Showing posts with label Tommy Dorsey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tommy Dorsey. Show all posts

Monday, July 20, 2015

Some Musical Happenings on This Day

Makes sense to me:

1940 - Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey, vocal by Frank Sinatra)

1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony (known as "Babi Yar")

1963 - 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City"

1965 - Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" was released.

1968 - Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117
1968 - Cream's "Wheels Of Fire" hits #1

1975 - Steve Van Zandt (also known as Little Steven) performed for the first time in concert as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

So, for history's sake, here's Dorsey and Sinatra from 75 years ago this week...