Things you might not know. 12 Jan. 1. : Berry Gordy borrows $800 from his family to start a record label and rents an eight-room house on 2648 W. Grand Blvd, the future home of Motown Records. 2. 1963: On his way back from Italy in a search for estranged girlfriend Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan records the radio play Madhouse on Castle Street in London for the BBC. It features his first recorded rendition of Blowin In The Wind and his only recorded version of the original Swan on the River. In the drama, Dylan plays a folk singer. 3. 1981: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) donates several rock record albums to the Library of Congress, including Bob Dylans Blonde on Blonde and KISS Alive! 4. 1965: NBC television airs the first episode of the pop show Hullabaloo! which was designed to compete with ABCs popular Shindig show. The first broadcast featured guests The New Christy Minstrels, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Zombies (introduced by Brian Epstein), and Woody Allen.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:50:22 +0000
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