Music History for
March 7




1858 - Composer Nikolai Artzibushev was born.

1875 - Composer Joseph Maurice Ravel was born.

1887 - Composer Heino Eller was born.

1939 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians recorded "Auld Lang Syne."

1967 - Sandra Dee received a divorce from Bobby Darin.

1976 - Elton John was put on display in wax at in London's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.

1985 - The song "We Are the World" was heard on the radio for the first time.

1994 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that does not require permission from the copyright holder.

2003 - Broadway musicians went on strike due to a contractual dispute.