Music History for
February 15


Today's:


1847 - Composer Robert Fuchs was born.

1941 - Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded "Take the "A" Train" for the first time.

1954 - Big Joe Turner recorded the original "Shake, Rattle & Roll".

1958 - The Dick Clark Show debuted on ABC-TV. Connie Francis, Pat Boone and Jerry Lee Lewis were the first performers to appear on the show.

1961 - The Marcels recorded "Blue Moon."

1965 - The Beatles released the single "Eight Days a Week".
Today in Beatles History

1964 - Sam Cooke announced that he was cutting back on live performances to concentrate on songwriting and building his record labels.

1965 - Nat "King" Cole died of complications following surgery for lung cancer at the age of 48.

1967 - The first laws concerning anti-bootlegging were enacted.

1967 - The band Chicago formed.

1969 - A Florida woman was arrested for impersonating Aretha Franklin during a concert at a club.







1975 - Gino Vannelli performed on the television show Soul Train

1975 - Rush released the album Fly By Night.

1976 - Bette Midler bailed seven members of her entourage out of jail. They were arrested on cocaine and marijuana possession charges.

1977 - Sid Vicious joined the Sex Pistols replacing bassist Glen Matlock.

1981 - Mike Bloomfield died of an accidental drug overdose.

1992 - The Ivory Coast village of Krinjabo named Michael Jackson "King of the Sanwis."
Today in Michael Jackson History

1995 - Metallica began recording their sixth album Load.

1998 - The Tokyo area phone system went down due to high activity attributable to people trying to reserve tickets for an upcoming Glay concert.

1999 - "Rolling Stones Day" was declared in Minnesota.

2002 - The movie Cross Roads, starring Britney Spears, opened in theaters.

2008 - Activision announced that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" would be released in June 2008.