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Fw: Music History for May 8


 

From: Jackie Schmitt

Music History for
May 8


1941 - Anita O¡¯Day recorded "Let Me Off Uptown" with Gene Krupa and his band.?

1970 - The Beatles album "Let it Be" was released.?

1972 - Billy Preston became the first rock performer to headline at Radio City Music Hall.?

1977 - Olivia Newton-John made her New York City debut with a concert at the Metropolitan Opera House.

1990 - Tom Waits won $2.5 million when a Los Angeles court ruled that Frito-Lay unlawfully used a Waits sound alike in its Doritos ads.?

1992 - Will Smith (the Fresh Prince) and songwriter Sheree Zampino were married.?

1998 - Johnny Winter was inducted into Hollywood's Rock Walk.?

1998 - The Smashing Pumpkins filed a suit against Westwood One. The claim was that the radio syndicator had breached an oral and implied agreement when they licensed a 1991 interview with the band.?

2002 - It was announced that Mariah Carey had signed a deal that included her own label.?


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