Events in Music
Music Premiere
Music Premiere1896 Giacomo Puccini‘s Opera “La Boheme” premieres in Turin
Giacomo Puccini
- 1918 Franz Lehar’s opera “Wo die Lerche singt” premieres in Budapest
- 1918 Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse’s musical premieres in New York
- 1930 Arnold Schönbergs opera, Von heute auf Morgen premieres in Frankfurt
- 1949 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
- 1962 “New Faces of ’62” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
- 1964 “Stop the World, I Want to…” closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances
- 1964 The Beatles’ 1st #1 hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” topped the Hot 100, stays #1 for 7 weeks before being replaced by “She Loves You”
Music Concert
Music Concert1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
Jim Morrison
- 1972 Wings release “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” in UK
Album Release
1972 “Harvest” 4th studio album by Neil Young is released (best selling album US 1972)
Neil Young
- 1975 “Men on the Moon” closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances
Music Premiere
1981 Duke Ellington‘s musical “Sophisticated Ladies,” premieres in NYC
Duke Ellington
Event of Interest
Event of Interest2004 Wardrobe malfunction: Janet Jackson‘s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.
Janet Jackson
Birthdays in Music
- 1633 Gabriel Schutz, German composer and musician (d. 1710)
- 1669 Miguel Lopez, Spanish composer and organist, born in Villarroya de la Sierra (d. 1723)
- 1673 Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer, born in Venice, Italy (d. 1747)
- 1690 Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1768)
- 1789 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer
- 1791 Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
- 1801 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
- 1821 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer
- 1859 Victor Herbert, composer (Babes in Toyland, Kiss in Dark), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1873 Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)
- 1875 Eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
- 1877 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer
- 1879 Sydney Baynes, composer
- 1880 Antonio Guarnieri, composer
- 1880 Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer
- 1881 Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer
- 1892 Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer and musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall), born in Krefeld (d. 1959)
- 1894 James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (Charleston), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1955)
- 1902 Carlo Borbolla, composer
Person of Interest
1902 Langston Hughes, American poet (Weary Blues) and playwright (Mulatto), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1967)
Langston Hughes
- 1906 Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I’ll Be Seeing You)
- 1906 Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
- 1907 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, born in Tietê, São Paulo (d. 1993)
- 1908 Edward Staempfli, composer
- 1909 George Beverly Shea, American gospel singer, born in Winchester, Ontario
- 1922 Renata Tebaldi, lyric soprano, born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 2004)
- 1928 Ursula Mamlok, German American avant-garde composer, born in Berlin (d. 2016)
- 1934 Bob Shane, vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
- 1937 Don Everly, Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
- 1937 Dr Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You’re in Love)
- 1938 Jimmy Carl Black, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
- 1939 Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician
- 1939 Claude François, French singer (d. 1978)
- 1944 Tommy Duffy, rocker (Echos)
- 1945 Ole Buck, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen
- 1947 Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (d. 1975)
- 1947 Normie Rowe, Australian singer
Person of Interest
1948 Rick James [James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.], American funk musician (“Super Freak”), born in Buffalo New York (d. 2004)
Rick James
- 1950 Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer
- 1954 Mike Campbell, American guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1954 Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag)
- 1956 Exene Cervenka, American musician
- 1962 Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist
- 1964 Jani Lane, [John Kennedy Oswald] heavy metal musician and singer (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
- 1964 Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician
- 1964 Mario Pelchat, Quebec singer
- 1969 Joshua Redman, American musician
- 1969 Patrick Wilson, American musician (Drummer for Weezer)
- 1971 Ron Welty, American musician
- 1972 Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d. 1999)
- 1973 Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist
- 1975 Big Boi, American musician (Outkast)
- 1979 Valentin Elizalde, Mexican Singer (d.2006)
- 1979 Jason Isbell, American singer (Drive-By Truckers), born in Green Hill, Alabama
- 1989 Hurricane Chris, American rapper
- 1990 Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter
Person of Interest
1994 Harry Styles, British pop singer (One Direction), born in Redditch, England
Harry Styles
Weddings in Music
- 1986 Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland
Deaths in Music
- 1743 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
- 1795 Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
- 1818 Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74
- 1824 Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64
- 1871 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51
- 1875 William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58
- 1877 Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71
- 1889 Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78
- 1902 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
- 1916 Anton Simon, Russian composer, dies at 65
- 1929 August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59
- 1944 Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
- 1949 Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63
- 1970 Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69
- 1981 Ernst Pepping, German composer, dies at 79
- 1981 Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72
- 1986 Dick James, Beatles’ music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
- 1999 Barış Manço, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. (b. 1943)
- 2002 Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
- 2003 Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
- 2004 May O’Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
- 2007 Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
- 2007 Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
- 2007 Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)