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ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for June 4

Born:

JIMMY McCULLOCH of Thunderclap Newman/Wings
MICHELLE PHILLIPS of The Mamas And The Papas
STEFAN LESSARD of Dave Matthews Band


This happened:

In 1956, Elvis scored a rare triple whammy as “Heartbreak Hotel” was #1 on Billboard’s Pop, R&B, and Country charts.

In 1976, Sex Pistols appeared at The Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England, a show that is regarded as a catalyst to the punk rock movement.

In 1984, Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A. album hit record stores.

BruceSpringsteen CDcover BornInTheUSA

In 1987, The Eurythmics performed a concert in West Berlin. A crowd of 1,000 people came together on the other side in East Berlin and chanted, “The wall must go!”

In 1996, Crowded House announced that they were calling it quits.

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