In music on October 26: • 1685 - Composer Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was born; • 1935 - Judy Garland, at the age of 12, sang on Wallace Beerys radio show on NBC. (bet you didn’t know Wallace Beery HAD a radio show,); • 1965 - The Beatles were awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire) medals; • 1971 - Al Greens Tired of Being Alone, his first hit, went gold; • 1980 - In Los Angeles, CA, Paul Kantner (Jefferson Starship) suffered a brain hemorrhage during a recording session; • 1981 - Queen and David Bowie released the single Under Pressure in the U.K.; • 1992 - Pearl Jam sets a new record for first week sales when the album Vs. sold 950,000 copies; • 1993 - Catholic churches in San Juan, Puerto Rico urge residents to tie black ribbons on trees to protest Madonnas first concert there; • 1998 - Eros Ramazzotti released his Eros Live album; • 1998 - A U.S. federal judge refused to issue an injunction against the sale of MP3 players; Todays song is Scarlatti’s Sonata K. 119 in D major performed by Irena Koblar, live at The Great Hall of The Slovenian Philharmonic, Ljubljana. https://youtube/watch?v=oiebZLfvIhA
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:46:28 +0000
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