Today in Music History

Welcome to Today in Music for Friday, July 30, 2010.

1792 - 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time
1930 - 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
1954 - Elvis Presley joins Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local 71
1966 - Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks
1968 - Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away
1992 - Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65)

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1936 - George "Buddy" Guy, US blues guitarist (Stone Crazy)
1936 - Istvan Zelenka, composer
1936 - Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, composer
1941 - Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
1944 - Teresa Cahill, opera singer

More Birthdays in Music on this Day in History

1727 - Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67
1781 - Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35
1936 - Adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72
1943 - Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58
1957 - Sem Dresden, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 76

More Deaths in Music on this Day in History

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