New Jersey 101.5 » Billy Preston http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:45:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-5/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-5/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:06:25 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=206271 December 15th, 1956 - A phrase is born when Elvis Presley gave his final performance on a live radio program in Louisiana. At the end of the show, the DJ uttered the now legendary phrase "Elvis has left the building."  Presley had made 50 appearances on that particular radio show throughout his career.

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1968 - The Byrds leave to tour in South Africa. However, they are down one 'Byrd' as Gram Parsons decides not to play in protest of the South African apartheid.

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July 7th
1967 - Dusty Springfield begins a three-week residency at New York's Copacabana nightclub. Best known for her hit songs 'Son of a Preacher Man' and 'I Only Want to be With You', Springfield was one of the most successful British female performers, having six top 20 singles between 1963 and 1989.

1973 - Billy Preston starts a two week run at

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June 17th
1971 - Carole King's 'Tapestry" album goes to No. 1 on the US album chart for the first of 15 weeks.

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1968 - Apple Music ran advertisements soliciting tapes from unknown artists, offering financial grants as part of a deal to release records on the Apple label. A young James Taylor was among many that  signed up.

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