To: AugustWest who wrote (4698 ) 7/10/1998 8:43:00 AM From: SIer formerly known as Joe B. Respond to of 49843
Happy Birthday ARLO Today In Music History July 10 On this date in music history in 1913 opera singer Ljuba Welitsch was born. Balladeer Arlo Guthrie was born in Coney Island, New York in 1947. The son of folk singer Woody Guthrie, his most famous song was the 18-minute Thanksgiving tale "Alice's Restaurant Massacre." Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys was born in Northumberland, England in 1954. Bobbie Gentry recorded "Ode to Billie Joe" at a Hollywood studio in 1967. Gladys Knight & The Pips' summer series on NBC-TV premiered in 1975. Boston Pop conductor Aurthur Fiedler died in 1979 at the age of 84. He began his association with the Boston Pops Orchestra about 1915 as a viola player. He was conductor from 1930 until his death. Chuck Berry was sentenced to four months in jail for income tax evasion in 1979. _______________________________________________________________ Brit Rock Symphony Benefits VH1 Save the Music Considered the hottest rock ticket of the summer, The British Rock Symphony, starring Roger Daltrey, will donate fifty cents from each ticket sold in selected cities to VH1's Save the Music Foundation. The British Rock Symphony is a symphonic tribute to classic British rockers The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Keith Levenson is arranger and conductor for the Symphony which features a 60-piece symphony orchestra, including a core rock band, and choir fronted by rock & roll singers with Daltrey as the soloist. The two-hour concert covers more than fifty songs by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, David Gilmour and Roger Waters. Roger Daltrey is the lead singer of the Who and a solo artist in his own right. VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring music education in America's public schools. The British Rock Symphony rolls into New York's Radio City Music Hall Wednesday, July 15. For the complete British Rock Symphony tour schedule, and a list of the selected cities which will donate proceeds to The Save the Music Foundation, go to www.britishrock.com.