October 05 : This Day in Music History 1959 : Bobby Darins - TopicsExpress



          

October 05 : This Day in Music History 1959 : Bobby Darins swinging version of Mack the Knife, which is a song about a killer from The Threepenny Opera, hits #1 on the Hot 100 and stays there for an astonishing 9 weeks. 1965 : Henry Mancinis soundtrack LP The Pink Panther is certified gold. 1998 : Without comment, the Supreme Court refuses to throw out a suit charging that composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber copied from another songwriter for the Phantom Song from his Phantom of the Opera. The case stems from a 1990 suit filed by U.S. liturgical composer Ray Repp that claims Webbers song copies Repps 1978 composition Till You. 2011 : Apple founder and music industry visionary, Steve Jobs, passes away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:29:37 +0000

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