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Fw: Music History for May 20

 

From: Jackie Schmitt






Music History for
May 20


1941 - Harry James and his orchestra recorded "You Made Me Love You."?

1942 - "I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo" was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.?

1954 - Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" was released. It was not successful until it was released in 1955 on the soundtrack to "Blackboard Jungle."??

1960 - Alan Freed, a disc jockey, was indicted for income tax evasion stemming from payola.?

1968 - Pete Townshend and Karen Astley were married.?

1969 - Peter Cetera (Chicago) was beaten up by four men at a Chicago Cubs-Dodgers baseball game. The men objected to the length of Cetera's hair. Cetera underwent four hours of emergency surgery.?

1970 - The Beatles film?Let It Be?opened in the U.K.?

1977 - The stage show?Beatlemania?opened at the Winter Garden Theater, New York.?

1978 -?The Buddy Holly Story?premiered in of Lubbock, TX.?

1980 - KISS released the album?Unmasked.?

1980 - In Hamburg, Germany, Joe Strummer (The Clash) was arrested for hitting a violent audience member with his guitar during a show.?

1996 - The Metallica single "Until It Sleeps" was released world-wide, excluding North America, where it was released the next day.?

1998 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) started serving a 6-month sentence for felony spousal abuse.?

2008 - The U.S. Congress passed a resolution that designated Frank Sinatra Day to honor his contributions to American culture.?

Mary
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