Music History for
March 25
Today's:
1699 - Composer Johann Adolph Hasse was born.
1784 - Composer Francois-Joseph Fetis was born.
1852 - Friedrich Hebbel's Agnes Bernauer premiered in Munich.
1881 - Composer Bela Bartok was born.
1931 - Hal Kemp and his orchestra recorded "Whistles" with Skinnay Ennis.
1960 - Roy Orbison recorded "Only the Lonely."
1961 - Elvis Presley performed his last live show for the next eight years in Pearl Harbor,Hawaii. The show raised $62,000 for the U.S.S. Arizona memorial fund.
Today in Elvis History
1963 - The Beach Boys released the album Surfin' U.S.A.
1967 - The Who made its U.S. concert debut in New York.
1968 - The 58th and final episode of The Monkees TV show was aired.
1975 - The Jimi Hendrix live album Band of Gypsys was released.
1985 - Prince won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the soundtrack for the movie Purple Rain.
1990 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) was arrested for allegedly exposing his buttocks during a concert in Augusta, GA.
1991 - Michael Jackson escorted Madonna to the Oscars.
Today in Michael Jackson History
1995 - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) was rescued after a riptide carried him 250 feet offshore in New Zealand.
2004 - In Georgia, the House of Representatives voted 134-0 to name a stretch of Interstate 85 for country music star Alan Jackson. The honor had already passed the Senate.
2015 - It was announced that Zayn Malik was leaving One Direction and that the group would continue as a four-piece.
2016 - The Rolling Stones played their first concert in Cuba.
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