The Who Release The Rock Opera Tommy - Music History Calendar - Event of the day

 

1969 The Who release their album Tommy,  a rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind  boy who plays a mean pinball. Read the full story   More Events:   2006 Dixie Chicks release Taking the Long  Way, their seventh studio album. It goes on  to win five Grammy Awards.   1997 Country singers LeAnn Rimes and  Trisha Yearwood release separate versions  of the Diane Warren-penned ballad  "How Do I Live" on the same day.   2007 The US Library of Congress hands  out the first Gershwin Award to Paul Simon  for being a "performer whose lifetime  contributions exemplify the standard  of excellence associated with the Gershwins."   See More Events Click here for the previous post