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Today In Music History: Whole Lotta Shaking Going On

Posted at 6:40 AM on February 22, 2012 by Jade
Filed under: Music History

Today In:

1963 - The Beatles put together their Northern Music Publishing Company. Many years later Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney for the rights to the songs.

1969 - T. Rex departed on a tour of England with a concert in Manchester. The opening act was David Bowie, though he did not perform or sing any music; his act consisted of miming the story of a young Tibetan Buddhist monk.

1992 - Kurt Cobain married Courtney Love.

2001 - The Sunday Mirror lists the Beatles as the biggest money-earners of 2000. Although they no longer exist, the band pulled in a tidy $50 million.

History Highlight:

Today in at a small club in Blytheville, Arkansas, Jerry Lee Lewis pumped out "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On." Although Lewis did not write the song, it had been a favorite of his since he had first heard it a year previously. On this occasion, for the first time, Lewis ad-libbed his own bawdy lyrics to replace the ones he had forgotten.

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