Music History on April 2

Beethoven's 1st Symphony

1800 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C

Shostakovich's 8th Symphony

1944 Dmitri Shostakovich's 8th Symphony premieres in NY

  • 1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd

Music History

1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album goes to No. 1 & stays atop charts for 31 weeks

  • 1987 "Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances
  • 1992 "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances

10 Song Demo

1996 Capitol Records releases "10 Song Demo", the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. co-produced by Cash and husband John Leventhal

  • 1997 "Doll's House" opens at Belasco Theater NYC

CMT Music Awards

2023 22nd CMT Video Music Awards: Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown, Lainey Wilson, and Jelly Roll win

Music History

2024 There are 141 more billionaires in the world in 2024, 2,781 in total according to Forbes, including Taylor Swift for the first time [1]