Music History for
April 7
Today's:
1763 - Composer Domenico Dragonetti was born.
1949 - The musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.
1956 - Rock 'n Roll Dance Party premiered on the CBS Radio Network.
1967 - Sonny & Cher's movie Good Times debuted in Chicago, IL.
1975 - Beverly Sills made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Gioacchino Rossini's Siege of Corinth.
1981 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band started their first European tour in Hamburg, Germany.
1985 - Prince ended his 32-city tour in Miami, FL, and said that he was withdrawing from live performances for "an indeterminate number of years." He later returned to live performing.
1985 - Wham! became the first Western act to play in China.
1990 - At Farm Aid IV, Elton John performed "Candle in the Wind" for Ryan White. White, a young boy with AIDS, died later the same day.
1995 - Airport police seized a loaded pistol from Eddie Van Halen's carry-on luggage. No charges were filed.
1997 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and actress Patsy Kensit were married.
1997 - An Amsterdam university began offering a course entitled "Madonna 101."
1998 - Carlos Vega died of a self-inflicted gunshot.
1998 - George Michael was arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills for lewd conduct. He was sentenced to community service for the incident.
1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.
2000 - Michael Abram attended a hearing for his attempt to murder George Harrison and his wife Olivia on December 30, 1999. Abram was ordered to appear for trial, but a date was not set.
2004 - It was announced that Polar Studios, in Stockholm, would close in May due to high rent.
2016 - The final episode of the final season of American Idol was aired.
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