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Today In Music History: Aretha Gets Her Theme Song

Posted at 6:16 AM on April 29, 2011 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays;

Singer Tommy James is 64.

Today in:

1962 - Jerry Lee Lewis returned to performing in Britain - and was a success. News that he married his 13-year-old cousin caused a scandal four years before, and he was hounded out of the country.
1970 - George Harrison announced plans to begin recording his first solo project following the breakup of The Beatles. At the time, he said the band eventually would reunite.
1976 - Security guards removed Bruce Springsteen from the grounds of Graceland. Springsteen was in Memphis on tour at the time and wanted to visit Elvis. Protesting that he was the guy on the cover of both Time and Newsweek that week seemed to make little impression on the guards.
1990 - 13 people were hospitalized after thousands of fans tried to get into a sold-out New Kids On the Block concert in Brighton, England.
1993 - Smashing Pumpkins released their Siamese Dreamalbum.

History Highlight:

Today in 1967, Aretha Franklin released her classic version of Otis Redding's "Respect." It's considered the definite version by most.

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