Musical Monday - A busy day

Today is a big day in music. In 1835, composer Eduard Strauss was born. Several weeks later on, in 1864, composer Johan Halvorsen was born. Okay okay, they looked a lot alike. But they weren't twins, okay?	In 1945,"Billboard" magazine began listing a top albums chart. The first #1 was "The Nat King Cole Trio." It was on 78 rpm (above). Below is the 33rpm re-issue.
The Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway. today in 1956. Also in 1956, Colonel Tom Parker became Elvis Presley's manager.	In 1968, this week's "LIFE" magazine called Jimi Hendrix "the most spectacular guitarist in the world."
In 1974 the Emerson, Lake and Palmer movie "Pictures at an Exhibition" premiered in Los Angeles, CA.	1975 The group T. Rex disbanded.
"Destroyer" was released by KISS today in 1976.	The movie "American Hot Wax" premiered in 1978. Today in 1999, relatives of Buddy Holly filed a suit against MCA Records for allegedly hoarding royalty payments, forging contracts and illegally producing albums without the consent of the family.
2004 - A federal judge denied Axl Rose's request for a restraining order to block the release of a Guns N' Roses greatest hits collection. Rose sued because he said he had not approved the album. Universal Music Group said that they had every right to release the album since Rose had not delivered the contracted album "Chinese Democracy." The album has been in the making for more than seven years.

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