Music History for
March 22


Today's:


1865 - Composer Theophile Ysaye was born.

1868 - Composer Hamish Maccunn was born.

1956 - Sammy Davis, Jr. starred in the play Mr. Wonderful in New York City.

1956 - Carl Perkins was injured in a car accident on his way to perform on the Perry Como Show.

1958 - Hank Williams Jr. made his stage debut in Swainsboro, GA, at the age of eight.

1962 - Barbra Streisand opened in the Broadway show I Can Get it For You Wholesale.

1963 - The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, was released in the U.K.
Today in Beatles History

1965 - Bob Dylan's first electric album Bring it All Back Home was released.

1977 - The John Denver TV special Thank God I'm a Country Boy was aired on ABC.

1977 - Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Duke Ellington, "Sir Duke," was released.

1982 - Iron Maiden released the album The Number of the Beast.

1997 - Marilyn Manson stopped a show in Honolulu,Hawaii, short after falling onstage and severing an artery in his hand.

1999 - Britney Spears' album "...Baby One More Time" was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.