Tuesday, November 15, 2011.
Events in Music on this Day in History ...
1845 - Opera "Maritana" is produced (London)
1903 - Eugen d'Alberts opera "Tiefland," premieres in Prague
1921 - KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1924 - Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
1926 - 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over ATandT 25 station Network (NBC)
1926 - ATandT sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC)
1988 - 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses
1990 - Producers confirm that Milli Vanilla didn't sing on their album
Birthdays
1946 - Janet Lennon, Culver City Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1946 - Carmine Appice, NYC, rock drummer (Vanilla Fudge)
1951 - Dave Zelmon, rocker
1954 - Ab Bryant, rock bassist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
1957 - Joe Leeway, rocker (Thompson Twins)
Deaths in Music
1788 - Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77
1815 - Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer, dies at 65
1831 - Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76
1842 - Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43
1907 - Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73
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