In music on November 4: • 1970 - Bob Dylan recorded the song George Jackson about a black militant what had been killed in a California prison shootout; • 1973 - Soft Machine and Pink Floyd held a benefit concert for Robert Wyatt who had been paralyzed earlier in the year; • 1978 - Greg Reeves, sued his former band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young for $1 million in unpaid back royalties; • 1988 - The U2 concert movie Rattle and Hum opened in the U.S. and the U.K.; • 1990 - The musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre; • 1991 - Bobby Blue Bland, Booker T. & The M.G.s, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, The Isley Brothers, The Yardbirds, and Sam & Dave were elected to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame; • 1992 - Elton John and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin sign a $39 million publishing contract with Warner-Chappell music; • 1995 - Michael Jackson premiered his single Earth Song on Wanna Bet?”- a German game show; • 1996 - Michael Jackson announced that he and a friend, Debbie Rowe, were expecting a child, but he denied that the couple had used artificial insemination and that Rowe had been paid to carry the baby; • 1998 - Amazon formed Advantage For Music, which allowed unsigned artists and independent labels to sell music online; • 2002 - The book Journals (about Kurt Cobain) was released; • 2010 - In Santa Monica, CA, Metallica headlined the launch event for Activisions Call of Duty: Black Ops video game at Hanger 8; and the five members of the Backstreet Boys performed on Oprah (the first time all five had performed together since 2006). Today song, in honor of the imminent book release, is The Bosses’ “Outlaw Pete.” https://youtube/watch?v=MDqrniE3Uy8
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:17:53 +0000