Music Features
The Rock History Report for
December 25th, 2009
1818 - The classic Christmas song "Silent Night" was performed for the first time at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.
1959 - Then 18, Richard Starkey, who the world would later come to know as Ringo Starr, received a drum set for Christmas.
1967 - Paul McCartney and Jane Asher got engaged, though they never actually married.
1978 - Public Image Ltd. played their first ever live show at London's Rainbow Theatre.
1996 - "The People vs. Larry Flynt," which starred Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love, was released.
Birthdays:
1946 Jimmy Buffett
1954 Robin Campbell of UB40
1954 Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics
1971 Noel Hogan of the Cranberries
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