On this day in music history…
In 1976, Peter Frampton, with his girlfriend, Penny McCall, and his manager, Dee Anthony, visited the White House to meet with President Gerald Ford and his son, Steven. The meeting is noted in President Ford’s daily diary as having taken place from 3:30 to 4:05 in the afternoon.
In 1994, the annual MTV Video Music Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The awards show marked the first public appearance of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley as a married couple; they had tied the knot a few months earlier. Jackson, joined on stage by Presley, opened the show with some remarks, which concluded with the couple sharing a kiss. Jackson and Presley divorced a couple years later.
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