Fw: Music History for April 7
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Music History for
April 7
1949 - The musical?South Pacific?by Rodgers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway.?
1956 -?Rock 'n Roll Dance Party?premiered on the CBS Radio Network.?
1967 - Sonny & Cher's movie?Good Times?debuted in Chicago, IL.?
1975 - Beverly Sills made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Gioacchino Rossini's?Siege of Corinth.?
1981 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band started their first European tour in Hamburg, Germany.?
1985 -?Prince?ended his 32-city tour in Miami, FL, and said that he was withdrawing from live performances for "an indeterminate number of years." He later returned to live performing.?
1985 - Wham! became the first Western act to play in China.?
1990 - At Farm Aid IV, Elton John performed "Candle in the Wind" for Ryan White. White, a young boy with AIDS, died later the same day.?
1995 - Airport police seized a loaded pistol from Eddie Van Halen's carry-on luggage. No charges were filed.?
1997 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and actress Patsy Kensit were married.?
1997 - An Amsterdam university began offering a course entitled "Madonna 101."?
1998 - Carlos Vega died of a self-inflicted gunshot.?
1998 - George Michael was arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills for lewd conduct. He was sentenced to community service for the incident.?
1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.?
2000 - Michael Abram attended a hearing for his attempt to murder George Harrison and his wife Olivia on December 30, 1999. Abram was ordered to appear for trial, but a date was not set.?
2004 - It was announced that Polar Studios, in Stockholm, would close in May due to high rent.?
2016 - The final episode of the final season of?American Idol?was aired.? |
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Mary Live long and prosper
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