Music History for
January 2
Today's:
1732 - Composer Franz Xaver Brixi was born.
1837 - Composer Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev was born.
1905 - Composer Sir Michael Kemp Tippett was born.
1932 - Freddy Martin formed a new band and was hired to play the
Roosevelt Grill in New York City. Merv Griffin later became
Martin’s lead vocalist.
1941 - The Andrews Sisters recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."
1968 - Merle Haggard released "Sing Me Back Home."
1968 - Newark, NJ, police confiscated a shipment of John Lennon
and Yoko Ono's album "Two Virgins". The album featured a
nude cover.
1975 - U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen ruled in New York,
that John Lennon and his lawyers will have access to
Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation
case.
1975 - The Allman Brothers Band were named "Outstanding Community Organization" by the Georgia Department of Corrections.
1979 - The trial of ex-Sex Pistol, Sid Vicious for the October 1978 murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, opened in New York City. Vicious died of a heroin overdose, thereby not living to hear the verdict.
1980 - Larry Williams was found dead in his home in Los Angeles, CA.
The gunshot wound to the head was never confirmed as the
result of a murder or suicide.
1983 - The musical "Annie" closed on Broadway at the Uris Theatre after 2,377 performances.
1993 - The musical "Gypsy Passion" closed after 55 performances.
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