Daily Archives: April 13, 2015

Gilberto, Getz win ‘Record of the Year,’ The Beatles ‘Best New Artist’ at Grammys 50 years ago tonight (Apr 13 1965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s


Video: 'The Girl From Ipanema by Astrud Gilberto'

(Tuesday, April 13, 1965, evening PST) — Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz won Record of the Year for “The Girl from Ipanema” at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards tonight, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Continue reading Gilberto, Getz win ‘Record of the Year,’ The Beatles ‘Best New Artist’ at Grammys 50 years ago tonight (Apr 13 1965) →

Lawrence Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed first black page in U.S. Senate 50 years ago today (Apr 13 1965)

1960s, African-American Civil Rights

pioneer

(Tuesday, March 13, 1965; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — 16-year-old Lawrence Wallace Bradford Jr. was appointed today by New York Republican Jacob Javits to be the first black page of the U.S. Senate.