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Fw: Music History for May 22


 

From: Jackie Schmitt





Music History for
May 22


1954 - Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) celebrated his bar mitzvah.?

1955 - In Bridgeport, CT, a Fats Domino concert was canceled because policed feared a rock 'n' roll riot would occur.?

1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis announced that he had married his 13-year-old cousin, Myra.?

1966 - Bruce Springsteen and his first band, the Castilles, recorded their first and only record, "That's What You Get" backed with "Baby I." It was never released.?

1970 -?Elvis Presley?signed a three-picture deal with MGM.?

1980 - In New York, five gold records that belonged to Jimi Hendrix were stolen from the Electric Ladyland studios.?

1992 - Michael Jackson financed the funeral of a 9-year-old boy that had been killed in a drive-by shooting.?

1997 - Fleetwood Mac performed the first of two MTV Unplugged specials that would be aired in the summer of 1997.?

1999 - New Jersey's Continental Airlines Arena sold out of tickets for 15 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band shows.?

2000 - Steely Dan received the Founders Award for a lifetime of songwriting at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.?

2001 - A remastered version of the album "Madonna" was released.?

2003 - The final manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which was annotated by the composer, sold at an auction for $3.47 million.?

2008 - Madonna's documentary, "I Am Because We Are," was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.?


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