by Britt Ryan | Oct 3, 2020 | Today in Music History
Ever feel like you’re walking a “Tightrope” or caught up in some sort of “Crossfire”? Stevie Ray Vaughan sure did. Here he rips out both hits for a 1989 TV special, a year before his death in that tragic helicopter crash in Wisconsin. Born in Dallas, Texas, on this...
by Britt Ryan | Oct 2, 2020 | Today in Music History
The rock star formerly known as Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born in Wallsend, Northumberland, England on this day in 1951. No truth to the rumor that he dubbed himself Sting after a childhood encounter with a bumblebee; in these clips from on “Inside the Actor’s...
by Britt Ryan | Oct 1, 2020 | Today in Music History
“If Trouble Was Money” … he swears he would be a millionaire. Well, blues great Albert Collins — born Albert Gene Drewery in Leona, Texas, on this day in 1932 — did pretty well for himself in a long career during which he became known as the “master of the...
by Britt Ryan | Sep 30, 2020 | Today in Music History
OK. Okmulgee, Oklahoma, is on the Music History birthday map today because Oscar Pettiford, the legendary jazz double bassist, cellist and composer, was born on an Indian reservation there on this day in 1922. Considered the pioneer of the cello as a solo instrument...
by Britt Ryan | Sep 29, 2020 | Today in Music History
Born in Ferriday, Louisiana, on this day in 1935, Jerry Lee Lewis is often remembered as “rock & roll’s first great wild man and one of the most influential pianists of the twentieth century.” Steve Allen introduces him as “jumpin’ and joltin’ Jerry Lee Lewis” in...
