The Shirelles

The Rolling Stones on Ed Sullivan.

Today in Music: February 4 (19th Nervous Breakdown)

  Music history and highlights that have happened on February 4th… from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1924:  Jazz great Louis Armstrong marries pianist Lil Armstrong. 1938:  “Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” opens on Broadway. 1939:  Frank Sinatra’s first wedding with Nancy Barbato. 1938:  Blues guitarist Joe Beard (“No More Cherry Rose”) […]

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Blues great Lightnin' Hopkins.

Today in Music: January 3oth (How ’bout them blue suede shoes?)

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 […]

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