<!-- Begin
var days = new Array();
var msgs = new Array();
var d = 0;


d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br>Have a great year of music!";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Xaver Brixi's birthday 1732";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Fats Domino recorded 'I'm Walkin'<br>on this day in 1957.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's birthday 1710";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Nicolai Karlovich Medtner's birthday 1880";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Max Bruch's birthday 1838";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Francis Poulenc's birthday 1899";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Sigismond Thalberg's birthday 1812";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>John Knowles Paine's birthday 1839";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1949 vinyl records were introduced (45 rpm and 33.3 rpm).<br>and on this day in 1956<br>Elvis Presley recorded his first songs<br>as an RCA Victor artist in Nashville.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Johann Christian Sinding's birthday 1856";

//music pick
d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Jacques Duphly's birthday 1715 "; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1854 Anthony Faas<br>of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Composer Francois-Joseph Dizi<br>was born on this day 1780";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1961<br>Motown Records signed The Supremes.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1932 Duke Ellington<br>and his Orchestra recorded<br>'It Don't Mean a Thing'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1728 was<br>Composer Johann Gottfried Muthel";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939 Louis Armstrong and<br>his orchestra recorded 'Jeepers Creepers'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1853 Verdi's opera<br>'Il Trovatore' premiered in Rome.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1586 was<br>Composer Johann Hermann Schein.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942 Count Basie and<br>His Orchestra recorded 'One O'Clock Jump'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971 The Joe Cocker<br>film 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'<br>debuted in London.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1941 Artie Shaw<br>and his orchestra recorded 'Moonglow'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1936 Benny Goodman<br>and his orchestra recorded<br>'Stompin' at the Savoy'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1969<br>Creedence Clearwater Revival<br>released the 'Proud Mary' LP.";

d=d+1; 
days[d] = "January 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>It's <a target='_blank' href='http://www.australiadaylive.gov.au/'>Australia Day</a><br>On this day in 1911<br>The Richard Strauss opera<br>'Der Rosenkavalier'<br>premiered in Dresden, Germany.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1756 was<br>Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1722 was<br>Composer Johann Ernst Bach";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>Warner Bros. Records<br>signed Peter, Paul and Mary";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 30, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1917<br>The Original Dixieland Jazz Band<br>recorded 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball'<br>(considered to be the first jazz record)";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "January 31, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1797 was<br>Composer Franz Schubert.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1896<br>Puccini's opera La Bohème was first<br>staged in Turin, Italy.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1949 the<br>first 45 RPM record was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1959 Buddy Holly (22),<br>Ritchie Valens (17),<br>and the Big Bopper (28)<br>died in a plane crash in Iowa.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1892 was<br>Composer Yrjo Kilpinen";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1940 Glenn Miller<br>and his band recorded 'Tuxedo Junction.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1943 Frank Sinatra<br>made his debut as vocalist<br>on radio's 'Your Hit Parade.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1871 was<br>Composer Wilhelm Stenhammar.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>'Stop in the Name Of Love'<br>by The Supremes was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1885 was<br>Composer Alban Berg.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Little Richard recorded 'Long Tall Sally'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1830 was<br>Composer Peter Arnold Heise";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1760 was<br>Composer Jan Ladislav Dussek.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1867 Johann Strauss'<br>Blue Danube Waltz was played<br>for the first time at a<br>public concert in Vienna, Austria.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>Aretha Franklin recorded her song<br>'Respect' in New York.<br><br>Happy Valentines Day!<br>If music be the food of love<br>...Play on!<br><br>and Happy Chinese New Year!";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1941<br>Duke Ellington and his orchestra<br>recorded 'Take the A Train'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1709 was<br>Composer Charles Avison.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1653 was<br>Composer Arcangelo Corelli.";

//Video pick
//d=d+1;
//days[d] = "February 17, 2012";
//msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1653 was<br>Composer Arcangelo Corelli.<br><img src='http://www.musicbizaustralia.com/images/check.jpg' width='14' height='16'><a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIWVv5u7Jg'>Saturday Music Video Pick</a><br>(Bebop Panflute!) <a title='Suggest a video you&#39ve found on YouTube' href='contact.htm?Subject1=Youtube Video Suggestion'><img border='0' src='images/suggestvid.jpg' width='92' height='14'></a>";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1959<br>Ray Charles recorded 'What'd I Say.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1974 Dick Clark<br>premiered the American Music Awards.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1970<br>John Lennon's 'Instant Karma'<br>was released in the U.S.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1893 was<br>Composer Andres Segovia.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Elvis Presley entered the music charts<br>for the first time with 'Heartbreak Hotel.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1685 was<br>Composer George Frideric Handel";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1979 'Roxanne' was released by The Police.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1727 was<br>Composer Armand-Louis Couperin.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1977 The Eagles'<br>Hotel California was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1848 was<br>Composer Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1877 was<br>Composer Sergei Bortkiewicz.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "February 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1792 was<br>Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1810 was<br>Composer Frederic Chopin";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1824 was<br>Composer Bedrich Friedrich Smetana";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1931<br>The first jazz album to sell<br>a million copies was recorded.<br>'Minnie The Moocher' by Cab Calloway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1678 was<br>Antonio Lucio Vivaldi";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1887 was<br>Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's<br>'La Traviata' opera debuted in Venice.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1875 was<br>Composer Joseph Maurice Ravel";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1714 was<br>Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1737 was<br>Composer Josef Myslivecek";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1839 was<br>Composer Dudley Buck";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963 Manfred Mann's<br>first concert was held in London";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939 Artie Shaw<br>and his band recorded 'Deep Purple.'";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1973 Pink Floyd<br>released 'Dark Side of the Moon'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1681 was<br>Composer Georg Philipp Telemann";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956 Colonel Tom Parker<br>became Elvis Presley's manager.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963 'Puff The Magic Dragon'<br>was released by Peter, Paul and Mary.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968 The Bee Gees<br>made their U.S. television debut<br>on the 'Ed Sullivan Show.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1844 was<br>Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957 Elvis Presley<br>bought the mansion he called Graceland.";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1936 Benny Goodman<br>and his orchestra recorded<br>'Christopher Columbus' in Chicago, IL.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1685 was<br>Composer Johann Sebastian Bach";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963 The Beatles' first album,<br>'Please Please Me', was released in the U.K.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1743 Handel's Messiah<br>was performed for the first time in London";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1721 in Germany,<br>Johann Sebastian Bach published<br>the Six Brandenburg Concertos.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1881 was<br>Composer Béla Bartók";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1827<br>Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1984<br>Cyndi Lauper released 'Time After Time'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1986 more than 6,000<br>radio stations of all formats played<br>'We are the World' simultaneously<br>at 10:15 a.m. EST";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1951<br>'The King and I' opened on Broadway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 30, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1719 was<br>Sir John Hawkins, the author of<br>the first history of music.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "March 31, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1732 was<br>Composer Franz Joseph Haydn";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1873 was<br>Composer Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942<br>Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded 'American Patrol'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960<br>The Everly Brothers made their British concert debut";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939 Glenn Miller<br>recorded his theme song,<br>'Moonlight Serenade'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1784 was<br>Composer Ludwig Spohr";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1925<br>Eddie Cantor recorded<br>'If You Knew Susie'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1949 The musical<br>'South Pacific'<br>by Rogers and Hammerstein<br>debuted on Broadway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1533 was<br>Composer Claudio Merulo";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1966 Percy Sledge's<br>'When A Man Loves A Woman'<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1864 was<br>Composer Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956 James Brown<br>debuts on the R&B charts with<br>'Please, Please, Please'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1954 Bill Haley<br>and the Comets recorded<br>'Rock Around the Clock'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1742<br>George Frideric Handel's 'Messiah'<br>was first performed publicly<br>in Dublin, Ireland";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960 the musical<br>'Bye Bye Birdie' opened in New York City";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968<br>Aretha Franklin recorded 'Think'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971 The Rolling Stone<br>released 'Brown Sugar' in the UK";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1882 was<br>Composer Artur Schnabel"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1863 was<br>Composer Felix Blumenfeld";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1868 was<br>Composer Max von Schillings";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1931<br>Louis Armstrong recorded<br>'When It’s Sleepy Time Down South'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1961 The Beatles<br>debuted at the Cavern Club<br>in Liverpool, England.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1966 'Wild Thing'<br>by the British band the Troggs<br>was released in the U.S.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1891 was<br>Composer Sergei Prokefiev"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1936 Benny Goodman<br>and his trio recorded 'China Boy.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967 The Beatles<br>recorded 'All You Need Is Love'<br>during a British TV broadcast."; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960 the filming of<br>'G.I. Blues' with Elvis Presley, began";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968 Simon & Garfunkel's<br>'Mrs. Robinson' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1940 Glenn Miller<br>and his orchestra recorded<br>'Pennsylvania 6-5000'"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1899 was<br>Musician and Composer<br>Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "April 30, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957<br>Elvis Presley recorded 'Jailhouse Rock'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1786<br>The Mozart opera 'The Marriage of Figaro'<br>premiered in Vienna";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 2, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1660 was<br>Composer Alessandro Scarlatti";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1976<br>Paul McCartney made his first American<br>stage appearance in 10 years<br>The 'Wings Over America' tour began<br>in Ft. Worth, Texas";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Gene Vincent and his group,<br>The Blue Caps,<br>recorded 'Be-Bop-A Lula'";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968<br>Creedence Clearwater Revival's<br>'Bad Moon Rising' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1972<br>Elton John's 'Rocket Man'<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1833 was<br>Composer Johannes Brahms<br>and born on this day in 1840 was<br>Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1970<br>The Beatles album<br>'Let it Be' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 9, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1944<br>Jimmie Davis became the<br>Governor of Louisiana.<br>He wrote the song<br>'You Are My Sunshine'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 10, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1935 in Poland<br>was Australian jazz guitarist George Golla<br><br>On this day in 1965<br>The Rolling Stones produced their<br>very first recordings when they<br>recorded tracks for the album<br>'Out of Our Heads'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1970<br>The triple album 'Woodstock' soundtrack<br>was released on Cotillion Records";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>'Satisfaction' was recorded<br>by The Rolling Stones.";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1938<br>'When the Saints Go Marching In'<br>was recorded by Louis Armstrong<br>and his Orchestra.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1937<br>'Caravan' was recorded by<br>Duke Ellington and his band"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1567 was<br>Composer Claudio Monteverdi"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 16, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1946<br>The Irving Berlin musical,<br>'Annie Get Your Gun',<br>opened at New York’s Imperial Theatre<br>for the first of 1,147 performances";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1866 was<br>Composer Erik Alfred-Leslie Satie"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1968<br>'Tiptoe through the Tulips'<br>was released by Tiny Tim"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1958<br>Bobby Darin's single,<br>'Splish Splash', was released<br>as the first eight-track master<br>recording pressed to a<br>plastic 45-RPM disc"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1954<br>'Rock Around the Clock'<br>was released by<br>Bill Haley and the Comets";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1975<br>Elton John became the first Western<br>pop star to play in the U.S.S.R.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1813 was<br>Composer Richard Wagner";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1781 was<br>Composer Louis-Francois Dauprat"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960<br>The Everly Brothers recorded<br>'Cathey's Clown'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1969<br>The Hollies recorded<br>'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'<br>with Elton John on piano.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1973<br>Deep Purple's single<br>'Smoke On The Water'<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957<br>'That'll be the Day'<br>by the Crickets was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1941<br>Frank Sinatra joined<br>Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra in<br>recording 'This Love of Mine'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1913<br>Igor Stravinsky's composition<br>'The Rite of Spring'<br>premiered in Paris.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 30, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>Benny Goodman led the first<br>American jazz band to play<br>in the Soviet Union.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "May 31, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1917<br>The first jazz record,<br>'Dark Town Strutters' Ball',<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>'Sergeant Pepper's<br>Lonely Hearts Club Band'<br>was released by the Beatles";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1857 was<br>Composer Sir Edward William Elgar";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1952<br>Frank Sinatra recorded<br>'Birth of the Blues'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1934<br>The Dorsey Brothers recorded<br>'Annie’s Aunt Fanny'<br>Glenn Miller also sang in the song";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Gene Vincent's<br>'Be-Bop-A-Lula'<br>was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960<br>Roy Orbison's<br>'Only the Lonely'<br>was released in the U.S.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1972<br>The musical 'Grease'<br>opened on Broadway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1810 was<br>Composer Robert Schumann";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1924<br>'Jelly-Roll Blues'<br>was recorded by<br>Jelly Roll Morton and his band";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1865<br>Richard Wagner's<br>'Tristan and Isolde'<br>premiered in Munich, Germany.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1928<br>King Oliver and his band<br>recorded 'Tin Roof Blues.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>The Rolling Stones'<br>'Satisfaction' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1985<br>Live Aid concerts took place<br>in Philadelphia, PA and London.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>Paul McCartney recorded<br>'Yesterday'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1843 was<br>Composer Edvard Grieg";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1972<br>The New York Jazz Museum opened.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 17, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1882 was<br>Composer Igor Fedorovich Stravinski";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 18, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1821<br>Carl Maria von Weber's opera<br>'Der Freischutz'<br>was first performed in Berlin.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 19, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1717<br>was Composer Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 20, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1819<br>was Composer Jacques Offenbach"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 21, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1732<br>was Composer Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 22, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1969<br>Blind Faith's first and only LP was released"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 23, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1814<br>was Adolphe Sax,<br>the inventor of the saxophone";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 24, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1972 'I Am Woman'<br>by Helen Reddy, was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 25, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1969<br>The Hollies recorded<br>'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'<br>with Elton John playing piano";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 26, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1964<br>The album, 'A Hard Day’s Night',<br>was released by The Beatles.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 27, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1959<br>The play, 'West Side Story'<br>with music by Leonard Bernstein,<br>closed after 734 performances on Broadway.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 28, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1969<br>Crosby, Stills and Nash<br>released their first album.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 29, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957<br>Buddy Holly recorded<br>the song 'Peggy Sue'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "June 30, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939<br>Frank Sinatra made his first<br>appearance with Harry James’ band."; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 1, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1935<br>Benny Goodman and his band<br>recorded 'King Porter Stomp'";  

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 2, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Elvis Presley recorded<br>'Hound Dog' and 'Don’t Be Cruel'"; 

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 3, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971<br>Jim Morrison (Doors)<br>died in Paris at age 27";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 4, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1895<br>The song 'America the Beautiful'<br>was first published.";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 5, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1954<br>Elvis Presley recorded<br>'That's All Right (Mama)'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 6, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1937<br>'Sing, Sing, Sing' was recorded<br>by Benny Goodman and his band";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 7, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1973<br>Paul McCartney's<br>'Live and Let Die'<br>was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 8, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1882 was<br>Composer Percy Grainger";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 9, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1958<br>Johnny Cash signed<br>with Columbia Records";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 10, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>Bobbie Gentry recorded<br>'Ode to Billie Joe'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 11, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1918<br>Enrico Caruso recorded<br>'Over There'<br>written by George M. Cohan";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 12, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1954<br>Elvis Presley quit his job<br>as a truck driver and<br>signed his first recording contract";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 13, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1974<br>Eric Clapton's<br>'I Shot The Sheriff'<br>was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 14, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1987<br>'U Got The Look'<br>by Prince was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 15, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942<br>Glen Miller and his band recorded<br>'Jukebox Saturday Night'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 16, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1959<br>The Coasters recorded<br>'Poison Ivy'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 17, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1954<br>The first Newport Jazz Festival<br>was held at the Newport Casino<br>in Newport, RI.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 18, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1670 was<br>Composer Giovanni Bononcini";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 19, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1969<br>The Rolling Stones'<br>'Honky Tonk Women'<br>was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 20, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>Bob Dylan's<br>'Like a Rolling Stone'<br>was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 21, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 2009<br>The iTunes Music Store<br>reached 8 billion songs sold";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 22, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>Vanilla Fudge made its<br>concert debut in New York";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 23, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1796 was<br>Composer Franz Adolf Berwald";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 24, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1938<br>Artie Shaw recorded<br>'Begin the Beguine'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 25, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1970<br>Chicago's '25 or 6 to 4'<br>was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 26, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942<br>Judy Garland and Gene Kelly<br>recorded 'For Me and My Gal'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 27, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942<br>Peggy Lee recorded<br>her first hit record<br>'Why Don’t You Do Right'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 28, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939<br>Judy Garland recorded<br>'Over the Rainbow'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 29, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963<br>Peter, Paul and Mary's<br>'Blowin In The Wind'<br> was released";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 30, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1792<br>The French national anthem<br>'La Marseillaise'<br>was first sung in Paris";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "July 31, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 2007<br>The iTunes Music Store<br>reached 3 billion songs sold.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 1, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1960<br>Chubby Checker's 'The Twist'<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 2, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>Robert Zimmerman legally<br>changed his name to Bob Dylan.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 3, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971<br>Paul McCartney announced the<br>formation of his new band Wings.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 4, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1956<br>Elvis Presley's song<br>'Hound Dog' were released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 5, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1986<br>Lionel Richie released the<br>album 'Dancing on the Ceiling'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 6, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1964<br>Rod Stewart made his television<br>debut on the British show<br>'The Beat Room'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 7, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1937<br>Bunny Berigan and his orchestra<br>recorded 'I Can't Get Started'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 8, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1923<br>Benny Goodman, aged 14,<br>took a job playing clarinet<br>on a Chicago-based excursion<br>boat on Lake Michigan.<br><br>Born on this day in 1928 was<br>Australian jazz musician Don Burrows.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 9, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1964<br>Bob Dylan and Joan Baez performed<br>on stage together<br>for the first time.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 10, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1985<br>Madonna's 'Like A Virgin'<br>became the first album<br>by a female to reach<br>five million sales.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 11, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>Booker T. and the MG's<br>instrumental song,<br>'Green Onions',<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 12, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1877<br>Thomas Edison invented the<br>phonograph and made<br>the first sound recording.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 13, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1952<br>The original version of<br>'Hound Dog' was recorded by<br>Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 14, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971<br>Rod Stewart released<br>'Maggie May'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 15, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1875 was<br>Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 16, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1977<br>Elvis Presley died<br>at the age of 42 in Memphis<br>He died of coronary arrhythmia.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 17, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1964<br>The Kinks 'You Really Got Me'<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 18, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>Peter, Paul & Mary's<br>'If I Had A Hammer' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 19, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born this day in 1881 was<br>Composer Georges Enesco";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 20, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1882<br>Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture'<br>debuted in Moscow.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 21, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1938<br>The classic song 'Ain't Misbehavin'<br>was recorded by Fats Waller.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 22, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born this day in 1862 was<br>Composer Achille-Claude Debussy<br>and born on this day in 1928<br>was Karlheinz Stockhausen";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 23, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1993<br>The Los Angeles Police Department<br>announced that Michael Jackson was<br>the subject a criminal investigation.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 24, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1981<br>Mark David Chapman was sentenced<br>to 20 years to life in prison<br>for the murder of John Lennon.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 25, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1986<br>Paul Simon's 'Graceland'<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 26, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze'<br>was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 27, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1992<br>John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to<br>'A Day In The Life' sold<br>for $87,000 at an auction.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 28, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1850<br>Wagner’s opera, 'Lohengrin' was<br>performed for the first time.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 29, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1920 was<br>jazz saxophonist, Charles 'Bird' Parker, Jr.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 30, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1922<br>The New Orleans Rhythm Kings<br>recorded 'Tiger Rag'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "August 31, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939<br>Frank Sinatra recorded<br>'All or Nothing at All'<br>with the Harry James Band.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 1, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1653<br>was Composer Johann Pachelbel.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 2, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>The Beatles released<br>the song 'Yesterday'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 3, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1942<br>Frank Sinatra started<br>his solo singing career.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 4, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1824<br>was Composer Anton Bruckner";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 5, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1735<br>was Composer Johann Christian Bach";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 6, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1937<br>Benny Goodman and his orchestra<br>recorded 'Sugar Foot Stomp'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 7, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957<br>Sam Cooke's first single<br>'You Send Me' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 8, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1941<br>Harry James and his orchestra<br>recorded 'Miserlou'.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 9, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1971<br>John Lennon's LP<br>'Imagine' was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 10, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1779<br>was Composer Louis Alexandre Piccinni";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 11, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1847<br>'Oh, Susannah' was sung in<br>public for the first time.<br>Stephen Foster sold the rights to<br>the song for a bottle of whiskey";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 12, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1948<br>Elvis Presley, age 13, moved<br>with his parents to Memphis, TN";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 13, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1874<br>was Composer Arnold Schoenberg";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 14, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1741<br>George Handel completed 'Messiah'<br>in time for an orphan's charity concert";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 15, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1930<br>Hoagy Carmichael recorded<br>'Georgia on My Mind'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 16, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1963<br>the Beatles released<br>'She Loves You'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 17, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1931<br>RCA Victor Records began demonstrations<br>of the long-playing (LP),<br>33-1/3 RPM phonograph record";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 18, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1970<br>Jimi Hendrix died in his London<br>apartment at the age of 27<br>from an overdose of sleeping pills";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 19, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1936<br>'Indian Love Call' was recorded<br>by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 20, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1966<br>George Harrison went to India<br>for his first visit to<br>Maharishi Mahesh Yogi";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 21, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1874<br>was Composer Gustav Theodore Holst";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 22, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1964<br>'Fiddler on the Roof'<br>opened on Broadway.<br>It was to run for 3,242 performances.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 23, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1952<br>Hank Williams did<br>his last recording session.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 24, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1955<br>Judy Garland made her TV debut<br>on the 'Ford Star Jubilee' on CBS.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 25, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1906<br>was Composer Dimitri Shostakovich";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 26, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1898<br>was Composer George Gershwin";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 27, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 2004<br> Record producer Phil Spector was<br>charged with murder in the shooting<br>death of Lana Clarkson in 2003.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 28, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1958<br>'To Know Him Is To Love Him',<br>composed by 18-year old Phil Spector,<br>was released by the Teddy Bears.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 29, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>'My Fair Lady' closed after,<br>a 6½ year run on Broadway";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "September 30, 2012"; 
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1791<br>the Mozart opera 'The Magic Flute'<br> premiered in Viena, Austria";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1903<br>was Pianist Vladmir Horowitz<br>in Berdichev, Russia.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1961<br>'Banks of the Ohio'<br>was released by Joan Baez.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1965<br>Manfred Mann became the first<br>western band to perform<br>behind the Iron Curtain.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1943<br>'Is You is or is You Ain’t My Baby?'<br>by Louis Jordan and His<br>Tympany Five was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1962<br>'Love Me Do' by the Beatles<br>was released in the U.K.<br>It was their first single.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1979<br>'Heartache Tonight'<br>by the Eagles was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1940<br>'Stardust' by Hoagy Carmichael<br>was recorded by Artie Shaw<br>and his Orchestra.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957<br>Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song<br>'Great Balls Of Fire.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1835 was<br>Composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saens";
 
d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1813<br>was Composer Giuseppee Verdi<br>and born on this day in 1917 was<br>American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1939<br>Coleman Hawkins recorded<br>'Body and Soul.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1872 was<br>Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1980 AC/DC's<br>'Back in Black' went platinum.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1957<br>'Jailhouse Rock'<br>by Elvis Presley was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1977<br>'Slip Slidin' Away,'<br>by Paul Simon, was released.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1821<br>was Composer Albert Franz Doppler";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>The musical 'Hair' premiered at<br>New York's Public Theatre.<br>The show ran for 1,758 performances.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1935<br>'I'm Getting Sentimental Over You'<br>was recorded by Tommy Dorsey<br>and his Orchestra.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1938<br>The Bob Crosby Orchestra<br>recorded 'I'm Free.'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1955<br>'Day-O' was recorded<br>by Harry Belafonte.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1917 was<br>jazz trumpeter, John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Liszt's birthday 1811";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1978<br>CBS Records raised the price of vinyl<br>records by one dollar to $8.98.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ferdinand Hiller's birthday 1811";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Georges Bizet's birthday 1838<br>and Johann II Strauss' birthday 1825";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti's<br>birthday 1685";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Niccolò Paganini's birthday 1782";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Henri-Jerome Bertini's birthday 1798";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Vivian Ellis' birthday 1904";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 31, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>It's Halloween so be prepared<br>with sweets at the door!";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "October 30, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Peter Warlock's birthday 1894";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Roger Quilter's birthday 1877<br>and William Mathias' birthday 1877";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf's birthday 1739";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Samuel Scheidt's birthday 1587<br>and Vincenzo Bellini's birthday 1801";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Karl Tausig's birthday 1841";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Nicholas Maw's birthday 1935";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Adolphe Sax's birthday 1814<br>(the inventor of the saxophone)<br>and John Philip Sousa's birthday 1854";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1926<br>was Australia's world-renowned<br>coloratura soprano, Joan Sutherland";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Friedrich Witt's birthday 1770";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1967<br>The first issue of Rolling Stone was<br>published in San Francisco.<br>John Lennon was on the cover.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Francois Couperin's birthday 1668";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1962<br>was an Australian jazz musician James Morrison.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Alexander Borodin's birthday 1833";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>George Whitefield Chadwick's birthday 1854";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Johann Georg Leopold Mozart's birthday 1719";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Elvis Presley made his acting debut<br>in the premiere of the movie<br>'Love Me Tender' this day 1956";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Paul Hindemith's birthday 1895";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>On this day in 1974<br>ABBA began their first tour of Europe.<br>It was also their first<br>tour outside of Sweden.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Prince Louis Ferdinand's birthday 1772";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Mikhail Mihaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov's<br>birthday 1859";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Daniel Gregory Mason's birthday 1873";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>The musical 'Anything Goes'<br>by Cole Porter, opened this day 1934";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's birthday 1710";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Manuel De Falla's birthday 1876";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Alfred Schnittke's birthday 1934";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev's birthday 1856";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Big band leader and trombone soloist<br>Tommy Dorsey died on this day 1956";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Anton Stamitz's birthday 1750";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Jean-Baptiste Lully's birthday 1632";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Gaetano Donizetti's birthday 1797";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "November 30, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Andres de Sola's birthday 1634";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 1, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Xaver Richter's birthday 1709";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 2, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon<br>was released this day in 1972";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 3, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Padre Antonio Soler's birthday 1729";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 4, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Andre Campra's birthday 1660";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 5, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna<br>on this day 1791 at the age of only 35";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 6, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Lyricist Ira Gershwin's birthday 1896";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 7, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Bernardo Pasquini's birthday 1637";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 8, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1865<br>was Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius<br><br>On this day in 1980 John Lennon<br>was shot dead in New York<br>by Mark David Chapman.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 9, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>The John Coltrane Quartet<br>recorded 'Love Supreme.' this day 1964";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 10, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Olivier Messiaen' birthday 1908";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 11, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Hector Berlioz's birthday 1803";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 12, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Born on this day in 1915 was<br>American singer/actor Frank Sinatra<br>and on this day in 1955<br>Bill Haley and the Comets recorded<br>'See You Later Alligator'";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 13, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>The Beatles signed with manager<br>Brian Epstein on this day 1961";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 14, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>'Saturday Night Fever' premiered<br>in New York City on this day 1977";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 15, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Michel-Richard Delalande's birthday 1657";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 16, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday 1770<br>and Zoltán Kodály's birthday 1882";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 17, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Domenico Cimarosa's birthday 1749";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 18, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Antonio Stradivari died<br>in Cremona Italy 1737<br>He is recognized as the most<br>renowned violin maker in history.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 19, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Carl Perkins recorded the hit<br>'Blue Suede Shoes' on this day in 1955";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 20, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Franz Xaver Pokorny's birthday 1728";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 21, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Ludwig Schuncke's birthday 1810";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 22, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Carl Friedrich Abel's birthday 1723";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 23, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's birthday 1689";

d=d+1
days[d] = "December 24, 2012";
msgs[d] = "Thanks for visiting on Christmas Eve!<br>On this day in 1818<br>Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany<br>composed the music for<br>&#34<a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6P3fCDQVMI'>Silent Night</a>&#34 to words written by Josef Mohr.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 25, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>MusicBizAustralia.com wishes you a Very Merry Christmas!<br>On this day in 1818 &#34<a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6P3fCDQVMI'>Silent Night</a>&#34 was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 26, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Thanks for visiting on Boxing Day!<br>and good luck to the yachties on their way from <a target='_blank' href='http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/yacht_tracker.asp'>Sydney to Hobart!</a><br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 27, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 28, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Julius Rietz's birthday 1812";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 29, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Orchestra leader Paul Whiteman<br>died on this day in 1967<br>at the age of 76<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 30, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky's birthday 1904<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a> for New Years Eve venues.";

d=d+1;
days[d] = "December 31, 2012";
msgs[d] = "<br>HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br>Have a great year of music!<br>Check the <a href='gig_guides.htm'>Gig Guides</a><br>for NEW Years Eve venues.";

function initArray() {
this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
this[i+1] = initArray.arguments[i];
}
var DOWArray = new
initArray("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
var today = new Date();
var dayname = DOWArray[today.getDay()+1];

var months = new Array("", 
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
);


var mon = months[today.getMonth() + 1]; // month
var day = today.getDate(); // day
var year = y2k(today.getYear()); // year

function dateMsg() {
for (i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return("It&#39s " + dayname + " " + days[i] + ".  " + msgs[i]); // returns day message
   }
return("Today is " + dayname + " " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "."); // returns default
}

// Y2K Fix Function
function y2k(year) {
if (year < 2000)		
year = year + 1900;
return year;
}
//  End -->

