Music History for June 121897 - Composer Alexander Tansman was born. 1935 - At age 17, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her first songs. The two songs were "Love and Kisses" and "I'll Chase the Blues Away." 1965 - The Beatles received their MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) awards. Today in Beatles History 1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono released "Some Time In New York City." Today in Beatles History 1989 - Graceland opened the Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, which contains over 20 cars owned by Presley. 1990 - Mariah Carey's self-titled debut album was released in the U.S. 1994 - Cab Calloway suffered a stroke from which he never truly recovered from. He died November 18, 1994 at the age 86. 2014 - Amazon's Prime Music was launched. 2015 - In Gothenburg, Sweden, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) fell off the stage and broke his leg. He had his leg set backstage and returned to perform more songs. |