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6/11 This Week in MH
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This Week in
Music History
June 10
- 1818 Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra"
- 1964 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago
- 1966 Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in UK
- 1966 Beatles record "Rain" 1st to use reverse tapes
- 1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
- 1972 Elvis Presley records a live album at NYC's Madison Square Garden*
- 1922 Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], American actress and singer (The Wizard of Oz), born in Minnesota (d. 1969)
- 2004 Ray Charles, Grammy winning crooner who blended gospel and blues, dies at 73
June 11
- 1949 Hank Williams Sr. makes Grand Ole Opry Debut
- 1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
June 11
June 12
- 1903 The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music
- 1948 "William Tell" French opera by Gioachino Rossini premieres in Salle Le Peletier, Paris*
- 1965 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 performances
- 1977 "Pippin" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1944 performances
June 12
June 13
June 13
- 1854 Anthony Faas patents the 1st US accordion, having made improvements to both the keyboard, and to enhance the sound
- 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
- 1970 Beatles' "Long & Winding Road" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
- 1975 Linda Ronstadt has her first #1 hit on the country-music charts*
June 14
- 1881 Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- 1909 Burl Ives, American folk singer and actor (Little Bitty Tear), born in Hunt City, Illinois (d. 1995)*
- 1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
- 1946 Nat King Cole records "The Christmas Song" for the first time
- 1967 "Steve Allen Show" premieres on CBS-TV
- 1980 Theme From NY, NY by Frank Sinatra hits #32
June 14
June 15
- 1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 performances
- 1963 "Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 1443 performances
- 1968 "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 220 performances
- 1968 "I Do! I Do!" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 561 performances
- 1968 "New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 52 performances
- 1974 "Back Home Again" 8th studio album by John Denver is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1975)
- 1994 Disney's animated musical film "The Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million*
- 1996 Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78
June 16
- 1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris
- 1967 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival
- 1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
- 1980 "Blues Brothers" premieres in Chicago
- 1991 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances (If I were a Rich Man)*
- 1997 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes
June 16
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