THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (March 21st): 1946: Ray Dorset - TopicsExpress



          

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (March 21st): 1946: Ray Dorset (guitar and vocals, Mungo Jerry) was born 1950: Roger Hodgson (Supertramp, guitar) was born 1956: It cost $1.50 for a reserved seat to see Elvis Presley, and a few other opening acts, at the Lexington, North Carolina YMCA gym 1961: The Beatles played at The Cavern Club, in Liverpool, for the first time in the evening -- they opened for the The Swinging Bluegenes 1965: On the US singles charts, She Loves You knocks I Want To Hold Your Hand out of the #1 spot, following a seven-week run 1972: The Grateful Dead opened a seven night run at the Academy of Music in New York City 1981: Keep On Loving You is at #1 on the US singles charts for REO Speedwagon 1991: Leo Fender died of Parkinsons disease -- he had sold his guitar company in 1965 2001: A study showed that illegal downloading of music from older, established bands was significantly greater than that of the newer chart-topping acts of the current time -- gee, we wonder why
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:23:13 +0000

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