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Today In Music History: Skynyrd V. Cult Grudge Match!

Posted at 6:03 AM on September 30, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Singer Johnny Mathis is 74.
Trey Anastasio of Phish is 45.
Rapper T-Pain is 25.

Today in:

1950 - The Grand Ole Opry was first televised by Nashville station WSM. WSM-AM had been broadcasting the Opry on radio since 1925.
1965 - Donovan made his American TV debut on "Shindig!"
1967 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney appeared on "The David Frost Show" to talk about the virtues of transcendental meditation as taught by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
1974 - Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Oyster Cult concert after a fight broke out between two sound engineers. The Skynyrd roadie claimed that the sound had been deliberately turned off during the bands set.
1993 - Kate Pierson from The B-52's was charged with criminal mischief and trespassing during an anti-fur protest at Vogue's New York City offices.

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