Music History for March 5
Today's:
1735 - Handel's Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 4 No 2 was performed for the first time.
1853 - Composer Arthur William Foote was born.
1887 - Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born.
1955 - Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance on the "Louisiana Hayride" show.
1960 - Elvis Presley was honorably discharged from the Army.
1963 - Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Nashville, TN.
1968 - Jerry Lee Lewis opened in the rock musical adaptation of "Othello" in Hollywood, CA.
1969 - The magazine "Creem" was published for the first time.
1969 - Dusty Springfield collapsed while taping a TV appearance.
1979 - MCA Records dissolved its recent acquisition, ABC Records.
1982 - Blues Brother John Belushi died of drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles at the age of 33.
1994 - Grace Slick was arrested for pointing a shotgun at police in her home.
2002 - MTV began airing "The Osbournes." The reality television show followed the daily activities of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his family.
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