Music History for August 9
Today's:
1874 - Composer Reynaldo Hahn was born.
1932 - Helen Morgan joined the Victor Young orchestra to record "Bill," from Broadway’s "Showboat."
1963 - The TV program Ready Steady Go! premiered England.
1969 - The non-album single "Hot Fun in The Summertime" was released by Sly and the Family Stone.
1978 - Muddy Waters performed at a White House picnic for U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
1991 - Rick James pled innocent to charges that he imprisoned,
tortured and sexually assaulted a woman in his California
home.
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