Fw: Music History for April 17
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Music History for
April 17
1953 - Benny Goodman returned to Carnegie Hall after 15 years.?
1960 - Eddie Cochran died in Bath, England, from severe brain injuries sustained in a car crash near Chippenham, Wiltshire. Gene Vincent was seriously injured in the accident.?
1964 - The FBI lab reported that it could not determine the lyrics to "Louie Louie."?
1964 - Them made their first concert appearance.?
1969 - The Band played its first concert as an independent group.?
1970 - Johnny Cash performed at the White House at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon. He played "A Boy Named Sue."?
1980 - Bob Marley and the Wailers performed as the official guests of State at Zimbabwe's Independence festival.?
1993 - Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) and screenwriter M. Jay Roach were married.?
1995 - Courtney Love and her band Hole performed on the sixth season premiere of MTV's?Unplugged.?
2002 - Tammy Wynette's four daughters reached a confidential agreement with Wynette's doctor over her death. Wynette's daughters filed a lawsuit that claimed the Pittsburgh doctor had contributed to Wynette's death in 1998.?
2015 - John Coltrane was awarded a posthumous Special Citation by the Pulitzer Prize board.?
Mary Live long and prosper
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