by Tino Productions | Nov 27, 2014 | Music History, Music News, News, Resources & Guides
Historic Events In Music – The Week of November 24th 1968: The Beatles (known as The White Album), was released in the US for Thanksgiving week. Notable for the eclectic nature of its songs, the album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and was listed at No.10...
by Tino Productions | Nov 18, 2014 | Music History, Music News, News, Resources & Guides
Historic Events In Music – The Week of November 17 1954: The first pocket-sized transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, is mass-marketed for $49.95. That’s about $430 adjusted for inflation. 1955: RCA buys Elvis’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000—not a bad deal in...
by Tino Productions | Nov 11, 2014 | Music History, Music News, News, Resources & Guides
Historic Events In Music – The Week of November 10 1955: Elvis Presley is named Most Promising Country & Western Artist in Billboard’s annual poll of disc jockeys. This same week songwriter Mae Axton plays Elvis a demo of her new, definitely non-country...
by Tino Productions | Oct 30, 2014 | Events, Industry News, Music History, Music News, News
Historic Events In Music – The Week of October 27 1928: A candle starts a fire in a gypsy caravan in France. The left hand of 18-year-old guitarist Django Reinhardt is badly burned, rendering two fingers useless. With his right leg also injured, Django is...
by Tino Productions | Oct 22, 2014 | Music History, Music News, News, Resources & Guides
Historic Events In Music – The Week of October 20 1908: Columbia Records takes out an ad in The Saturday Evening Post touting their new two-sided records. 1956: “Love Me Tender” is the first song to enter the pop charts at #1. Elvis’...