Tomorrow in Music History

Welcome to Today in Music for Saturday, May 17, 2008.

1890 - Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry," premieres in Rome
1938 - Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network
1944 - Operation Straightline: Allies land in Neth New-Guinea
1974 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet
1975 - Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
1986 - "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart

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