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Music History for May 13 1842 - Composer Sir Arthur Sullivan was born.
1938 - "When the Saints Go Marching In" was recorded by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra.
1954 - "The Pajama Game" made its debut on Broadway in New York City at the St. James Theatre.
1955 - Elvis Presley's performance at Jacksonville, FL, became the first Presley show at which a riot ensued.
1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from his second wife six months after marrying his third wife, Myra.
1966 - The Kinks recorded "Sunny Afternoon."
1970 - Badfinger began recording "No Matter What."
1970 - The Beatles film "Let it Be" premiered in New York.
1971 - Grace Slick smashed her Mercedes into a concrete wall near San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
1974 - More than fifty people were hurt when youths started throwing bottles outside a Jackson 5 concert at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. 43 people were arrested.
1977 - Dolly Parton made her New York City debut with a concert at the Bottom Line.
1977 - Linda Ronstadt denied reports saying she had been offered $1 million to be photographed nude for a Hustler centerfold.
1984 - "The Fantasticks" became the longest-running musical in theatre history with performance number 10,000. The show opened on May 3, 1960.
1985 - Bruce Springsteen and Julianne Phillips were married. They separated in 1989.
1993 - The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bette Midler and Barry White were guest voices on the season finale of the "The Simpsons." The episode was entitled "Krusty Gets Kancelled."
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