Music History for July 241849 - Georgetown University in Washington, DC, presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman. 1880 - Composer Ernest Bloch was born. 1938 - Artie Shaw recorded "Begin the Beguine." 1976 - Hall & Oates' "She's Gone" was re-released. It was originally released on February 9, 1974. 1978 - The movie "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees, opened in New York City, NY. 1979 - Little Richard, billed as the Reverend Richard Penniman, spoke to a revival meeting in San Francisco about the dangers of rock & roll. 1987 - The movie biography of Ritchie Valens, "La Bamba," opened. 1990 - Pantera released "Cowboys From Hell." It was their first major label release. 1990 - A wrongful death trial involving Judas Priest opened in Reno, NV. Parents had charged in a lawsuit that the band's "Stained Class" album contained subliminal messages that drove two teen-agers to attempt suicide. The judge cleared the group. 1995 - A three-night celebration of Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday began at Carnegie Hall. 1995 - Public Enemy postponed its televised farewell concert in Great Britain because Flava Flav broke his arm in a scooter accident. 1998 - Tanya Tucker filed a $300,000 lawsuit against Capitol Records Nashville. The charge was that the label has willfully neglected her career. 1998 - Aerosmith announced that they were postponing the first 13 dates of their U.S. tour. Drummer Joey Kramer had received second-degree burns in a gas station fire. 2007 - The game Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s was released in North America. |