Today in Music History - Aug. 13 1879 - Composer John Ireland was born. 1924 - The Prisoners Song by Vernon Dalhart became the first country music record to sell one million copies. 1930 - Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded Go Home and Tell Your Mother. 1938 - Robert Johnson played a show at a roadhouse outside Greenwood, MS. It has been speculated that Johnson was poisoned after the show which caused his death several days later. 1952 - In Los Angeles, CA, the original version of Hound Dog was recorded by Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton. 1965 - The Jefferson Airplane made its stage debut at the Matrix Club in San Francisco, CA. 1965 - The Beatles album Help! was released in the United States. 1967 - The Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Joan Baez to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. because of her opposition to the Vietnam War. 1967 - Fleetwood Mac made their stage debut in Great Britain at the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival. 1980 - Todd Rundgrens home in Woodstock, New York was invaded by four masked men. Rundgren, his girlfriend and three houseguests were bound and gagged while the masked men stripped the house of valuables. 1990 - Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed after a light rack fell on him before a concert in Brooklyn, NY. 1999 - The movie Detroit Rock City opened. Source: On-This-Day
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:02:12 +0000
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