Music History for October 28


Today's:


1798 - Composer Henri-Jerome Bertini was born.

1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted his first public performance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor Pathetique.

1896 - Composer Howard Hanson was born.

1956 - Elvis Presley's song "Love Me Tender" became the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit. He became the first artist to follow himself into the No. 1 position. The song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" had been the No. 1 song for 11 weeks.
Today in Elvis Presley History

1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the second time.

1965 - The studio recording of "My World Is Empty Without You" was made by the Supremes.

1963 - The Beach Boys' "Be True To Your School" was released in the U.S.

1972 - The United States Council for World Affairs announced that it was adopting The Who song, "Join Together," as its official theme.

1978 - The movie KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park aired on NBC-TV as the NBC Movie of the Week.

1991 - The Metallica single "The Unforgiven" was released.

1997 - KISS released the album Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions.

1999 - Terrell Davis (Denver Broncos) made his debut as a hip-hop artist when he performed with rapper Legit.

2007 - The game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was released in North America.

2010 - Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT opened in theaters.
Today in Michael Jackson History

2014 - Box sets of Led Zeppelin's IV and Houses Of The Holy were released.