Music History for December 29
Today's:
1812 - Beethoven's "Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Opus 96" was performed for the first time.
1943 - "San Fernando Valley" was recorded by Bing Crosby.
1955 - Barbra Streisand recorded her first songs at age 13. The songs were "Zing! With the Strings of My Heart" and "You'll Never Know."
1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets performed "Peggy Sue" on the television variety show The Arthur Murray Party.
1963 - The Weavers gave their farewell concert at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, IL.
1966 - The Beatles began recording "Penny Lane."
1966 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their debut on the U.K. TV show Top Of The Pops. They performed "Hey Joe."
1967 - Dave Mason quit Traffic and started a solo career.
1982 - Jamaica issued a Bob Marley commemorative stamp.
1994 - Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes pled guilty to arson charges for setting fire to and destroyed boyfriend Andre Rison's $1 million Atlanta mansion.
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