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On December 29, 1967, musician and conductor Paul Whiteman died at the age of 77. Born in Denver, Whiteman began his career in music as a violinist for the Denver Symphony Orchestra; his father [...]

On December 26, 1968, Led Zeppelin played their first North American show—unbilled, opening for Vanilla Fudge and Spirit at Denver’s Auditorium Arena.

On December 20, 1968, “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” became Peter, Paul & Mary’s only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was written by a very young John Denver, who was then a member of [...]

On December 15, 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded a small plane bound for France, where he was planning a performance for Allied troops during World War II. He never made it to his [...]

On December 11-15, 1971, the Eagles performed at Tulagi in Boulder. The band had been sent to Colorado for its first-ever concerts, to develop as a band. The Eagles released their debut studio [...]

Robben Ford, a touring guitarist with Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and the L.A. Express, lived in Boulder in the mid-1970s to study technique, composing and Buddhism.

Judy Roderick, a University of Colorado student, signed a record deal with Vanguard in 1964, but her promising folk music got lost in the shuffle. She wed underground radio personality Bill [...]

A vocalist and pianist, Cleo Brown sang bawdy blues songs in the 1930s and 1940s, then retired and became a nurse. She was rediscovered living in Colorado in the late 1980s and returned to [...]

On December 4, 1976, Tommy Bolin died from an overdose of heroin and other substances. The guitar god moved to Boulder, Colorado in his late teens and formed Zephyr. He joined the James Gang in [...]