Events in Music
Music Premiere
1723 George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Ottone” premieres at the King’s Theatre London
George Frideric Handel
- 1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown, Pennsylvania killing 170
- 1946 “Polonaise” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances
- 1961 “Show Girl” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 100 performances
- 1963 “Go Away Little Girl” by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
- 1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
- 1969 “Golden Rainbow” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances
- 1969 Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US
- 1971 “Soon” opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
- 1974 “Joker” by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
- 1977 “Ipi Tombi” opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances
Music Awards
1979 6th American Music Awards: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
Barry Manilow
Event of Interest
2001 Disney Channel series “Lizzie McGuire” premieres starring Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
Birthdays in Music
- 1674 Reinhard Keiser, German opera composer
- 1711 Gaetano Latilla, composer
- 1715 Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, born in Rouen (d. 1789)
- 1730 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
- 1737 Brizio Petrucci, composer
- 1804 Hippolyte Monpou, composer
- 1821 Nikolai Afanisev, composer
- 1837 Adolf Jensen, composer
- 1837 Carlos Troyer, composer
- 1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, born in Venice, Italy
- 1884 Louis Horst, American dance choreographer and composer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1964)
- 1888 Claude Delvincourt, composer
- 1898 Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer
- 1899 Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
- 1900 Vaino Hannikainen, composer
- 1904 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist
- 1906 Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind)
- 1908 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus)
- 1916 Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006)
- 1916 William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999)
- 1917 Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor
- 1921 Leo Smit, pianist/composer, born in Philadelphi, Pennsylvania
- 1925 Laurentiu Profeta, composer
- 1926 Morton Feldman, American composer, born in NYC, New York
- 1926 Ray Price, country singer (Good Times), (d. 2013)
- 1927 Salvatore Martirano, composer
- 1928 Ruth Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1930 Glenn Yarborough, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee)
- 1935 William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys)
- 1937 Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002)
- 1941 Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist (Don’t try to Lay No Boogie)
- 1944 Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
- 1945 Maggie Bell, rocker, born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1946 Cynthia Robinson, rock trumpeteer (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
- 1948 John Etheridge, British guitarist (Soft Machine), born in Lambeth, England
- 1949 Wayne Wang, director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance)
- 1949 Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
- 1951 Chris Bell, American rock guitarist (Big Star), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1951 Larry Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
- 1952 Ricky Van Shelton, country musician
- 1959 Per Helmstad Gessle, Swedish singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
- 1959 Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
- 1965 Mark Moore, rocker (S’Express-Winter Course)
- 1965 Rob Zombie, American musician
- 1968 Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
- 1970 Raekwon, American rapper
- 1970 Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
- 1973 Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay)
- 1973 Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
- 1973 Hande Yener, Turkish singer
Person of Interest
1974 Melanie Chisholm, English singer “Sporty Spice” (Spice Girls), born in Whiston, England
Mel C
Person of Interest
1993 Zayn Malik, English pop singer (One Direction), born in Bradford, England
Zayn Malik
- 1995 Laurel McGoff, American singer
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1963 Country singer Willie Nelson (29) weds singer Shirley Collie (31) in Las Vegas
Willie Nelson
Deaths in Music
- 1674 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68
- 1735 John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
- 1765 Johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68
- 1829 Michael Gottard Fischer, composer, dies at 55
- 1921 Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
- 1933 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, dies at 71
- 1934 Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887)
- 1950 Koos van de Griend, composer, dies at 44
- 1953 Simeon Roncal, composer, dies at 82
- 1956 Norman Kerry, American actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera), dies at 61
- 1958 Arthur Shepherd, composer, dies at 77
- 1962 Richard de Guide, composer, dies at 52
- 1990 Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer, dies at 96
- 1992 Sadao Bekku, Japanese classical and film composer (Matango), dies at 89
- 1995 Francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77
- 2001 Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
Person of Interest
2003 Maurice Gibb, guitarist of the Bee Gees, dies of cardiac arrest at 53
Maurice Gibb