Fw: Music History for April 24
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Music History for
April 24
1934 - Laurens Hammond was granted a patent for the pipeless organ with the tonewheel generator.?
1936 - Benny Goodman and his trio recorded "China Boy."?
1959 -?Your Hit Parade?aired for the last time. The show had been on since 1935.?
1961 - Bob Dylan earned a $50 session fee for playing harmonica on Harry Belafonte's "Midnight Special." It was his recording debut.?
1968 - Apple Records refused to sign David Bowie.?
1977 - Talking Heads began its first European tour, supporting the Ramones.?
1984 - Jerry Lee Lewis married his sixth wife, Kerrie McCarver.?
1985 - RKO Home Video released six black and white film classics starring Fred Astaire.?
1990 - The road crew for Roger Waters discovered an unexploded World War II era bomb while constructing the set for "The Wall" concert in Potsdamer Platz, Germany.?
1992 - David Bowie and Iman were married. The wedding was announced about a week later.?
1992 -?Elvis -- The Great Performances?aired on CBS-TV.
1994 - Madonna visited the San Antonio Spurs locker room to congratulate David Robinson on his 71-point performance.?
1996 - It was announced that Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) was in a drug rehab and could not perform causing the cancellation of several shows.?
2002 - Jewel was thrown from a horse and suffered a broken collarbone and a rib.?
2018 - The IFPI reported that streaming services had become the single biggest revenue source, above digital downloads and physical sales, in the music industry.?
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