Hat zwar nichts mit Musik zu tun:
13. Februar
1895 French inventors patent movie camera-projector
French inventors Louis and August Lumiere patent the Cinematographe, a combination movie camera and projector. Thomas Edison had patented his movie camera, the Kinetograph, and a separate viewing machine, the Kinetoscope, in 1893.
1939 Gone with the Wind director fired
Gone with the Wind director George Cukor is fired on this day in 1939. Producer David O. Selznick objected to the slow pace of filming, and star Clark Gable had personal conflicts with Cukor. Cukor was replaced the next day with Victor Fleming, who won that year's Academy Award for Best Director for the film.
Frank Sinatra unveiled his own recording label, Reprise. Although the Chairman of the Board didn't have a very high regard for that rock & roll music, the label would release recordings by The Beach Boys, The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix. (1961)
1967
The Beatles' new single „Penny Lane“ backed with „Strawberry Fields Forever“ is released in the U.S. four days before its U.K. release. The record indicates their direction toward electronically produced sounds. It will hit Number One in the U.S. and #2 in the U.K
(1972)
Strange but true: Led Zeppelin is forced to cancel a concert in Singapore concert when officials won't let them off the plane because of their long hair.
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"Film is a disease. And the only antidote to film is more film." - Frank Capra