On This Date In Music

1870 - At the National Theatre in Munich, Wagner's opera Die Walküre is performed for the first time, introducing the famous piece "The Ride Of The Valkyries." (One of the scores played in Apocalypse Now as the choppers were headed to the beach.)

 

 

1965 - The Byrds went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Mr Tambourine Man'. Only Roger McGuinn from the band played on the song, the drummer Hal Blaine who played on the track also played on 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.

 

1976 - Peter Frampton releases "Baby, I Love Your Way."