Music history and highlights that have happened on February 1st… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1896: Giacomo Puccini’s world famous opera “La Boheme” opens in Turin. 1902: Important poet, playwright and social activist Langston Hughes born in Jopin, Missouri. 1934: Kingston Trio singer Bob Shane born in Hilo, Hawaii. 1937: […]
The Arts & Culture District sign for Libby Rae Watson was mounted a few days ago by Clarksdale Public Utilities. It is located on Sunflower Blvd… in between the church and the blues (the Bishop T. T. Scott sign is on one side of Libby, and Anthony “Big A” Sherrod is on the other). A […]
Music history and highlights that happened on January 31st… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. (featured image on this article’s frontispiece is Muddy Waters and Son Sims about the same time as Alan Lomax first recorded Muddy) 1797: Franz Peter Schubert (“Unfinished Symphony”) born in Vienna, Austria. 1901: Anton Checkov play […]
Music history and highlights that have happened on January 28th… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1956: Elvis Presley first appearance on national TV (The Dorsey Bros Stage Show). 1927: Jazz musician and heralded London jazz club owner Ronnie Scott born. 1936: Singer songwriter and greatest Canadian early rock n’ roller […]
Music history and highlights that has happened on January 27th… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1778: Puccinni’s opera “Roland” opens in Paris. 1885: Broadway composer Jerome Kern (“Showboat”) born in New York City. 1901: Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi passes on. 1918: Bluesman Elmore James (“Dust My Broom, “Shake Your Money […]
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 and highlights that happened on January 25th from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1858: Felix Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” plays at Queen Victoria’s wedding in Great Britain (it was the first time “Wedding March” was played). 1899: Blues musician “Sleepy” John Estes born in Ripley, Tennessee. 1927: Composer Antonio Carlos […]
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 on January 19th from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1853: Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” premiers in Rome. 1938: Phil Everly born in Brownie, Kentucky. 1943: Janis Joplin born in Port Arthur, Texas. 1946: Dolly Parton born in Sevierville, Tennessee. 1949: Robert Palmer born in Batley, England. 1954: Katey […]
A little music history about today from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1930: Shostakovitch opera “The Noise” premieres in Leningrad. 1941: Soul singer and lead singer for The Temptations David Ruffin born in Whynot, Mississippi. 1941: Country singer Bobby Goldsboro born. 1944: Metropolitan Opera House in New York host a jazz […]