Music History for
January 26
Today's:
1911 - The Richard Strauss opera "Der Rosenkavalier" premiered in Dresden, Germany.
1940 - In Rockford, IL, Frank Sinatra made his first public appearance with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Coronado Theater.
1956 - At Decca Records' Nashville studios, Buddy Holly's first official recording session took place. "Blue Days, Black Nights" was recorded and became his debut single.
1966 - Eric Burdon (The Animals) sang lead vocals for Manfred Mann at a London concert.
1970 - Australia's first rock festival ended. The Ourimbah Rock Festival had begun the previous day.
1970 - John Lennon wrote and recorded "Instant Karma."
Today in Beatles History
1974 - The Doobie Brothers opened their first European tour in London.
1975 - The BBC showed a documentary on David Bowie called "Cracked Actor."
1977 - Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac's first lead guitar player, was committed to a mental hospital in England. He had fired a pistol in the general direction of a delivery boy. Green left the band in May of 1970.
1988 - The musical "Phantom of the Opera" opened at Broadway's Majestic Theater.
1995 - Joni Mitchell made a rare concert appearance at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum theater in Los Angeles. She was promoting material from "Turbulent Indigo," her newest album.
1997 - ZZ Top, James Brown and the Blues Brothers performed at the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show.
1999 - The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that John Denver died in a 1997 airplane crash because he took off with too little fuel in one tank, had trouble switching to his backup tank and inadvertently put his plane into a roll while his attention was diverted.
2003 - Billy Joel was hospitalized for several hours after crashing his car into a tree in Sag Harbor, NY. He was released early the next morning.
2010 - Lady Antebellum album "Need You Now" was released.
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