What Happened in Music History October 16: Sinead O'Connor Gets Booed - Music History Today Podcast

On the October 16 edition of the Music History Today podcast, Creedence breaks up, the Grand Ole Opry gets more diverse, & Little Richard records. Plus, it's John Mayer's birthday. For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday On this date: * In 1951, Little Richard recorded for the first time. * In 1956, Elvis' film Love Me Tender premiered. * In 1962, Motown started their package concert tour with Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Little Stevie Wonder, & the Contours. * In 1965, singer and actress Leslie Uggams married her longtime friend Grahame Pratt. * In 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival broke up. * In 1975, Bruce Springsteen performed at the Roxy in Los Angeles, which led to him getting noticed by the mainstream media. * In 1976, the disco novelty song by Los Angeles radio DJ Rick Dees, Disco Duck hit #1 on Billboard's hot 100 singles chart. * In 1976, Stevie Wonder hit #1 with the album Songs in the Key of Life. * In 1986, Chuck Berry held his 60th birthday concert, which was filmed for his film documentary Hail Hail Rock N Roll. * In 1986, Marie Osmond married her husband Brian Blosil. * In 1988, the Smile Jamaica charity concert to help Hurricane Gilbert victims was held in London. * In 1992, Sinead O'Connor was booed when she performed at the Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The audience was reacting to the incident on Saturday Night Live a couple of weeks earlier when she ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II. * In 2003, Apple released the Windows version of the ITunes store. * In 2010, Nicki Minaj set a record for most songs to debut on the Billboard singles chart in the same week with 7, with Bottoms Up with Trey Songz debuting at #11. The record has since been shattered a number of times. * In 2011, singer-songwriter Paul McDonald married actress & screenwriter Nikki Reed. * In 2013, actress & singer Kristen Bell married actor Dax Shepard. * In 2017, Ed Sheeran broke his wrist & elbow in a biking accident, which made him cancel part of his Asian tour. In the world of classical music: * In 1942, Aaron Copland's ballet Rodeo premiered in NYC. In award ceremonies that were held on October 16: * In 2012, the Grand Ole Opry inducted only its third African American member, after DeFord Bailey & Charley Pride. It was Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish and successful solo country music singer.