This Day in Music History: August 23
August 23, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: August 23.
1962: John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at Liverpool's Mount Pleasant register office. Add to this, he also played a gig later on that night with The Beatles at Liverpool's Riverpark Ballroom.
1963: The Rolling Stones appeared on UK TV show Ready, Steady, Go! for the first time, as they performed their debut single 'Come On.' The band made a total of 20 appearances on the show between 1963 and 1966.
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1969: Ibex, featuring vocalist Freddie Bulsara, who was later known as Freddie Mercury, played a gig at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Lancashire, UK.
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1970: Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground performed together for the last time at the New York Club 'Max's Kansas City'. Lou Reed worked as a typist for his father for the next two years, at $40 per week.
1975: Ian Curtis, Joy Division singer, married Deborah Woodruff, whom he met while still at school, when he was 19 and she was 18. They remained married until his death when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield, England at the age of 23.
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