This is the week that was in matters musical … 1878, seminal turntablist Thomas Edison receives a patent for the phonograph … 1956, Bill Haley & The Comets receive a $250,000 guarantee for 21 shows … an unprecedented amount in those days … 1958, the first Flying V is...

This is the week that was in matters musical … 1941, jazz musician Sidney Bechet records two saxophone parts, clarinet, bass, piano, and drums on a recording of “The Sheik of Araby” … the multitrack performance is achieved in the days before audio tape was in use … B...

This is the week that was in matters musical … 1878, the original DJ, Thomas Edison, receives a patent for the phonograph … 1954, blues shouter Joe Turner cuts "Shake, Rattle & Roll" six months before Bill Haley’s version is released … the white cover versio...