On This Day in Music for November 11
Events in Music
- 1901 Maurice Ravel's piano composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres
- 1925 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session
- 1931 Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building in San Francisco, California
- 1933 Billie Holiday's second song and first hit, "Riffin' the Scotch", is released
- 1939 Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
- 1958 "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 835 performances
- 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "Two Virgins" album
- 1969 Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK
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Musicians Born on Nov 11
- 1688 Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist, born in Turin (d. 1775)
- 1690 Gerhard Hoffmann, German composer, born in Rastenberg, Thuringia, (d. 1757)
- 1696 Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist, born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona Province (d. 1757)
- 1722 Johann Philipp Sack, German composer, born in Harzgerode, Germany (d. 1763)
Weddings in Music
- 1944 Blues musician B.B. King (19) marries his first wife Martha Denton
- 1957 Country singer June Carter Cash (28) weds former football player Edwin Nix
- 2011 Sixteen-time Grammy Award-winning hit producer and songwriter David Foster (62) weds Dutch-American model Yolanda Hadid (47) in Beverly Hills; divorce in 2017
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Jerome KernNovember in Music History
All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll
Tommy Steele, Britain's first rock 'n' roll star, was discovered on this day at a coffee bar in central London, appearing live on the BBC's first pop music show.
November 16, 1957Thomas Edison's Phonograph
Thomas Edison with his second phonograph, photographed in 1878
November 21, 1877The Ultimate Beatles Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Beatles Question? Including who was the original Beatles drummer? How about who wrote Hey Jude?
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