On This Day, March 8 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 8 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 8 in 1965 – The Manish Boys with young David Bowie on vocals and alto saxophone made their TV debut when they performed…
On This Day, March 7 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 7 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 7 in 1966 – English rhythm guitarist and vocalist Mike Milward died at the age of 23 from leukemia. Best remembered…
On This Day, March 6 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 6 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 6 in 1958 – The Everly Brothers recorded their version of ‘All I Have To Do Is Dream’, a song penned by…
On This Day, March 5 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 5 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 5 in 1956 – Frank Sinatra released his tenth album ‘Songs for Swingin’ Lovers’ through Capitol Records. The album peaked at No.2 in…
On This Day, March 4 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 4 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 4 in 1946 – Frank Sinatra released his debut solo album ‘The Voice of Frank Sinatra’ through Columbia Records. The…
On This Day, March 3 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 3 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 3 in 1931 – Cab Calloway recorded ‘Minnie The Moocher’ which became the first jazz song to sell over one million copies…
On This Day, March 2 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 2 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 2 in 1955 – Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley recorded his influential self-titled song that introduced the ‘Bo Diddley beat’…
On This Day, March 1 in Music History
EVENTS ON MARCH 1 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day March 1 in 1941 – WSM-FM became the first fully licensed commercial FM radio station in the United States. 1958 – Buddy Holly and…
On This Day, February 29 in Music History
EVENTS ON FEBRUARY 29 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day February 29 in 1964 – The 10th Annual Grammy Awards were held in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville. Among the winners…
On This Day, February 28 in Music History
EVENTS ON FEBRUARY 28 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day February 28 in 1958 – Perry Como started an eight-week stint at number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘Magic Moments’. 1966 –…