Heaven.  A moment of silence please.

1828: Composer Franz Schubert performed his one and only live show.  It took place in Vienna, Austria.

1965: Guitarist, Jeff Beck took over for Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds.

1977: Elvis Costello released his first single, "Less Than Zero."

2016: Twang and pluck and pluck and twang. 

March 25:

1243: Bands were scarce.

1699, 1784 & 1881: Trust me, it never stops.

1961: In Pearl Harbor, Elvis Presley put on a concert hat raised $62,000 for U.S.S. Arizona memorial fund.  It would be his last live performance for the next 8 years.

1967: In NY, The Who made their concert debut.

1991: Madonna and Michael Jackson attended the Oscars together.

2004: A generous piece of Interstate 85 in Georgia was named after country music star Alan Jackson.  This came to be after Georgia's House of Representatives voted in favor 134-0.

March 24:

1958: Elvis was sworn in as a private of the U.S. Army.

1965: On the very first concert date of The Rolling Stones anniversary tour, Bill Wyman was rendered unconscious by an electric shock.  A musician's dream come true.

1973:  While playing a concert in Buffalo, NY, a fan who wanted a bit more then an autograph, bit Lou Reed on the ass.  Talk about a walk on the wild side!!

2016: It's Good Friday and I'm off work, free to bang on my drum all day.  Just as soon as I finish telling y'all about music.

March 23:

1750: "Whew it's good to be out of there.  Me me me me me, la la la la la.

1878: 128 years later, me me me me me, la la la la la.

1985: Billy Joel married Christie Brinkley.  His Uptown Girl.

1985: In San Antonio, TX, Julian Lennon put on his first concert.

1987: Praising black musicians and producers, the Soul Train Music Awards debuted.

2016: The wind on a power line creates quite the impossible pitch.

March 22

1865 & 1868: Yaba Duba, blow a tuba.

1958: At the age of 8, Hank Williams Jr. made his stage debut which took place in Swainsboro, GA.

1963: Released in the UK was "Please Please Me," The Beatles first album.

March 21:

1685: AHHHHHHH Bach!!

1839: His first name was Modest.

1918: A rare American.

1933: No Rock yet.

1952: the very first Rock 'n' Roll show took place at  the Cleveland Arena and was called The Moondog Coronation Ball.

1984: In honor of John Lennon, a part of New York's Central Park was renamed "Strawberry Fields."  I think it is also called Contact Buzz.

1989: After hosting the TV show "American Bandstand," Dick Clark announced he would no longer be doing so.

March 19 & 20: 

On the Appalachian Trail, but I did think about music history.

March 18:

2016: Haunting music from the film "The Edge" starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin is playing in the background.

March 17:

1839: "Now young man you will sit here at this piano until you learn everything."  "But mommy, I'm only two."  "That does not matter in the least."  "Can I at least have my binky?"  "Certainly angel.  Open up."  Suck suck suck suck, GGGGGGG, suck suck suck suck, E flat E flat E flat.....

1956: Carl Perkins made his TV debut on ABC.

1968: On the Ed Sullivan Show, The Bee Gees made their television debut.

2016: Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, grunge, hip hop & punk were all on the menu for last night's jam session.

March 16:

1947: Making her professional radio vocal debut was Margaret Truman, accompanied by the Detroit Symphony.

1979: Three years before Heavy Metal/Glam Metal group Twisted Sister signed their first record deal or even released a record, they became the first artists to sellout the Palladium in NY City.  You can't stop it!!!

1991: Passing on to Music Heaven were 7 members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager.

1999: The first Diamond Awards were presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  This achievement is for a single selling 10,000 or more copies.

March 15:

1835 & 1864: When did they stop keeping track of these wonders.

1945: The first album ranked #1 by Billboard when they started their Top Albums Chart was "The Nat King Cole Trio."

1956: Opening on Broadway was "My Fair Lady."

1974: Somewhere at an outdoor concert, somewhere in the U.S., down South, lasting a few days, a dude consumed a substance, looked up in the sky and knew he was in the right place, forever!! 

March 14:

1681 & 1804: Music was strong in the Old Country.  1804 was Johann Strauss.

1980: Acquiring a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was Quincy Jones.

1998: Making his first solo television appearance in 53 years was Ray Charles.  This happened on QVC.  He must have been confused or blind.

2016: Ticketmaster has endured.

March 13:

1860: Let's do some howlin'.

1965: Saying see ya to the Yardbirds was Eric Clapton.

1987: Making significant history was Bryan Adams with his single "Heat of the Night" when it became the first cassette released in the U.S. in commercial form.  Remember cassettes?

1990: Out in de desert, the Middle East to be exact, MTV emerged.

2016: A fire complete with drinking and smoking accessories, friends, chocolate, harmonica, hand drum, and ridiculousness.  

March 12:

1710 & 1837: Feeding at first, then composing.

1969: Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman.

1969: 120 joints were found by police at the house of George Harrison and his wonderful wife, Patti.  They were then arrested.

1974: John Lennon was thrown out of the Troubador Club in L.A. for being a heckler during the comedy of Tom Smothers.

1969-1974: Ringo Starr laid low. 

March 11:

1969: The Jackson 5 signed with Motown.

1997: Queen Elizabeth made Paul McCartney a knight.  He attained yellow armor and made a submarine-like noise.

2016: You should always have some background music playing in your mind to accompany your every move. 

March 10:

1839, 1844 & 1892: The electronic switch is in your hands to see if they agreed or went on different paths with their brilliance.

1940: Becoming the first opera to ever be featured on television was "I Pagliacci" by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.

1988: Andy Gibb passed on to Music Heaven.

2016: Just listened to "Get the led out," a block of LedZeppelin at 10pm on 100.7 FM The Bay every week night.  Balmore Hon!!!

March 9:

1737 & 1910: Coming atcha from many generations ago.

2016: The rest was unremarkable.  Play some music. 

March 8:

1714: The initials are C.P.E.B.

1962: On the radio show, "Teenager's Turn," history was made in the form of The Beatles performing for the first time  on BBC radio in Great Britain.

1970: In Framingham, MA, Diana Ross performed for the first time as a solo artist.

1973: For growing marijuana on his Scottish farm, Paul McCartney was fined $240.  Whew!!!  That really hit him in the bud-get.

1974: The classic rock group, Bad Company performed for the first time in England.

March 7:

1858, 1875 & 1887: All of the different styles, melodies and brilliance, are you curious yet?

1939: "Auld Lang Syne" was recorded.

1994: I do not need permission from the copyright holder to use a twisted tune.

2016: ....the genres and you, the S.O.D. seeker.

March 6:

1989: "Inside My Life," the autobiography of Smokey Robinson was released.

1998: At MuchMusic's headquarters in Toronto, Madonna did a live interview.  Very rare.

2016: ....contests that have to do with....

March 5:

1735: Performed for the first time was Handel's Organ Concerto in B flat major.

1853 & 1887: Just sit and listen.

1960: Elvis was discharged from the Army, honorably of course.

1982: John Belushi passed on to Music and Comedy Heaven.  The Masterbaker!!! 

2002: The first episode of "The Osbournes" appeared on MTV.

March 4:

1877: The ballet "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky debuted.

1982: Frank Zappa's children, Moon Unit & Dweezil, formed a band called Fred Zeppelin, as reported by Rolling Stone magazine.  Originals not being original.

1993: Patti LaBelle got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2016: ....intrigue and suspense coming soon....

March 3:

1931: The song, "Defense of Fort McHenry" became the American National Anthem.  At least it was named that originally.  By this time it was known as The "Star Spangled Banner."

1966: Buffalo Springfield was formed.

1979: Starting their first world tour was Van Halen.

2016: There will be....

March 2:

1824, 1900 & 1921: Hobbity Bobbity Shippity Doop!!

1975: Not much happened.

1981: Not a big deal.

2016: I stared from across the room at a dusty, desirable bass guitar.

March 1:

1810 & 1826: Have you ever even tried to play piano?  1810 was Chopin.

1941: In Nashville, the first FM radio station went on the air.  Sorry, no word on the first song, make up your own.

1958: Beginning their only British tour was Buddy Holly & the Crickets.

1968: June Carter and Johnny Cash were hitched.

1985: In a Lincoln-Mercury U.S. TV commercial, the song "Help" by The Beatles was featured.  This marked the first time a Beatles song was used in a U.S. commercial.

February 29:

1792 & 1852: Sorry, no internet yet.  You were either taght of self-taught.  

2000: A public monument to honor Carlos Santana was announced in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico.  Work to begin soon.

2016: Nothing much ever does happen on Leap Day. 

February 28:

1876 &1877: Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Hold that note with me, Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Come on, Laaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Whatever pitch you like, Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Pause, Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Pick it up, Laaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Beautiful!!!!!

1968: Frankie Lymon passed on to Music Heaven.

1970: After the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatened to sue, Led Zeppelin played a concert in Denmark under the name "Nobs."

1974: Bobby Bloom passed on to music Heaven.

1984: Setting the record for the most Grammy Awards was Michael Jackson with 8.

2016: It's a lazy Sunday and when we're done here, it's strollin' out to the fire time with some sippin' whiskey, a harmonica and a slingshot. 

February 27:

1848: A composer and a Sir.

1967: "Arnold Layne" was recorded by Pink Floyd.  It was their first single.

2016: The rest of the history for this day was musicians getting arrested, released from jail, having sex, getting sick or expanding their egos.

February 26:

1770 & 1879: Itsy bitsy tunesmiths. 

1955: The .45rpm was selling better then the .78.

1965: "She Just Satisfies" was released by Jimmy Page which was his first single as a solo artist.

1990: R&B singer Cornell Gunter of The Coasters and Platters fame, passed on to Music Heaven.

2016: You can use the handles of utensils to play the drums on plates and other dinnerware to create an array of pings and pangs that can be soothing or offensive to the ear. 

February 25:

1727: Well it wasn't a painter's birth.

1824: No Rap yet.

1952: Cole Porter's "Kiss Me Kate" was copyrighted, becoming the first choreographed musical to accomplish this.  I'll go for Kate Winslet.

1992: A Lifetime Achievement Award was Presented to james Brown.

1995: At the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic Golf Tournament in front of approximately 1,200 guests, Sinatra performed for the last time for a live audience.

1998: Receiving Lifetime Achievement Grammy Awards was Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison. 

February 24:

1766 & 1771: They might have worked and played together both as gifted composers and adolescents with melodic dreams circling their cerebral cavity.

1956: Unless you were 18 or over or accompanied by an adult, you were not allowed to dance in public in Cleveland.  What in the Bam Slammers!!!!

1976: Becoming the first album in the U.S. to be certified Platinum by the RIAA was The Eagles "Greatest Hits."

1992: The marriage of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love took place in Hawaii.  Quite the team!!

1998: Queen Elizabeth knighted Elton John at Buckingham Palace.  He probably doesn't wear armor.

2016: Tambourines can be used as a frisbee weapon.

February 23:

1648, 1685, 1730, 1811, 1848, 1876, 1876, 1886, 1887, 1924 & 1927: Holy Sheet Music!!!!

1970: Ringo Starr made his first solo TV spot on "Laugh In."

1979: Kicking off their first U.S. tour was Dire Straits which occurred in Boston.  Money for nothing.

1994: In Las Vegas, a ground breaking ceremony took place for the opening of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

2000: Tying Michael Jackson's record for the most Grammys in one night was Carlos Santana.  The number was 8.

2016: Let all genres live somewhere in your heart and mind.

February 22:

1817 & 1834: They're classic.

1956: "Heartbreak Hotel" became the first song by Elvis to place on a chart.

1968: The first single was released by Genesis, "The Silent Sun."

1984: Rock & Roll is immense.

February 21:

1791, 1801, 1836, 1844 & 1893: No more job opening in the field.

1958: Gibson shipped the first Flying V guitar from MI.  With a name like that you would assume it went airmail.

1970: On "American Bandstand," The Jackson 5 made their television debut.

1995: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band made their first live appearance in 7 years which took place at a nightclub in NY City.

2016: Make today, a Sunday, an "I just wanna play the radio day," and see what happens from there.

February 20:

1745, 1763, 1770, 1791 and 1802:

1966: Thousands of children somewhere in their homes, listen to the radio in wonder of the new sound  called Rock & Roll.

1997: The rock group Phish was honored by Ben and Jerry naming an ice cream after them called Phish Food.  What could be better?

February 19:

1743: He's got the touch.

1974: Making its TV debut was the "American Music Awards" with Dick Clark.  

1980: Bon Scott passed on to Rock & Roll Heaven.

1995: The marriage of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee took place.  Other men weeped.

1997: Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was Miles Davis. 

2016: Use your heart and mind to make music what you want it to be.

February 18:

1735: Performed in South Carolina, "Flora" was the first opera to be seen in America.

1939: A late bloomer.

1974: The album "KISS" was released by the group KISS.  It was self titled in case you were wondering and it was called "KISS."

1990: Freddie Mercury made his last appearance with Queen.  It happened at the Brit Awards where the group received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

2016: The last dance with MariJane should always occur approximately less then 10 seconds before death.

February 17:

1653, 1820, 1862 & 1887:  Like a gang of melody.

1969: Johnny Cash in Nashville, TN, recorded songs with Bob Dylan but the only tune to come out of the collaboration was "Girl from the North Country."

1971: On the "Johnny Cash Show," James Taylor made his TV debut.

1976: Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society awarded Bette Midler, "Woman of the Year."

2016: I ate some Pudding while singing "Beast of Burden. 

February 16:

1709: There was music in her belly.

1972: Kicking off his first British tour was Ricky Nelson.

1975: The television premiere of Cher's talk show featured Raquel Welch, Wayne Rogers and Tatum O'Neal.  Weird combination.

1999: In Minnesota, "Rolling Stones Day" was declared.  It was cold, cold, cold.

2016: The Grammys are on so it's an enjoyable night.

February: 15:

1847: Playing solo.

1958: Appearing as the first performers on The Dick Clark Show were, Jerry Lee lewis, Connie Francis and Pat Boone.

1965: Nat King Cole passed on to Music Heaven.

1967: The group Chicago was born.

1975: Performing on Soul Train was Gino Vannelli, the very first white musician to do so.

2016: Whenever Valentine's Day started-2015: Extra Love efforts.  You gotta wonder how many serenades along the way.

February 14:

1813 & 1882: Go on, orchestrate guys. 

1972: On The Mike Douglas Show, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their week long stint as co-hosts.

1972: In Los Angeles as Steppenwolf announced their break-up, the city declared it Steppenwolf Day.

1974: Married on Valentines Day, The Captain & Tennille.

1977: In Athens, GA, The B52s performed their first concert together.

1998: At a hotel in Las Vegas, singer-songwriter T.G. Sheppard acted as best man at 35 weddings.  It had to do with a promotion for Sheppard's song, "She's Gettin' the Rock."

2001: The show "Timeless" was seen on FOX TV.  It was a farewell-tour concert for Barbara Streisand. 

2016: Hummmm and eat chocolate. 

February 13:

1778 & 1870: Heaven is a musical place. 

1914: ASCAP or the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers began.  Its main function is to protect the copyrighted compositions of its members.

1972: Arriving in Singapore was Led Zeppelin to do a concert.  The fuzz wouldn't let them off the plane because their hair was too long.  The concert was cancelled.  People have since evolved. 

1988: In Santa Ynez, California, a ranch was purchased by Michael Jackson that he dubbed, Neverland. 

1989: After making it halfway through the large empty room of a commercial building, painting the baseboard with the HIGH intensity mold killer, KILZ, I proceeded to walk outside and sing "Down On the Boondocks" very loudly for anyone that happened to be in the area. 

2005: Posthumously, Ray Charles won 8 Grammy Awards for "Genius Loves Company," the last album he made.

February 12:

1760: Play it Jan!!

1961: Motown's first single selling one million copies was "Shop Around" by The Miracles.

1968: Jimi Hendrix received a key to the city and an honorary high school diploma from his hometown of Seattle.  He also played for the students of the high school he dropped out of, Garfield High School.  

1997: Davi "Ziggy Stardust" Bowie received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2016: If an old guitar that has been forgotten is lying untouched for years and it pops a string with no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?

February 11:

1830 & 1830: Together they twang & ring & pluck & beat &....

1916: Becoming the first municipal orchestra to be supported by taxes was the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra playing its first public concert.

1964: At the Coliseum in Washington DC, The Beatles played their first U.S. concert.

1972: "Ziggy Stadust" (David Bowie) performed for the first time.  I was 10.

February 10:

1968: To the Apple record company, The Beatles turned over all of their business affairs.

1978: Van Halen released their debut, self-titled album.

1993: For the first time in 15 years, Michael Jackson did an interview of which Oprah Winfrey was the lucky host.

2016: Decide what makes you want to sing more.  The shower, the opposite sex, beer, Fridays at 5pm?

February9:

1893: Giuseppe Verdi performed his last opera in the form of "Falstaff."  This occurred in Milan, Italy.

1964: On The Ed Sullivan Show, 73 million people watched The Beatles during their TV debut in the U.S.  This set a record.

1964: The Monkees' Davy Jones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for his TV debut in America.  The bugs and the primates on the same night.

1969: The sister of Barbara Streisand, Roslyn Kind made her television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. 

1972: At Nottingham University in England, Wings made their concert debut.

19?-2016: Lots of things have been hidden in the sound hole of a guitar.

February 8:

2016: Out of town thinking about music history.  I do know however that George Harrison's tonsils were removed on this day in 1969.  They were then destroyed to keep the public from bidding on them.

February 7

1871 & 1897: The Hammar and the Porter.  Actually a porter has been known to use a hammer now and again.

1964: The Beatles touch down in New York to begin their first U.S. tour. 

1979: At Berkeley Community Theatre in San Francisco, The Clash begin their first U.S. tour.

1979: In the Los Angeles' Record Plant Studio, Stephen Stills becomes the first musician to record on digital equipment.  It was a new version of "Cherokee."

2016: Look!!  Up in the sky!!  It's an invisible bird!!  It's an invisible plane!!  No!!  It's radio waves..

February 6:

1818: His initials are H.C.L., Hot Composer Love.  I don't know.

1943: Frank Sinatra singing on the radio on the show "Your Hit Parade," was his debut as a vocalist.

1987: In the movie "Light Of Day," Joan Jett made her acting debut alongside Michael J. Fox.

2016: It's Friday so do what you want to do, like pick up an instrument and just start playing.

February 5:

1957: Starting out on his first British tour was Bill Haley.

1998: At the White House, Stevie Wonder & Elton John played a gig.

2016: Being a musician is a real job, and trust me, it's realized.

February 4:

1892: Music composition was his idea and all of us were just ideas.  Probably nobody looking at this however.

1983: Karen Carpenter passed on to Music Heaven.

1999: Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was Freddy Fender.

2016: Just got back from a jam session where we created a Heavy Metal scat tune.

February3:

1736, 1809 & 1911: Time to get out the Ouiji Board yet? 

1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper passed on to Music Heaven.

1961: Bob Dylan made his first recording.  It was "San Francisco Bay Blues" and happened in NY.

1966: A lot less idiots and wrong-doers were present.  Not a musical reference at all but had to say it.  

1993: Gloria Estefan received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

February 2:

1714: His name was Gottfried, but not Gilbert.

1949: Being released was the very first 45 RPM record.

1963: Starting their first British tour was The Beatles.

1973: "Midnight Special" debuted on NBC.

February 1:

1669, 1877 & 1907: They played it to their advantage.

1963: Performing his 1st professional gig at age 17 was Neil Young in Winnipeg at a country club.

1988: The Cars broke up. It was just what they needed.

2002: Receiving the very first Hall Of Fame Award for Guitar World magazine was Kirk Hammett of Metallica.

2016: Ting Ting Ting went the metal chair.

January 31:

1759, 1797, 1798 & 1906: Music was one profession in the violent 1700s that usually kept you out of the violence.

1979: Bo Diddley was the opening act for The Clash's concert in Vancouver, the starting point of the group's 1st North American tour.

1984: A musician wrote half a song in an altered state and the next day tried to finish it in an unaltered state.  Half creative, half boring.

1998: In Long Branch, N.J. a benefit concert was held for the family of police Sgt. Patrick King, killed in the line of duty in 1997.  The concert was called the "Come Together" benefit concert.

2001: Drummer Peter Criss left KISS.

2010: For receiving 6 Grammy Awards, Beyonce' set a record for female performers.

January 30: 

1697 & 1861: Eight generations and one octave apart. 

1969: The Beatles performed "Get Back" which was filmed for the movie "Let It Be." It was the last time they played together as a group publicly.

1990: France's Culture Ministry named Bob Dylan a Commander in their Order of Arts and Letters.  Smoke weed and you'll go places.

1998: Elton John was knighted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.  Who wants to see him joust on a horse?

January 29:

1715, 1782, 1784, 1862 & 1876: "What, no I'm flat and he's sharp.  Right, those two are up tempo, and him, well he's off beat."

1972: Smokey Robinson said bye bye to The Miracles.

1996: At the American Music Awards, Garth Brooks turned down his award for Favorite Overall Artist commenting that Hootie and the Blowfish deserved it more.

2016: Hold 2 glass mugs with handles by the top of the handles by just your index fingers and bring their bottoms together slowly.  They will settle and slowly make an amazing sound.

January 28:

1722: Aaaahhhhhh Bach.

1956: Making his first appearance on National TV was Elvis Presley on "The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show."

1978: Ted Nugent autographed a fan's arm with a bowie knife at the man's request.

1985: More then 40 musicians got together to record "We Are the World" to fight world hunger.

1999: The Gold Records label was formed by Pat Boone.  Only artists over 45 were allowed to be signed.

January 27:

1756, 1806 & 1823: Hummmmm it with meeeeeeee.  1756 was Mozart.

1968: The Anaheim Convention Center in CA featured The Bee Gees making their U.S. debut.

1990: In Gainsville, FL, "Tom Petty Day" was declared due to it being his hometown.

2016: In Dundalk, MD, "I'm Gonna Skip Work Tomorrow and Listen to Every Genre Day" was declared.

January 26:

1956: Buddy Holly had his first recording session which took place in Nashville at the Decca Records recording studio.

1986: Long hair and hard rock was the best thing in the world.

1988: The "Phantom of the Opera" musical opened on Broadway.

1997: At Superbowl XXXI, the halftime show consisted of ZZ Top, the Blues Brothers and James Brown.  Had to be the best one ever.

January 25:

1851, 1886 & 1913: Oh play me some mountain music.  No wait, opera house.

1858: Queen Victoria marries the Crown Prince of Prussia marking the first time Mendelssohn's "Wedding March was played.

1958: The UK pop chart presented its first #1 single in the form of "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley.

1963: Making her first debut as a vocalist was Cilla Black.  This took place at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.  She passed on to Music Heaven last year on August 1st after 52 years of wonderfulness.

January 24:

1712, 1776 & 1918: Three is a music number.

1962: The bond was forged on paper as Brian Epstein became the Beatles manager.

1969: At a Led Zeppelin concert in NY City, Jethro Tull  made their U.S. debut as the opening act.

1995: Keith Richards was 20 years younger.  Did he look it?

2005: Accomplishing a milestone was the iTunes Store with 250 million sold.

January 23:

1753 & 1878: Oh man, do I have to be a famous composer: Words never spoken.

1981: At a hard rock concert somewhere, lots of girls were in the boys bathroom.

1986: In New York City the very first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held.

1989: For leading police on a car chase through 2 states, James Brown was sentenced to 6 years in jail.  Surpassing O.J.

1996: White Zombie was scheduled to do a concert in Johnson City but on this day the City Council said nope, we can't let you do it.

January 22:

1901 & 1916: The former may have been the latter's teacher and the latter could have been the former's keeper.

1962: Gene Chandler a.k.a. Duke of Earl, first appeared on TV on American Bandstand.

1990: Slash used bad words on the American Music Awards show.  Can you imagine?

2016: What color do you think music is?

January 21:

1966: Getting married was George Harrison and Patricia Boyd. 

1968: The movie soundtrack from "The Graduate" was released.  Cougars thou art loosed.

1982: Being donated to the University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture Was B.B. King's Record collection which consisted of close to 20,000 rare recording of the Blues.

1984: Being released in the U.S. was Bon Jovi's first album.

1987: Icon Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1990: The band Squeeze became the first act on MTV's "Unplugged."

January 20:

1586, 1703, 1855, 1870, 1894 & 1899: Tis a musical day. Can you hear it?

1973: Making his debut on the Grand Ole Opry was Jerry Lee Lewis.

1974: For the first time, 5 months after his brush with death auto accident, Stevie Wonder performed.

1982: It was the event we all heard about that took place during a concert in Des Moines, Iowa.  Ozzy bit the head off a bat and got to go to the hospital for the most enjoyable rabies shots.

2016: Tripped over me cow bell and crashed into me congo.

January 19: I was sick I'm tellin' ya!!!!

January 18:

1835 & 1841: Doubley Dang Rat-A-Tat-Tat Twing Twang Duo.

1965: President Lyndon Johnson was serenaded by Barbara Streisand and Bobby Darin for the presidential inauguration.

1973: For the Nicaraguan earthquake relief, the Rolling Stones raised $200,000 with a benefit concert.  Good ole Mick pitched in another $150,000 from his own pocket.

1974: Bad Company was formed.

1995: Crashing his BMW into a guardrail in California, Jerry Garcia was found undead and grateful.

2016: There should always be background music when feeding someone a spoonful of ice cream, even if one of the two involved hums or sings.

January 17:

1712, 1728, 1734 & 1850: Sing it, Hum it, Play it, Drum it.

1969: Elton John, known as Reginald Kenneth Dwight during this time, released "Lady Samantha" which was one of his first recordings.

1994: A boxing match took place between the Partridge Family's, Danny Bonaduce and Donny Osmond.  It was all for charity and Bonaduce won.

1996: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pink Floyd.

January 16:

1905: His first word was bass.

1957: In Liverpool, England, the Cavern Club opened which was where the Beatles got their start.

1996: In Las Vegas, Wayne Newton's 25,000th show took place.

1996: While Jimmy Buffet was flying his seaplane in Jamaica, U2's Bono accompanying him, Jamaican authorities fired upon them, thinking they were drug traffickers.  Were they?  Neither was hurt.

2009: For false imprisonment of a male escort, Boy George spent 15 months behind bars.  What kind of imprisonment are we talking here?

January 15:

1958: On the Perry Como show, The Everly Brothers made their British television debut.

1967: "Let's Spend the Night Together" went to "Let's Spend Some Time Together," due to being on the Ed Sullivan Show, where you just couldn't say that stuff.

1972: In Honolulu, Elvis put on a live concert by television and broke the record for the largest audience for a TV show.

2015: What a day for a daydream.

January 14:

1780: Three years later, no toys then, just real instruments.

1966: Not to be mistaken with the Monkees' Davy Jones, David Jones changed his name to David Bowie.

1970: In Las Vegas, Diana Ross made her last apperance with The Supremes.

1978: In San Francisco, the Sex Pistols played their last concert before dispersing.

2016: Off to work with music emanating from every pore.

January 13:

1683, 1690, 1866 & 1904: Play a composition from each one at the same time, grab some nature and WOOOOOOSH!!

1854: The first patent for the accordion was granted to Philadelphia native, Anthony Faas.

1968: It was discovered by Dr. K.C. Pollack that rock and roll concerts could damage teenage ears.  Isn't that how they wanted it?

1998: Lead vocalist, Kevin Dubrow of Quiet Riot was set free from jail.  He threw a fan on top of another fan at a concert which broke that fan's leg.  Oh my, he didn't pay for the fine set forth by a judge.  Really just a normal day in the heavy metal world.

January 12:

1715 & 1876: Never a day without composure.

1969: Released in the U.S. is Led Zeppelin's debut album.

1984: The first stop on Motley Crue's first U.S. tour is Madison Square Garden.

2016: Rock and Roll is still kicking every other music's ass.

January 11:

1856 & 1875: Sinding & Gliere, YYYEEESSS!!!

1963: The first disco club in the U.S. opened.  It was the Whiskey-a-Go-Go club in Los Angeles.

1964: Johnny Cash achieved the first #1 country album on the U.S. pop album chart with "Ring of Fire."

2016: Go to This Day in Music History to see why I didn't post the rest.

January 10:

1766: The violin in the concert halls, the bugle on the battlefield.

1956: Recording his very first songs for RCA Victor Records in Nashville was Elvis Presley.  The songs were "Heartbreak Hotel," "Money Honey," "I'm Counting On You," "I Was the One," and "I Got a Woman."

1978: Howlin' Wolf passed on to Blues Heaven.

1981: Opening on Broadway, the musical "The Pirates of Penzance" starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith.

1985: "Miami Vice" featured Ted Nugent as a guest star.  He may have had a vice cop or 2 in his life.

1997: Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was James Brown.

2016: David Bowie passes on to Inventive Music Heaven.

January 9:

1839: His last name was Paine but he brought pleasure to the ears.

1973: Rock stars being rock stars results in ridiculous drug busts which is why Mick Jagger could not get visa to the  Orient.

1979: Lots of musicians got together to play a benefit concert in New York called "A Gift Of Song."  It benefited UNICEF and consisted of  ABBA, Rod Stewart, Earth, Wind & Fire and a few others.

1992: Sting was on a Simpsons episode.  What next?

2016: Singing is sustained talking.  Just in case you didn't know. 

January 8:

1000-2015: Music stays strong through all the shit!!

1812: Going it alone.  More chance for stardom?  This comment has to do with composers being born almost every day.  Go back to the first musical day on the site and check out this breathtaking story. 

1906: At New York City's Carnegie Hall, classical pianist, Arthur Rubinstein made his debut.

1935: Elvis was born, some say with a silver spoon in his mouth.  I'm leaning toward a table spoon.

1974: From Casablanca, KISS received their first record deal.  They celebrated by dressing up.

1981: In 9 U.S. states, Elvis Presley Day was declared.

January 7:

1876 & 1899: Yipee Yahoo, Yahoo Yipee

1924: At the age of 26, George Gershwin composed "Rhapsody in Blue."

1955: At New York's Metropolitan Opera, vocalist Marian Anderson became the first African-American to grace the place..

1956-Present Day: Most of the world's singing occurs in the shower. 

January 6:

1695, 1838, 1850, 1856 and 1872: One for every limb including your head.

1958: Gibson's Flying V electric guitar was patented.

1976: The record company A&M, released the album, "Frampton Comes Alive" in the U.S.

1993: The announcement was made by Bill Wyman that he was leaving the Rolling Stones.

2016: Secret meetings are probably happening right now to devise a plan to bring disco back.

January 5:

1978: Their first U.S. concert took place.  That's right, we're talking about the Sex Pistols.  Things would never be the same again.  In a good way though.

1978: In Minnesota, in the city of Minneapolis, Prince made his solo debut.  It is his home town.

1998: A skiing accident took the life of Sonny Bono.

2016: Most musicians, a good percentage of them, would give you the shirt off their back.  They're artists, remember, so many of them have been without.  Just don't nag them about their trade and be nice.

January 4:

1710, 1720, 1874: How can anyone ever get tired of this except people who do not appreciate music.  Wait!!  What purpose do those people serve?

1936: Billboard magazine published the 1st pop music chart which was based on National sales.

1965: CBS purchased the Fender Guitar Company from Leo Fender for $13 million.

1972: The progressive rock band Yes released "Roundabout."

2016: Got a personal music history story?  Drop me a line and I'll probably post it as long as it's not depressing.

January 3:

1500-1900: A rare absence.

1964: On the Jack Paar Show, a part of a film was shown featuring The Beatles performing "She Loves You." This became their first U.S. television appearance.

1970: The Beatles recorded their last song together, "Kiss My Ass."  No, wait, sorry!  It was "I Me Mine."

1970: Leaving the Monkees was Davy Jones.

1987: Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Fifteen other artists were inducted on this date including Bill Haley.

January 2:

1732, 1837 &1905: Connected in many ways.

1968: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album, "Two Virgins" with a nude cover picture, forced police to confiscate a shipment.  In some ways we've evolved, in many ways we haven't.

1983: After 2,377 performances, the musical "Annie" closed on Broadway.

2016:  Not music's most exciting day.  I will however be playing the Djembe Drum this evening.

January 1:

1764: At Versailles in France, Mozart played for the Royal Family.

1953: Hank Williams passed on to Music Heaven.

1966: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet featuring Ricky Nelson filmed its last episode.  Definitely a milestone.

1979: A fan threw a fire-cracker on stage at a Bruce Springsteen concert and Bruce's cheek was torn open.  Did he catch it in his mouth?

1980: Being an ugly musician is cool.

1982: ABBA performed for the last time which took place in Stockholm.

1989: The rules were changed by the Recording Industry Association of America for a musical composition reaching gold and platinum status.

December 31:

1894 &1904: Zippity Doo Dah, Honga Bam Shamba!!!!

1961: In Long Beach CA at a Ritchie Valens memorial concert, The Beach Boys played as The Beach Boys for the first time.

1975: Setting a world record was Elvis Presley, pulling in the most dough for one performance by one artist at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI.  The sum was $800,000.

1976: At Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, NH, The Cars played their very first concert.

1984: In an auto accident that took place in England, Def Leppard drummer, Rick Allen lost his left arm.

1985: A plane crash occurring in Texas near DeKalb, killed Ricky Nelson along with 6 others.

December 30:

1566, 1756, 1853, 1859 & 1904: One for every century except one.

1977: Disco clubs shine or not really with John Travolta wannabes. 

1979 The break-up of Emerson, Lake & Palmer occurred.

1999: The robbery and assault of George Harrison and his wife.

December 29:

1963: Performing their very last concert was The Weavers, which took place at Orchestra Hall in Chicago.

1982: To commemorate Bob Marley a stamp was made in his honor by Jamaica.

1994: Falcons' football star, Andre Rison's mansion was pretty much burned down by crazy ass girlfriend, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.  Woooo, she sounds frightening.

2015: There was an open mic tonight in Fells Point, MD. at Ledbetters tavern where I sang the twisted version of "Jingle Bell Rock."

December 28:

1812: This guy did something with music or something like that.

1969: Detroit, MI named this day "Temptations Day."

1976: At the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, the first revival of Fiddler on the Roof opened.

2015: Short sleeves going on in Baltimore, MD., but we sang "Frosty The Snowman" anyway.

December: 27:

2015: Lots of partying going on with lots of alcohol and kooky fun.  Forgot to do the history.  Can you dig it? 

December 26:

1678 &1762: Robbed of their birthday presents but they had music which is of course more important.

1965: Christmas in the 60s, talk about good cheer.

1967: After an influential and making you toe tap career, The Dave Brubeck Quartet split up.

1968: Starting in Denver, Led Zeppelin was off on its first U.S. tour.

December 25:

1583: A genre inventing period if he dare venture.

1959: Receiving his very first drum set for Christmas was 18 y/o Richard Starkey who would become Aquaman!!!!  Just kidding, Ringo Starr.

1990: on a four day holiday furlough from prison, James Brown entertained soldiers at Fort Jackson, SC.

1995: Dean Martin passed on to Music and Acting Heaven.

2015: I'm singing The Kinks, "Father Christmas" right now.

December 24:

1719: Uno Compositora

1818: "Silent Night" was completed with both music lyrics by Franz Gruber and Josef Mohr.  The former being the latter.

1906: From a small town called Brant Rock in MA, Reginald Fessenden aired the first musical radio show.

1973: Arrested for marijuana possession was Tom Johnson of the Doobie Brothers.  You can't arrest someone who has that name as a business. 

2015: Frosty the Snowman was just a freakin' snowman.  He couldn't walk and he couldn't talk and he couldn't save the day.  

December 23:

1689 & 1709: How many is that now?

1966: The Who was the special guest of the last showing of "Ready Steady Go!" on the BBC-TV Network.

1972: The film "Imagine" by John Lennon debuted on National TV.

1977: Changing his name to Yusuf Islam and converting to Islam was Cat Stevens.

1977: All Islamic music fans lost interest in Cat Stevens.

December 22:

1723, 1821, 1853, 1858, 1874 & 1885: Multiple compositions. 

1968: The Animals said goodbye to Eric Burdon as he took his musical aura and the rest of him, down the road.

1978: Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones of The Monkees starred in the play, "The Point" in London.

2015: Since sometime in the 50s to date, maybe it was the 40s, who knows, the tambourine is the official instrument of non-musicians everywhere.

December 21:

1968: For the first time ever, performing in public are Crosby, Stills & Nash.

1968: In Memphis, TN., Janis Joplin did her first solo performance.

1970: President Nixon had Elvis as a guest at the White House.  Elvis offered his services to help fight drug trafficking and gave Tricky Dick a chrome-plated Colt .45 pistol.  Nixon gave Elvis an authentic Narcotics Bureau badge.

1972: Giving their farewell performance in Detroit, MI was Martha Reeves & the Vandellas.

2015: On TV right now is The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long.  Some of my favorite things, screaming guitar solos & the blues. 

December 20:

200 A. D.: Minstrels there were.

1728, 1871 & 1909: A cavernous twang, heard the doctors.

1957: Elvis got drafted.  Know what I mean?  I think ya do.

1965: That darlin' we love to sing about, "Barbara Ann," was released by the Beach Boys.

1967: Homeless people finally have someone singing about them as Jethro Tull was formed.

1975: The Eagles added Joe Walsh to their line-up.

December 19:

1960: Frank Sinatra sang "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" and "Let's Fall in Love" for his very first recording with Reprise Records which he owned.

1987: "Saturday Night Live" was hosted by musician Paul Simon and presidential candidate Paul Simon.  Take a wild guess at which one had more talent.

2000: Kirsty MacColl, an English singer/songwriter, passed on to music heaven.

2015: Christmas shopping isn't too hard when there's music to be bought.

December 18:

1737: Recognized as the most renowned violin maker ever, Antonio Stradivari, passed away in Italy.

1786 & 1860: Rockin' & Rollin', in those days, yes.

1984: "Like a Virgin" by Madonna hit #1 and was her 1st #1 hit.  

2015: Everything else on this day was depressing or unremarkable. 

December17:

1749: The blow of the brass, the bow on the string, the tap of the ivory, then one day cha-ching.

1965; At the Astrodome in Houston, TX, the very first musicians to perform were Judy Garland and The Supremes. probably where the idea for "The Wiz" came from.

1969: On "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson, the marriage of Tiny Tim and Vicki Budinger took place, making television history.  It got better after that.

1997: People that were making a profit from downloading online copy-wrote material got deterred in the form of the No Electronic Theft Act, passed by President Clinton.

December 16:

1770, 1775 &1882: Give it up for these way cool, down with the scene cats who are your far out composers.  These words were never heard during this time.  1770 was Beethiven.

1907: From the USS Dolphin at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Eugenia H. Farrar was singer to ever be broadcast on the radio.

1971: "American Pie," the more then 8 minute version, was released by Don McLean.

1983: The Who split up.  Who?

1998: Thousands of "singers" acted out their dreams for the mirror.

December 15:

1657: His first cry was an F# minor.

1967: The Beach Boys Learned meditation in Paris.

1969: In England, John Lennon gave his last live performance for the country in the form of a benefit concert for UNICEF.

1990-2015: People around the world browse the vinyl section in record stores, buy albums because it's cool, but have no record player.

December 14:

1328: Any music developing at this time was an invention of a genre.

1873: Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen.  Yes the extended name thing was going on even then.

1962: "Mixed-Up Confusion," Bob Dylan's first single, was released.

1972: Alice Cooper did some late night Christmas shopping at Alexander's department store in New York City.  They stayed open just for him.

1980: A 10 minute vigil was held in Central Park for John Lennon six days after his death at he request of Yoko Ono.  More then 100,000 people showed up.

1995: John Lennon had been spied on by the FBI determining whether he should be deported.  On this day the documents proving this were released from the White House.

December 13:

1838: He gets all the recognition.

1961: A contract was signed between The Beatles and Brian Epstein.  

1974: Having lunch together at the White House; George Harrison and President Gerald Ford.  The whole country could have been fixed that day.

1993: Guitarist Slash, played a solo for Billy Joel's song, "Shameless" for Joel's concert.

2015: There are no unlucky days that fall on the 13th as long as music is still alive.

December 12

1792: Beethoven may have received his first music lesson on this date in Vienna.

1915: "The Voice," Frank Sinatra was born.

1949: Born- Paul Rodgers, lead vocalist of Bad Company.

1970: The Doors featured Jim Morrison on lead vocals for the last time.  This happened in New Orleans.

2015: While writing this, I thought some of you might like to know about a drink I discovered in Charleston, SC.  Start with a tasty bourbon or Irish whiskey of your choice, using as much as you like of course.  Add some citrus bitters, orange works especially well.  Tonight, however I'm using Aztec Chocolate (Chocolate should always be capitalized)  Top it off with real ginger beer, not necessarily alcoholic.  For an extra treat, shave in some fresh ginger.  Shaken, not stirred.

December 11:

1803 &1876: Rhythmic Runts

1964: Sam Cooke passed on to Music Heaven.

1965: At A high school dance in Summit, NJ, the Velvet Underground made its debut performance.

1972: For the first time in the U.S., Genesis performs which took place at Brandeis University in MA.

1976: At a concert in Florida, guitarist Ace Frehley got his voltage on when he touched a short-circuited light.  He was carried off stage but returned about 10-15 minutes later to finish the show.

1983: A physics genius got hold of some really good nature and learned how to play guitar in about 30 minutes.  When he snapped out of it he thought about changing careers.

December 10:

1822 & 1908 ; Yep & Yep in step.

1927: From Nashville,  the first radio broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry took place.

1963: On the Andy Williams Show, Donny Osmond mad e his first appearance with the Osmonds.

1965: Their first concert, The Grateful Dead, Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco.

1967: Otis Redding passed on to Music Heaven.

1968: The first solo TV appearance by John Lennon.

1990: Janet Jackson took home 8 awards at the very first Billboard Music Awards.

December 9:

1791, 1837 & 1882: Keep your composure, there's more on the way.

1972: At London's Rainbow Theatre, the rock musical, "Tommy" was performed of which Richie Havens had a role.

1978: Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi's" version of "Soul Man" was released under The Blues Brothers' name.

1984: In Los Angeles, The Jacksons played their last show as a group.

1992: After 30 years with the Rolling Stones, bassist/vocalist Bill Wyman, said goodbye.

2015: Heard some not so good karaoke at a pool hall in Dundalk, MD tonight, imagine that.

December 8:

1731, 1865, 1882 & 1890: They could have played together.

1960: Elvis ripped his pants doing karate, so his visiting friend, Fabian gave up his.

1972: In Variety Magazine, Frank Zappa placed an ad saying he would give private instruction in gambling, specifically roulette, craps, blackjack and keno.  Thank goodness for Frank.

1980: John Lennon passed on to music heaven.

1995: The break-up of the Grateful Dead was announced.

2003: Ozzy was getting' it on a 4x4 when it disagreed with him and some of his most favorite bones were broken.

2014: Leave it to Metallica to accomplish being the first band in history to perform in all 7 continents, when on this day they rocked Antartica.

December 7:

1842: The first concert by the New York Philharmonic was given.

1964: After a nervous breakdown on a flight from L.A. to Houston, Brian Wilson stopped touring with the Beach Boys.  Probably from getting further and further from the California girls.

1968: With Big Brother & the Holding Company, Janis Joplin made her last appearance.

2015: Their celebrating Frank Sinatra's life on CBS right now.  "Right now" being the date below.  

December 6:

1968: President Nixon sent out 66,000 letters to people that were considered able to hold an administrative office, with Elvis Presley making the cut.  "Ya know what I  mean, I think ya do"

1970: In the U.S. the documentary film "Gimme Shelter" premiered.

1970: Not much happened after that.

December 5:

1687: Born

1791: Died, Mozart passed on to Classical Music Heaven.

1870: Born

1980: With Jonathan Cott of Rolling Stone, John Lennon gave his final interview.

2015: In G: BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER

December 4:

1660, 1667 & 1879: OH YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!  Classical Music

1956: The Million Dollar Quartet, consisting of Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, recorded a session that would be released 25 years later.

1976: Happening in the summer really, don't remember the day but I didn't want to forget this one.  I was 14 and had went an amusement park with a Baptist church group on a bus.  While there I had my face painted like Gene Simmons.  On the way home, much to the preacher's dismay, I sang KISS songs at full volume while dancing in the narrow isle.  My tongue did not fit the bill.

1980: After drummer, John Bonham" death, Page, Plant and Jones  made the announcement not to reform Led Zeppelin.

1988: Two days before his death, Roy Orbison performed for the last time "In Concert" in Akron, Ohio.

2001: "Kiss and Make-Up," Gene Simmons book was released.

December 3: 

1729: Were they all planned?

1961: At Brian Epstein"s record store in Liverpool, he met the Beatles for the first time.

1965: During a concert, Keith Richards was electrocuted on stage rendered unconscious.  Do you think he went back for more?

1973: "You're Sixteen," Ringo's 2nd #1 single in a row was released.

1979: The trampling deaths of 11 Who fans took place at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati.  Not many bad things will be posted on this site but this was a big deal and people need to be reminded of it.

1980: African Americans were creating some sort of musical sound hundreds of years ago.   

December 2:

1949: "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry, placed on the charts.

1971: At Wilmington State Penitentiary, the men of death row were entertained by the band, Taj Mahal.

1973: The Who and some friends got locked up for a night after they destroyed a hotel room during a party after a show.  They should have gotten an award.

1986: In Birmingham, England, Annie Lennox while performing with the Eurythmics in front of 10,000 fans, yanked her bra off.  I missed it.

2000: The Smashing Pumpkins played the last concert of their career in Chicago.

2015: Everyone in the house-5 people are watching music videos in 3 different places.

December 1:

1709: Composers have the coolest names, especially Europeans.

1967: Released in the UK was the Jimi Hendrix Experience album "Axis: Bold as Love".

1976: The Sex Pistols used profanity, no way, on the British TV show "Today" while being interviewed.  A whole bunch of British cities banned them after that.  Quite an accomplishment. 

1997: Holding a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds, Kenny G. set a record.

2006: Stretching his chin to an even more incredible length and using a boring household spoon to strike it, Jay Leno nailed sharps and flats of precise pitch.

November 30:

1634, 1813 & 1859: Pluck, ding, twang.

1965: Rolling Stones Day was declared in Colorado.

1969: To aid the youth culture magazine Rave, the "Save Rave" concert took place in London.

1988: The very first rap concert was performed in Africa by LL Cool J.

2003: East 2nd Street for 1 block in NY City was renamed "Joey Ramone Place".

2015: It's Monday.  Play your radio, hum, whistle, sing your favorite song as loud as you want to.  Do something musical, it will help.  Every day of course!!! 

November 29:

1770 & 1797: 2X Wonderful

1858: Heavy metal was a train or ship.

1969: Heroism took place in London with John Lennon being convicted of possession of marijuana and fined a whopping $360.00.  

1979: Performing their last show together until a reunion in 1996, were the 4 original members of KISS.

November 28:

1632, 1829: Come on pull 'em out, we have more tomorrow!  

1964: On the Grand Ole Opry, Willie Nelson made his debut.  Best after party they ever had.

1974: John Lennon made his very last stage performance  which took place at Madison Sqare Garden, singing a duet with Elton John of "I Saw Her Standing There".  

1979:  in Los Angeles, the home of Ringo Starr burned down. 

2015: Owls  are hooting outside my window near the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. 

 November 27:

1750: He's not a poser, he's the real thing.

1967: The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album was released by Capitol Records.

1970: George Harrison's triple album, "All Things Must Pass" was released in the U.S.    

2015: I don't want to grow up.

November 26:

1962: "Please Please Me" by The Beatles was recorded.

1968: The rock band Cream's last concert took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

2015: "I'm Alright" is playing right now on "Caddyshack".

November 25:

1752, 1856, 1897: Three is a magic number.  Again, Again & Again.

1957: Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps made their television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.

1961: Inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves were The Everly Brothers.

1966: At the Bag O' Nails Club, The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its debut in London.  Lots of people were seeing lots of colors.

1984: The song "Do They Know It's Christmas" was recorded by British and American artists to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief.  The event was called "Band-Aid".

2015: The wife is watching Dancing With the Stars and I'm writing about music.  Music makes it easier to ignore the hot women.

 November 24:

1934: Sustain a note with your own beautiful voice while reading this.

1963: Psychedelic drugs were a hair less powerful.

1985: Big Joe Turner passed on to Music Heaven.

1991: Drummer Eric Carr of KISS fame passed on to Rock & Roll Heaven.

1991: Freddie Mercury passed on to Rock & Roll Diva Heaven.

1991: The marriage of Cyndi Lauper and David Thornton took place.  A happy ending. 

November 23:

1876: Yeeeeeeesssss just one!!!

1889: At the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco, the very first juke box was placed.  Wouldn't you like to see those contents?

1970: Released in the U.S. is "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.

1990: Madonna's video for "Justify My Love" was banned by MTV, but her popularity kept soaring.

November 22:

1709, 1710, 1780, 1901, 1913: Unemployment benefits are needed for composers.

1965: The marriage between Bob Dylan and Sara Lownds took place.

1968: The White Album was released by The Beatles.

2015: Don't forget to hand drum on every surface you're near.

November 21:

1900: The music box is the preferred instrument used by many with no musical ability whatsoever.  We're talking zilch.  Later of course it was the radio.

1960: Due to whatever age rule was in effect in Germany, George Harrison was deported for being too young to perform with The Beatles.  Plus, he only had a wittle, bitsy toy guitar.

1961: The recording sessions began for what would become Bob Dylan's first album which was self-titled.

1975: On Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Elton John received a star.

1991: The episode "Flaming Moe's" of "The Simpsons" series featured Aerosmith.  Now That's Important!!!!

November 20:

1873: If it's a date before 1920, it's probably a composer.

1994; Liver transplant for David Crosby.  CHEERS!!!! 

1997:Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is Kenny G.  Come blow your horn.

1998: In Copenhagen a World Conference regarding music and censorship began and lasted 3 days.  By the sound of things today, they did a hell of a job.

2015: Thanks to the result of the latest history post, you can only use the "F" word 4 times in a 10 word sentence.  Well that's not fair.

November 19:

1859: All alone until tomorrow.

1954: Three days after Sammy Davis, Jr. was in an automobile accident, he lost the sight in his left eye.

1982: The album "Coda" was released by Led Zeppelin.

1993: In NY., Nirvana recorded an unplugged MTV concert.

2015: I asked my wife if she would like to provide tomorrow's musical joke since everything is written the day before.  "My brain doesn't make jokes" says she.  Next to her however sat the one foot tall singing hippie fart doll man with the beer hat on.  He stood upon the Djembe Drum. 

November 18:

1680, 1772, 1786, 1836, 1860: Can you hear that?

1966: A 3 year old made better music banging on a pan with a spoon then some people actually trying to make music.

1990: The birth certificate of Paul McCartney at an auction was sold for $18,000.

1995: Broadcasting the first full concert on the internet are The Rolling Stones.  The band couldn't believe how fast they were moving.  

2005: The story of Johnny Cash, "Walk the Line" starring Joaquin Phoenix opened in theaters.

November 17:

1967: Opening a boutique in NY City was Davy Jones from the Monkees.

1980-1998: A whole bunch of records were released.

2003: Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Britney Spears was the youngest singer in history to do so.

1967-2003: Marijuana is a good friend.

November 16:

1766 & 1895: They just keep on a comin'

1959: "The Sound of Music," the musical, opened on Broadway

1973: On NBC's "Midnight Special," David Bowie made his debut television appearance. 

1977: Disco music is alive and well but rock & roll is still kicking disco music's ass.

1998: The online music store, Music Favorites, was launched by Kmart.

November 15:

1956: In the premiere movie "Love Me Tender," Elvis Presley made his acting debut.  Did somebody say CUT!!!

1990: Playing the title role in "The Elephant Man" on Broadway, David Bowie.  He is now in his Golden Years.

1992: In Costa Mesa, CA., Ozzy Osbourne put on a concert which he announced would be his last.  He came back.

2015: I wrote this while happily ignoring the Democratic Presidential Debate.  Music over politics!!!!!

November 14:

1663, 1719, 1778, 1805, 1900: Five bouncing baby ivory ticklers.  1719 was Mozart.

1921: The first broadcast of a professional opera took place on KYW Radio in Chicago.

1970: Santana released "Black Magic Woman".

1990; Guitarist/vocalist, Pete Townshend admitted to Newsweek to being bisexual.  No wonder he smashes all his guitars.

1991: Disco is dead.

November 13:

 1854: Badda Bing Badda Boom!!!!

1968: "Yellow Submarine" starring The Beatles, premiered in the U.S.

1973: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. and his Jr. balls of fire passed on to Music Heaven.

1987: On the David Letterman Show, Sonny and Cher sang "I got You Babe".  

1997: An online chat, Ray Charles' first, was held at www.rhino.com.

2015: Dogs are being taught how to talk, saying "I Love You" and "Who's your daddy".  Can someone please teach them to say "turn on the radio". 

November 12:

1833: His name was Alexander Porfirievich Borodin and with a name like that, he had to be good.

1984: The album "Like A Virgin" by Madonna was released in the U.S.  Virgins were afraid to listen to it.

1990: The Rolling Stones' guitarist, Ron Wood was hit by a car in England while waiting for a friend.

1996: "Infinite", the first studio album by Eminem was released.

2015: Music themes for sitcoms are mostly forgettable.

November 11:

1938: "God Bless America", for the first time was heard on radio, sang by Kate Smith.

1958: The first version of 'The Twist" was recorded by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters.

1969: Jim Morrison is arrested yet again, and the again the charges were dropped.

1972: The Allman Brothers' Berry Oakley, passed on to music heaven.

2015: It's all quiet here except the slight hum of the computer which is an E Major.

November 10:

1668, 1873 & 1928: C#   Eb    G

1967: "Nights in White Satin" was released by The Moody Blues.

1969: Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", after being released 20 years before, received a Gold record.  Rudolph got a Gold nose.

1982: Just weird people with weird fashion, have you looked at your yearbook lately?

2001: "Lady Diana - A Smile Charms the World", a  musical, opened in Germany.

November 9:

1967: John Lennon was on the cover of the very first Rolling Stone Magazine.

1973: On ABC's "In Concert", Cat Stevens made his television debut.

2015: Like I said before, I will never post everything or even close to that on a specific day in history.  It's mostly albums being released, arrests, and lawsuits being settled or brought upon.  Playing the triangle in your underwear  in the mirror would be much more exciting.

November 6-8:

2015: Sorry everyone, I was in the wilderness playing my harmonica and trying to get the iPad to work.  I will correct this in the future.  Look for these days of history next year when music will still be the only entity that will save you from what you need saving from.

November 5:

1935: Born was Composer Nicholas Maw.  His name sounds way cool backwards as Wam Salohcin.

1977: Ozzy Osbourne quit Black Sabbath for the first time and returned a few weeks later.  Wouldn't you love to know what he did during that time?

1995: To raise money for the Children's Defense Fund, "The Wizard of Oz in Concert" took place with Roger Daltrey as the Tin Man, Nathan Lane as the Cowardly Lion, Jackson Browne as the Scarecrow and Jewel as Dorothy.  Some of the cast probably should have stuck to playing the music and let Nathan Lane play all 4 parts.

1997: Alternative rock is the genre that can fit in with rock and roll and one day become Classic Rock.

November 4: 

1841: He just popped out when we weren't looking.

1961: Fifty people paid just $2 a piece to see Bob Dylan's debut at Carnegie Hall.  One year before I was born.

1971: "The universe can hear this B string when I pluck it like this and like this, no wait like that, ah man I just had it" said the wanna-be musician after burning some nature.

1990: "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" the musical opened on Broadway.

1991: Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were: Johnny Cash, The Yardbirds, Booker T. & The M.G.'s, Sam & Dave, The Isley Brothers, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Jimi Hendrix.

1998: Unsigned artists and independent labels are able to sell their music online thanks to "Advantage ForMusic," which was created by Amazon.com.

November 3:

1587 &1801: One composed jousting tournaments, the other, symphonies.

1972: The marriage of Carly Simon and James Taylor.  My wife loves these guys and just posting this keeps me out of the doghouse for a week.

1977: Elton John retires from performing live.

1998: "One Night Only", the live CD from the Bee Gees, was released in the U.S. 

2015: A secret S.O.D. meeting revealed not only a super hot diggity dog fun-a-rama future, but also that it's A-OK to drink while taking amoxycillin, as one article out of hundreds suggests.  This meeting actually happened yesterday and you probably shouldn't do it.

November 2:

1739 & 1915: Born with G-Clef shaped umbilical cords.

1963: Complaining that the go-go dancers were distracting him from performing, Dion rudely left the taping of English TV show "Ready Steady Go"!  I'll take that problem.

1966: Mississippi John Hurt passed on to Blues Heaven.

1974: George Harrison became the first Beatle to go on a nationwide solo tour.

1975: A rock and roll tour bus' back window's were slightly open with juuuuust a bit of fun smoke tweaking out.

November 1:

1877 & 1934: Here they come again.

1894: Billboard Advertising came about then later became Billboard.

1968: The soundtrack "Wonderwall" was released making George Harrison the first Beatle to have a solo album.

1987: Country-rock group, The Dalton Brothers opened for headliner U2 in Indianapolis.  The Dalton Brothers were actually U2 in disguise, opening for themselves.  Sneaky and brave.

2006: A category on iTunes was created for the Hispanic and Latino genre.

2015: After a night of indulgence and ghost stories, S.O.D. got off to a late post.

October 31:

1954: White people were not yet recognized as being able to dance.

1970: Dennis Hopper married Michelle Phillips, formerly of the Mamas and Papas.

1988: The spirits of  Liberace and Sid Vicious may or may not have made a visit to a Halloween party where Debbie Gibson held a s`eance to bring them back.  Those opposites would have ruined the party.

2005: The one million videos sold was reached by iTunes. 

October 30:

1776: Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin couldn't get into the underground music club with that stupid hair.

1894: Beautiful music was in his future.

1982: Awww man The Jam broke up.

1984The opera "La Boheme" featured Linda Ronstadt in her operatic debut. 

1988: His first guitar!!  He smashed it!!  That's right we're speaking of Kurt Cobain!!  How much would it be worth today?

1995: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are Gladys Knight & The Pips, Pink Floyd, Little Willie John, Pete Seeger, The Velvet Underground, Tom Donahue, The Shirelles, Jefferson Airplane and David Bowie.

October 29:

1904: You'll never guess.

1957: Jingle Bell Rock was recorded by Bobby Helms.  Christmas is actually close.  CDs for everyone!!!

1971: Duane Allman passed on to Music Heaven.

1990; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions included, John Lee Hooker, Wilson Pickett, The Byrds, The Impressions, Tina & Ike Turner (always use her name first), LaVern Baker and Jimmy Reed.

1994: A bat crashes into a tree after someone hits a high tension wire with a rock, creating a high pitch well beyond the highest on a piano.  This actually happened but probably not on this date.

October 28:

1798 & 1896: Thank goodness for composers.

1956: Elvis Presley was the first musician in history to have back to back #1 singles on the Billboard charts with "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" followed by "Love Me Tender".

2014: Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" and "IV" were released in box sets.

2015: Work is getting in the way of productive people doing what they want to do.

October 27:

1782: Musical Birth.

1869: This is halfway between the upper and lower date.  Something musically significant had to have happened.

1956: Clarence Henry's first hit, "Ain't Got No Home", was released.

1975: For the first time in history a rock star appeared on the cover of Time and Newsweek simultaneously in the form of Bruce Springsteen.

1998: Suffering from a stroke, jazz singer Peggy Lee was left mute.  Sorry for the downer post but she was good.  Listen to one of her tunes.  

October 26:

1685 & 1694: TWO MORE!!!!!!  STOP ALREADY!!!!!

1935: At the age of 12, Judy Garland sang on NBC Radio.

1992: With their album "Vs.", Pearl Jam set a record selling 950,000 copies in the first week.

1993: Black ribbons were tied to trees in San Juan, Puerto Rico protesting the first concert Madonna was to perform there.  Since every color reminds her of sex, she thought it was an invite.

1994: On the TV show "Roseanne", Roseanne Barr dressed as Prince.  What a mess. 

2015: Just saw a commercial with the Baltimore Ravens' kicker, Justin Tucker singing opera (which he can really do) about Royal Farms coffee. 

October 25:

1825, 1838, 1864: They should of invented a "Barrel Full of Composers" instead of Monkeys.

1960: After not seeing each other since high school, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met on a train by accident.  Might have been the song that in the early stages was "Hey You Get Off of My Train".

2015: Have to get ready for a pumpkin carving party with MUSIC!!!!  

October 24:

1811: Who'd have guessed that tiny ball of flesh, crying and snot-stuffed would make such beautiful music.

1973: A Gold album was awarded to Art Garfunkel for "Angel Care", his first for his solo career.

1980: The Guiness Book of World Records named Paul McCartney the Best-Selling recording artist and songwriter in history.

1995: This day in NY City was named Tony Bennett Day.  We should take a closer look to see if that's still happening.

2015: Only 9.00000012% of white Americans have Soul. 

October 23:

1972: The premier of the musical "Pippin" appeared at the Imperial Theater on Broadway.  I repeat, the musical, not the Hobbit.  

1995: Yolanda Saldivar was convicted of murdering latino vocalist, Selena.

2001: Apple Computers presents the iPod, leading to hipsters everywhere wearing white headphones, then being beaten up and mugged for the $300 Walkman on the other end of the revealing white headphones.

2005: Lou Rawls' last performance in the form of the National Anthem in Chicago to kick-off Game Two of the World Series.

2015: Never will I post everything that happened on any day to save you from dumbness.

October 22:

1811: Nobody recognizes this era as the musical baby booming years.

1833: The grand opening of the Metropolitan Opera House in NY.

1961: On the Ed Sullivan Show, Chubby Checker performed "The Twist".  OH YEEEAAAHHH!!!!!!

1978: The first day of the band Earth, Wind & Fire starting a sold-out U.S. tour with 75 dates. 

1982: It became Van Halen Day in Worcester, MA.  They must have been Dancin' in the Streets!!!!

2000: People with short-term memory loss were still partying like it was 1999. 

October 21:

1908 &1921: Composers who are dead were born.

1908: For the first time you could buy a two-sided record from the Columbia Co. as advertised by  the Saturday Evening Post.

1958: The very last recording session by Buddy Holly.

1964: Someone sitting on their porch watched a bus go by carrying a popular band to their next show.  When the person saw the name of the band on the bus, they exclaimed, and I quote, "far out man", unquote.

1975: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was given to Elton John.  

1976: The Who's Keith Moon made his last public performance with them.

1998: KISS's tune "Dreamin" sounded too much like Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" and  Cooper filed suit against KISS members, Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick.  Sounds like they were dreaming' they were 18.

October 20:

MAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN I was playing my cow bell and forgot to do the history.  Stay tuned for October 20, 2016.

October 19:

1500-1900: No composing.

1966: The Yardbirds get familiar with New York as this is where they land, and prepare for their first U.S. tour.

1998: The "fifth Beatle", George Martin, decided to retire from music.  

1998: A lawsuit was filed by Mark Nieto against Aerosmith for supposed hearing loss at one of their concerts.  He should have been proud.    

October 18:

1706: Born, a composer was he, said Yoda.

1957: Paul McCartney made his first live appearance with the Quarrymen in Liverpool.

1967: The film, "How I Won the War" premiered starring John Lennon.

1969: On the Hollywood Palace television show, The Jackson 5 made their debut. Give 'em one more chance.

1979: Every piece of music played in every elevator goes unnoticed around the world.

1998: Metallica jammed at the Playboy Mansion.  Fusion & Friction.

October 17:

1892: Herbert Howells, composer, boring name, born.

1960: Dion and the Belmonts broke up as reported by Billboard.

1962: Mike Judge, director and animator of Beavis and Butthead was born.  A birthday worth mentioning.

1967: Running for a continuous 1,758 shows, the musical, "Hair" premiered at the New York Public Theatre.  Hair was also shown outside the theatre because it was 1967.

1969: Led Zeppelin began their 3rd world tour in support of Led Zeppelin II being released this day.

1995: For stealing over 9 million bucks from musician, Sting, his former financial advisor was put in the slammer for 6 years.  That must have stung.

2015: A common sense poll was conducted showing that ages 12-30 preferred Classic Rock over all other music.  You know it's true!!

October 16:

1689 &1821: Composing deliveries.

1951: Atlanta, Georgia is the location of Little Richard's first recording session.

1954: Elvis is heard live on the radio for the first time with the "Louisiana Hayride" show.  His fans could not see him moving.

1968: The third and final album, "Electric Ladyland" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience was released.

1972: Creedence Clearwater Revival broke up.

1977: Somewhere in the midwest during a high school football game, the marching band got tired of playing "When the Saints Go Marching In" and transitioned to Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll".  Some version of that is probably true.

October 15:

1775 & 1905: Didn't these composer's parents have anything else to do?

1899: Even at the turn of the century, passed up for a contract once more is the percussion stylings of the Pungrachumbra Tribe, a cannibalistic people in a southeast  jungle in Africa.

1955: On ABC, the "Grand Ole Opry" made its premier.

1968: Not going down like a lead balloon, Led Zeppelin accomplished their debut performance in England.

1973: Refusing to review a Federal Communications directive, the U.S. Supreme Court basically was saying: Yeah go ahead D.J.s, it's ok with us if you keep putting songs with drug oriented lyrics on the radio, I mean it's going to happen anyway isn't it, well isn't it?  

1976: The musical act of Ike and Tina Turner split up.  Cheers and claps, cheers and claps.

1998: Puff Daddy played his first show.  PUFF

October 14: 

1871: Another composer orchestrated from the womb.

1910: Musicians had discovered rock and roll but didn't really understand what the hell they just did and didn't tell anyone.  

1964: Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones) marries Shirley Ann Arnold in a secret wedding.  He wasn't just waiting on a friend.

1966: Jefferson Airplane for the first time features lead vocalist, Grace Slick.

1977: The amazing Bing Crosby passed on.

1997: "Casablanca", the soundtrack, was released.

2000: A fan at a Don Henley concert was hit in the head by a maraca 10 days ago, or so they say.  The lawsuit was filed today.  A tale of loose marbles loosening marbles.

2004: The mark of 150 million songs were sold from the iTunes Music Store.

October 13:

1963: The Beatles made their first appearance on a television show that was bigger than most, "Sunday Night at the Palladium"

1970: Somewhere on the California Coast, Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered.  Should of smoked 'em.

1975: Neil Young went under the knife for vocal chord surgery.

1984: Music is an escape from just about everything in your life.

1992: Two teens committed suicide and Ozzy Osbourne's music was at first to blame.  The lawsuits were dismissed by the Supreme Court. 

October 12:

1872: Ralph Vaughan Williams, a composer if you can believe that, was born.

1957: Attempting to prove his faith in God, Little Richard threw 4 diamond rings in a river, vowing to give up rock and roll.  

1962: The Beatles were an opening act at a concert in New Brighton.  The headliner was Little Richard.

1966: 14 hippies were found sleeping in a Volkswagen Beetle.  Today that would be a hoarding offense.

1969: A DJ played "Revolution #9" backwards, starting the "Paul is Dead" craze.

1970: At New York's Fillmore East, Billy Graham held a rock Memorabilia auction.  He sounds pretty cool to me.

1985: Ricky Wilson of the B-52s passed on to Punk Heaven.

1997: John Denver passed on to Country Heaven.

1997: In central Madrid square a Backstreet Boys concert was cancelled because of the heat.  Of the more then 7,000 fans there, around 300 girls had to be treated for some sort of heat exhaustion.  When the B-Boys heard of this, they probably said something like, "Yeah I'm so sure it was the heat from the sun, like right".

October 11:

1727: George Frideric Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 4 was performed for the first time.

1975: George Carlin hosted the very first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live".  Seven words you can't say on television.

1990: Drummer Dave Grohl played his first live show with Nirvana.

2002: A popular guitarist wrote a #1 hit song in 7 minutes and 28 seconds right after a joint.

2014: "One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film" broke the record for the highest grossing cinema production event with a net profit of $15 million.

October 10:

1713-1906: Three more composers were conducted into the world.

1855: No Disco yet.

1962: The song "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris Pickett was banned by the BBC.

1966: The Monkees released their self-titled debut  album.

1977: An M-80 firework was hurled onto the stage at an Aerosmith show in Philadelphia, wounding Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.  Tyler could only see the color "Pink" for 3 days, possibly inspiring him to write the song, but not really.

1979: Fleetwood Mac was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Los Angeles declared it "Fleetwood Mac Day".

1995: Peter Frampton released the album "Frampton Comes Alive II".  Wah wah wah.

October 9:

1813-1835: More composers were born.

1967: Doc Severinsen debuted on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", replacing Skitch Henderson.

1974: Quincy Jones accepted his first gold record for the album "Body Heat".

1984: A whole bunch of basement heavy metal bands didn't make it big because they sucked.

1985: Yoko Ono (great name) dedicated a memorial garden to John Lennon in New York's Central Park and named it Strawberry Fields.

2003: Queen Elizabeth II named Sting an honorary CBE (Commander of the British Empire).  WHAAAAAAAT!!!!!

October 8:

1585-1892: A few composers were born and did some cool musical stuff.

1957: Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song "Great Balls of Fire"

1968: Cass Elliot debuted as a solo act in Las Vegas.

1984: Anne Murray became the first woman to receive the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Award for "A Little Good News".

1987: Chuck Berry was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1992: The U.S. Postal Service put ou t a stamp book with a bunch of musicians on it.

2014: With cameras being everywhere these days a rare moment was captured of a beautiful blue, green and white songbird letting some feces loose that happened to end up on a keyboardist's left shoulder.  This happened in Liverpool but despite the historic musical town, no further magical fusion between the artists was attempted.

October 7:

1950: The Frank Sinatra Show debuted.

1967: The Beatles refuse the amount of one million dollars to play Shea Stadium

1969: At age 7, Dave Hollifield hummed the theme from Spiderman for 2 hours while not doing his homework.

1978: The Rolling Stones perform on Saturday Night Live.

1989: Jefferson Airplane charges one can of food for admission to their concert.  How many do you think were expired.

2001: Drummer Peter Criss made his last appearance with KISS in Charleston, SC.

2004: Melissa Etheridge cancelled her tour to have surgery and treatment for breast cancer.

October 6:

1969: The song "Something" was the first George Harrison song in Beatles history to be put on the A side of a 45.  "Come Together" was the B side.

1976: Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots' song "Disco Duck" was certified Gold and became the fourth single that year to go Platinum.

1980: Former front man for the Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten was arrested in Dublin, Ireland for beatin' some ass in a bar.

1994: Guitarist Glenn Frey underwent colon surgery.  That's what happens when you don't eat your cabbage.

1996: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw got hitched, probably in the country.

1962: Dave Hollifield at just 3 months old reached for the guitar that his father was showing him from the edge of his crib.  Then with a delicate paw he made his first musical sound that didn't come from his mouth or butt.