Today in music history !

Today in music history. – this is what really interesting stuff happened on today’s date in music history for 02.

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What happened today in music history:

1661: Composer George Bohm was born.

1862: Composer Alphons Diepenbrock was born.

1924: The operetta “Rose Marie”, by Rudolf Friml, opened on Broadway.

1931: The radio show, “15 Minutes with Bing Crosby”, debuted on CBS.

1963: The Angels become the first white all-female group to have a No.1 record. The song was “My Boyfriend’s Back.”

1965: The Rolling Stones appeared on the British TV show “Ready Steady Go!” Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham performed a parody of Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe.”

1970: An ad was run in “Melody Maker” by Genesis. Phil Collins answered the ad and eventually joined the group.

1976: The first issue of Musician magazine was published.

1978: The “Animal House” soundtrack was released.

1986: Debbie Gibson, while still in school and only 16 years old, began recording the album “Out of the Blue.”

1988: The Amnesty International Tour started in London at Wembley Stadium.

1997: WAR released its 20th album, “Coleccion Latina.”