Music History on July 13

  • 1668 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro" (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna

Music History

1935 Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer

Sinatra's Recording Debut

1939 Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut, with The Harry James Orchestra, singing "From the Bottom of My Heart" and "Melancholy Mood"

  • 1946 Musical revue "Tidbits of 1946" closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC. after 8 performances
  • 1955 Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Daniel Guilet, violin; Bernard Greenhouse, cello) makes their debut at the Berkshire Music Festival (now Tanglewood Music Center), Lenox, Massachusetts, United States

Hound Dog

1956 RCA releases Elvis Presley's single "Hound Dog", a cover of Big Mama Thorton's original, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, backed with "Don't Be Cruel", written by Otis Blackwell

  • 1956 RCA releases Elvis Presley's single "Hound Dog", a cover of Big Mama Thorton's original, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, backed with "Don't Be Cruel", written by Otis Blackwell

Music History

1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"

Music History

1984 British guitarist Jeff Beck quits singer Rod Stewart's tour after 7 shows

Music Concert

1984 Eddie Van Halen makes a guest appearance, performing "Beat It", in a Jacksons concert, in Dallas, Texas

  • 1985 "Live Aid" concerts held at both Wembley Stadium (London, England) and JFK Stadium (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) raises over $70 million for African famine relief

Music History

1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials

Locomotion

1987 Kylie Minogue releases her debut single "Locomotion"

Music Concert

1988 Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

Alright, Still

2006 UK singer-songwriter Lily Allen releases her debut album "Alright, Still" (Grammy nominee Best Alternative Music Album)

She Wolf

2009 "She Wolf", the lead single from Shakira's eighth album, premieres