In music on October 7: 1950 - The Frank Sinatra Show debuted; 1954 - Marian Anderson became the first black singer to be hired by New Yorks Metropolitan Opera Company; 1957 - RCA Victor announced that they had already received 500,000 advance orders for Elvis Christmas album; 1964 - The Beatles appeared on Shindig! taped in London; 1966 - Johnny Kidd of the Pirates was killed in a car accident in Lancashire, England; 1967 - Due to a dispute over a hotel bill Cass Elliot spent the night in a London jail and The Beatles refuse an offer to play Shea Stadium for $1 million; 1977 - David Bowies second album is released by RCA and Steve Hackett left Genesis to pursue a solo career; 1978 - Hold The Line was released by Toto and The Rolling Stones appeared on Saturday Night Live;” 1980 - Dusty Springfield made an onstage appearance (first in 8 years) in New York; 1981 - The Time made their live debut; 1982 - Jimmy Paige of Led Zeppelin got a 12-month conditional discharge after being found guilty of possession of cocaine and Cats opened at the Wintergarden Theatre; 1986 - Run D.M.C. spoke and performed for 4,000 children in New York at an anti-crack rally; 1989 - Jefferson Airplane charges a can of food for admission to a concert; 1994 - Treach (Naughty by Nature) made his movie debut in Jasons Lyric; 1995 - Tone Loc was arrested in Los Angeles, for taking $80 from a pizza parlor and Outside was released by David Bowie; 1996 - Bruce Springsteen sold out a solo acoustic show in 8 minutes while on his Ghost Of Tom Joad tour; 2001 - Peter Criss played his final show with Kiss in Charleston, SC; 2003 - Courtney Love was charged with a misdemeanor drug count; and 2004 - It was announced that Melissa Etheridge had cancelled her tour and would undergo surgery and treatment for breast cancer. Todays song (because it worked for the Nats yesterday) is “Keep Punching Joe,” by Daniel Johnston. https://youtube/watch?v=AsZGP8FNOO4
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:39:10 +0000
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