Music News
Make your own music headlines while I may or may not be at Disney World. Back to regular programming next week.
Music History
[Courtesy of calendar.songfacts.com ]
August 1
1981: MTV goes on the air bringing music videos to the masses; at least the ones with cable. Here's the first video they played...
August 2
1962: Aretha Franklin makes her television debut singing "Don't Cry Baby" and "Try A Little Tenderness" on American Bandstand.
1991: Pearl Jam pl the club RCKNDY in Seattle. The show is filmed and used to create their first music video for the song "Alive." The audio from the show is used in the video as the band hates the idea of lip-syncing.
August 4
1984: The Prince album Purple Rain hits #1 in the U.S. where it stays for 22 weeks.
August 5
1975: The first all-female hard-rock band is formed when producer Kim Fowley puts together The Runaways featuring Joan Jett, Lita Ford and future Bangle Michael Steele.
August 6
2015: Hamilton, a hip-hop infused musical based on the life of Alexander Hamilton opens on Broadway after a 6 month sold-out off-Broadway debut. Have you seen it live? I am still hoping to....
August 7
1981: The animated sci-fi film Heavy Metal is released. The film doesn't have anything to do with music but rather is an anthology of various stories from the comic magazine "Heavy Metal." An all-star soundtrack is added featuring Sammy Hagar, Devo, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Journey and Black Sabbath.
What have you been listening to this week?
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