Music History for October 25
Today's:
1825 - Composer Johann II Strauss was born.
1838 - Composer Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet was born. He is best remembered for his opera "Carmen."
1864 - Composer Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov was born.
1960 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards accidentally met on a train. They had known each other previously from school.
1964 - The Rolling Stones made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1967 - The Diana Ross & The Supremes single "In And Out Of Love" was released.
1968 - In London, Led Zeppelin was billed as Led Zeppelin for the first time. Previously they had used the name New Yardbirds.
1969 - Ummagumma was released by Pink Floyd in the U.K.
1988 - Chico and Bobby DeBarge were convicted of trafficking cocaine in Michigan.
1991 - Concert promoter Bill Graham was killed in a helicopter crash near Vallejo, CA.
1994 - The Madonna album Bedtime Stories was released.
1995 - The musical Victor/Victoria opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.
1995 - Cliff Richard received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.
2002 - In Bloomfield, MI, an $800,000 house owned by Aretha Franklin burned down. Franklin had not lived in the house in two years.
2005 - The iTunes Music Store opened in Austaralia.
2006 - On the Opra Winfrey show, an interview with Madonna aired. Madonnna discussed her adoption of an 18-month old boy from Malawi in the 30-minute interview.
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