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This is the week that was in matters musical …1957, in Sydney, Australia, Little Richard announces his intention to give up rock-and-roll and “live for the Lord” … demonstrating his sincerity he tosses...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1899, bluesman Sleepy John Estes is born John Adam Estes in Ripley, Tennessee … only a basic guitarist, he is noted for his "crying" blues vocals … some...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1957, rock-and-roll wildman Jerry Lee Lewis records “Great Balls of Fire” …… in Sydney, Australia, another wildman, Little Richard, announces his intention...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1956, Buddy Holly records for the first time for Decca at a session in Nashville …1959, armed with naught but an acoustic guitar and a tape recorder, Buddy...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1927, bluesman Crying Sam Collins records “Jail House Blues” for Paramount Records in Richmond, Indiana …1934, Laurens Hammond patents the pipeless organ …...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1929, from a studio in New York City, Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in performance for the first radio program broadcast over a...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1952, “Stormy Weather” by The Five Sharps is issued this week … it has become known as the rarest of all R&B records and only three 78rpm and no 45rpm...
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