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On the October 15 edition of the Music History Today podcast, Chuck Berry gives his final performance, as does CBGB, plus Rick Nelson gets booed & writes a song about it. Also, happy birthday to Chris de Burgh.
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On this date:
In 1937, singer Jo Stafford married singer John Huddleston.
* In 1955, the Grand Ole Opry TV show premiered on ABC TV.
* In 1956, Little Richard recorded the song Good Golly Miss Molly.
* In 1958, Jackie Wilson recorded his smash hit Lonely Teardrops.
* In 1960, the Beatles, with Ringo Starr on drums instead of Pete Best, recorded together for the first time.
* In 1963 Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, & Mary married photographer Barry Feinstein.
* In 1965, Jimi Hendrix signed his first recording contract.
* In 1966, The Four Tops hit #1 with the song Reach Out I'll Be There.
* In 1966, The Monkees recorded the Neil Diamond - written song I'm a Believer.
* In 1968, Led Zeppelin performed together for the first time, in England.
* In 1971, Rick Nelson was booed at Madison Square Garden when he tried to perform newer songs instead of old hits during his concert. The experience went on to inspire him to write his comeback song Garden Party.
* In 1973, Elvis entered the hospital for treatment of respiratory problems, which is where his doctor realized that Elvis was addicted to Demerol.
* In 1977, Debbie Boone hit #1 with the song You Light Up My Life.
* In 1981, Metallica formed.
* In 1988, UB40 hit #1 with a cover version of Neil Diamond's song Red Red Wine.
* In 1992, Madonna held her infamous Sex party in Manhattan to promote her Sex photo book.
* In 2000, Dave Edmunds had triple bypass heart surgery.
* In 2001, Slash of Guns N Roses married his wife Perla Ferrar.
* In 2003, the Louis Armstrong House Museum opened in Queens, NY.
* In 2006, Patti Smith was the final performer at the original New York City club CBGB.
* In 2014, Chuck Berry played his final performance. It was at the Blueberry Hill Club in St Louis.
* In 2016, the Lifetime Channel music docu-movie Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, & Michel'le premiered.
* In 2016, Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons married singer and actress Dianna Agron.
* In 2017, the music documentary series The Platinum Life premiered on the E! TV channel.
In the world of classical music:
* In 1886, Modest Mussorgsky's classical piece Night on Bald Mountain premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia. It would later become famous to an entire generation of kids in the Disney movie Fantasia.
* In 1905, classical composer Claude Debussey's La Mer premiered.
In 1925, the opera Beatrice from Willem Landre was performed for the first time.
In 1994, Philip Glass premiered his Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra.
In award ceremonies held on this date:
* In 1969, Tammy Wynette & Johnny Cash won at the Country Music Association awards.
* In 1973, Roy Clark won at the Country Music Association awards.
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