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3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

3rd June 2022
Tagged as: California, Culture, Jazz, Music, Rebellion, rock, Santa Cruz, Society, Teenagers, USA

Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.

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12th February 1924: First performance of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”

12th February 2022
Tagged as: America, Culture, Gershwin, Jazz, Music, New York, USA

George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed for the first time at a concert by Paul Whiteman and his Palais Royal Orchestra called An Experiment in Modern Music.

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26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording

26th February 2021
Tagged as: Chicago, Culture, Jazz, Music, New Orleans, New York, Recording

The resulting record was released in May, and went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies.

Tag: Jazz

3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

12th February 1924: First performance of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”

26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

7th December 1837: The Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern during the Upper Canada Rebellion

6th December 1648: “Pride’s Purge” stops MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England from entering the House of Commons

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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