Music History on April 6

Music History

1974 19th Eurovision Song Contest: ABBA for Sweden wins singing "Waterloo" in Brighton, England

1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam" at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California; line-up includes Earth, Wind & Fire; Black Sabbath; Deep Purple; and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1975 "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1975 Harry Chapin's musical revue "The Night That Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 75 performances

Music History

1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"

1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released

Academy of Country Music Awards

1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Randy Travis, and Reba McEntire win

Country Music Singer and Songwriter Hank Williams Jr

Music Concert

1992 George Harrison performs his final full concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, in a benefit for the transcendental mediation based Natural Law political party [1]

Music History

1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis Presley postage stamp [1]

1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
1997 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1999 Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' musical "Mamma Mia!", featuring the songs of ABBA, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End; transfers twice to other venues; run interrupted by COVID-19 in March of 2020