Music History for June 23


Today's:


1824 - Composer Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was born.

1941 - Lena Horne recorded "St. Louis Blues."

1965 - The Supremes made the studio recording of "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart."

1965 - The Miracles released "Tracks Of My Tears."

1970 - Chubby Checker and 3 others were arrested in Niagra Falls after marijuana and unidentified drug capsules were found in Checker's car.

1987 - Madonna was on the cover of "Cosmopolitan" magazine.

1998 - Aqua released the home video "The Diary."

2003 - In London, Eminem gave a $450,000 necklace to a fan in the front row of a concert. He had announced while from the stage that "I'm going to give this to the sexiest woman I see."