Today In History (Music) January 15th 1958 - The Everly Brothers made their debut on British TV on The Perry Como Show. 1961 - Motown Records signed The Supremes. 1964 - Vee Jay records filed a lawsuit against Capitol and Swan Records over manufacturing and distribution rights to Beatles recordings. 1967 - The Rolling Stones performed on TVs Ed Sullivan Show and were forced to change their lyrics of Lets Spend the Night Together to Lets Spend Some Time Together. 1967 - The Buckinghams began recording Dont You Care. 1968 - The Byrds released The Notorious Byrd Brothers. 1971 - Chase recorded Get It On. 1972 - Elvis Presley reportedly drew the largest audience for a single TV show to that time when he presented a live, worldwide concert from Honolulu, HI. 1973 - The Rolling Stones announced that they would put on a benefit concert for the people of Managua, Nicaragua. The area had been devestated by an earthquake on December 23rd. Nicaragua is the home of Jaggers wife, Bianca. 1982 - Harry Wayne Casey, leader of KC and the Sunshine Band was partially paralyzed in an automobile accident in Miami, FL. His recovery took about a year. 1991 - Sean Lennons remake of his fathers Give Peace A Chance was released to coincide with the United Nations midnight deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. The lyrics were updated to reflect concerns of the 1990s. 1998 - James Brown was admitted to a hospital for treatment for an addiction to painkillers at the age of 64. He was released on January 21, 1998. 2008 - The iTunes Music Store reached 4 billion songs sold. 2013 - Bruno Mars released the single When I Was Your Man in the U.S.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:40:00 +0000
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