Post by valerie davenport on Aug 10, 2007 5:34:16 GMT -5
in 1995 - Jerry Garcia, 53-year-old guitarist and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, died at a Northern California residential drug treatment center. Cause of death was a heart attack.
in1969 - Hot Fun in The Summertime, by Sly and the Family Stone, and Easy to Be Hard, from the Broadway production Hair, were released on this day. Hot Fun made it to number two on the music charts (10/18/69) and Easy to Be Hard climbed to number four (9/27/69).
in1963 - The TV program Ready Steady Go! premiered on ITV in London, England. The show gave exposure to such music luminaries as Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.
in1957 - Paul Anka, at fifteen years of age, was headed up the pop charts with Diana. The single spent nine weeks (out of a total of eighteen on the charts) at #1.
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10th of august.
on this day
in1985 - Madonna’s album Like a Virgin became the first solo album by a female artist to be certified for sales of five million copies.
in 1987 - A Chorus Line celebrated its 5,000th performance. It was estimated that 25 million theatre goers had seen the musical since it opened in 1975. An estimated 16.7 million people had seen the show on Broadway, with another 8.3 million taking in the touring production. A Chorus Line became the longest-running show on The Great White Way on September 29, 1983 and ended its Broadway run in 1990.
in1969 - Hot Fun in The Summertime, by Sly and the Family Stone, and Easy to Be Hard, from the Broadway production Hair, were released on this day. Hot Fun made it to number two on the music charts (10/18/69) and Easy to Be Hard climbed to number four (9/27/69).
in1963 - The TV program Ready Steady Go! premiered on ITV in London, England. The show gave exposure to such music luminaries as Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.
in1957 - Paul Anka, at fifteen years of age, was headed up the pop charts with Diana. The single spent nine weeks (out of a total of eighteen on the charts) at #1.
_____________________________________
10th of august.
on this day
in1985 - Madonna’s album Like a Virgin became the first solo album by a female artist to be certified for sales of five million copies.
in 1987 - A Chorus Line celebrated its 5,000th performance. It was estimated that 25 million theatre goers had seen the musical since it opened in 1975. An estimated 16.7 million people had seen the show on Broadway, with another 8.3 million taking in the touring production. A Chorus Line became the longest-running show on The Great White Way on September 29, 1983 and ended its Broadway run in 1990.
