Some music history and highlights that have happened on January 30th… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1911: Jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge (Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw) born in Pennsylvania. 1928: Tour de force blues singer Ruth Brown born in Portsmouth, Virginia (“Lucky Lips”, “Teardrops From My Eyes”, “(Mama) He Treats […]
Music history and highlights on January 26th from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1790: Mozart opera “Cosi Fan Tutte” opens in Vienna. 1795: Johann Christoph Freiderich Bach passes on. 1905: Maria Augusta von Trapp (inspiration for “A Sound of Music”) born in Austria. 1908: Jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli born in Paris. […]
Music history highlights that have happened on January 21st from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1927: 1st national broadcast ever from a U.S. opera venue (Faust from Chicago). 1941: Opera tenor Placido Domingo born in Madrid. 1941: Folk singer Richie Havens born in Brooklyn. 1956: Victor Borge’s “Comedy in Music” show […]
Some music history from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1785: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s string quartet opus 10 premieres. 1895: Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” premiers in St. Petersburg. 1909: Drummer Gene Krupa born. 1929: Zydeco music’s “Queen Ida” (Guillory) is born. 1941: Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) born. 1933: Songwriter Sammy Cahn […]