Music History for
February 9


Today's:


1770 - Composer Ferdinando Carulli was born in Naples.

1885 - Composer Alban Berg was born.

1893 - In Milan, Italy, Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff" was first performed. It was his last opera.

1962 - Neil Sedaka recorded "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" for the first time.

1964 - The Beatles made the first of three record-breaking appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. 73 million people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.
Today in Beatles History

1964 - Davy Jones made his U.S. television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show with other cast members of Oliver!

1966 - Liza Minnelli brought her night club act to New York City. She opened at the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel.

1969 - Roslyn Kind made her TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Roslyn Kind is the sister of Barbra Streisand.

1972 - Wings made their concert debut at Nottingham University in England.







1983 - Prince's single "Little Red Corvette" was released.

1993 - Mick Jagger released a solo album called "Wandering Spirit."

1993 - Paul McCartney released his solo album Off The Ground.
- Today in Beatles History

1998 - Oprah Winfrey announced that Garth Brooks had agreed to donate his earnings from sales from his album "Sevens" for a seven-day period. The money went to "Oprah's Angel Network."

1999 - Dave Grohl (Foo Fighter), his Roswell Records label, EMI Entertainment World and EMI Virgin Songs filed a suit against Miramax in California, accusing them unauthorized use of the Foo Fighters' song "Big Me" in trailers for the film "Rounders."

2010 - Sade's album "Soldier of Love" was released in the U.S. It had been released in Germany on February 5 and worldwide on February 8.