New Jersey 101.5 » Manfred Mann http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Thu, 23 May 2013 21:44:15 +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-8/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-8/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:21:47 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=212649 January 5th 1973 - Bruce Springsteen releases his debut album 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' It was recorded in a single week and would only sell about 25,000 copies in its first year.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-8/feed/ 0 Bruce Springsteen - Photo by Bryan Bedder / Getty Images This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-4/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-4/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:37:48 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=197545 December 2nd, 1969 - Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped at knife-point by a man who worked maintenance in the building she lived in. She later escaped unharmed by jumping out of his car

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-4/feed/ 0 Top Motown soul pop group Diana Ross and the Supremes, left to right, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross and Cindy Birdsong, 1968. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) This Day In Music History http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-45/ http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-45/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:58:46 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=59552 February 19th
1958 - Smokey Robinson turns 18 the same day that his group the Miracles release their first single, "Got a Job." The Robinson composition was a riposte to the Silhouettes' hit "Get a Job."

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-45/feed/ 0 Smokey Robinson Photo by Mike Coppola - Getty Images