- al Theater NYC for 734 performances
- 1946 Rome, Auerbach and Horwitt’s musical “Call Me Mister” premieres in NYC
- 1951 “Make a Wish” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances
- 1953 “Pal Joey” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
- 1955 “Ankles Aweigh” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 performances
- 1964 “Cafe Crown” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
- 1964 “Foxy” closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
- 1972 “Lost in the Stars” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances
Event of Interest
Event of Interest1975 John Lennon releases “Stand by Me”
John Lennon
- 1977 “Side by Side” by Stephen Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
Music Recording
Music Recording1988 Barbra Streisand records “Warm All Over”
Barbra Streisand
- 1993 “Ain’t Broadway Grand” opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 performances
Event of Interest
1993 David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10
David Lee Roth
Music Awards
Music Awards2010 45th Academy of Country Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, and Miranda Lambert win
Carrie Underwood
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Lou Reed, Ringo Starr, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Green Day, Bill Withers, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the 5 Royales
Ringo Starr
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Birthdays in Music
- 1605 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (Jephta), born in Marino, Rome (d. 1674)
- 1729 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1808)
- 1759 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
- 1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
- 1777 Ignac Ruzitska, composer
- 1786 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer
- 1806 Ludwig Schuberth, composer
- 1819 Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)
- 1839 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer
- 1845 Wilhelm Gericke, composer
- 1855 Josef Gruber, composer
- 1873 Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer
- 1881 Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)
- 1882 Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra), born in London, England (d. 1977)
- 1901 Al Lewis, American lyricist, songwriter and music publisher (Blueberry Hill, You Gotta Be a Football Hero), born in NYC, New York (d. 1967)
- 1903 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer
- 1907 Miklos Rozsa, movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), born in Budapest, Hungary
- 1908 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele)
- 1908 Eric Spear, British film and TV composer (Coronation Street theme)
- 1910 Sylvia Fisher, soprano (Albert Herring Opera)
- 1913 Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer
- 1913 Milos Sokola, composer
- 1918 Tony Mottola, Kearney NJ, guitarist/host (Melody Street)
- 1919 Virginia O’Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)
- 1924 Buxton Daeblite Orr, composer
- 1924 Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine)
- 1925 Lionel Edmund “Sonny” Taylor, musician
- 1925 Robert Caldwell Crawford, composer
- 1928 Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor
- 1934 Jan Klusak [Jan Porges], Czech composer, born in Prague
- 1934 George Shirley, American tenor
- 1935 Paul A Rothchild, record producer
- 1939 Glen Hardin, American rock n roll and country musician (Crickets), born in Wellington, Texas
- 1941 Mike Vickers, rock guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
- 1944 Rudy Shackelford, composer
- 1946 Alexander “Skip” Spence, Canadian guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape-Omaha)
- 1948 Catherine Malfitano, American soprano (Metropolitan Opera), born in NYC, New York
- 1952 Jim Scholten, Midland Mich, country singer (Betty’s Bein’ Bad)
Rick Moranis
1953 Rick Moranis, Canadian actor (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs), born in Toronto, Ontario
Rick Moranis
- 1954 Kim Stone, bassist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
- 1958 Lee Pattinson, English rock bassist (Echo & Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here), born in Ormskirk,
- 1960 Ocl Sweda, rocker (Bulletboys)
- 1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I’m on to You)
- 1962 Mick Sweda, heavy metal (Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike)
- 1962 Shirlie Holliman, English pop singer (Wham!, Pepsi & Shirlie), born in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England
- 1964 Jim Ellison, American musician (Material issue) (d. 1996)
- 1964 Mark Berry, aka Bez, Dancer in Happy Mondays
- 1965 Diana Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
- 1965 Sylvia Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
- 1965 Vicky Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
- 1967 Jayce Fincher Jr, heavy metal bassist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
- 1970 Greg Eklund, American musician
- 1974 Mark Tremonti, American musician
- 1974 Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer
- 1974 Madeleine Peyroux, American French jazz and blues singer-songwriter, born in Athens, Georgia
- 1976 Fayray, Japanese singer
- 1979 Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer
- 1982 Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer
- 1985 Elena Temnikova, Russian singer (Serebro)
- 1987 Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer
- 1996 Alexey Zhigalkovich, Belarusian Singer
Deaths in Music
- 1710 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
- 1800 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
- 1824 Edward Jones, Welsh harpist and composer, dies at 72
- 1830 José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical composer (Master of Music at the Royal Chapel), dies at 63
- 1854 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84
- 1861 Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67
- 1883 Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36
- 1928 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
- 1936 Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56
- 1936 Seaborn McDaniel Denson, American composer, dies at 82
- 1938 Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies
- 1944 Cécile Chamindale, composer, dies
- 1964 Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
- 1971 Masao Oki, Japanese composer (Symphony No.5 Atomic Bomb), dies at 69
- 1989 Julia Smith, American composer, pianist, and author on musicology (Aaron Copland), dies at 84
- 1991 Heino Jurisalu, Estonian composer (Kvintett puhkpillidele), dies at 60
- 1996 Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55
- 2004 Frances Rafferty, American WWII pin-up girl, dancer and actress (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood), dies at 81
- 2013 Cordell “Boogie” Mosson, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic collective), dies of liver failure at 60
- 2013 Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer and music video director (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, The Cranberries), dies of cancer at 69