Music History on December 3

Talk of the Town

1907 George M. Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in NYC

Composer, Actor and Singer George M. Cohan

Elgar's 1st Symphony

1908 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A performed by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter, premieres in Manchester, England

Evergreen

1930 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Evergreen" premieres in London

Requiem

1943 Howard Hanson conducts premiere of his 4th Symphony ("Requiem") with the Boston Symphony; wins Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1944

Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet

1953 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet in Leningrad

1953 Webb Pierce records single "In the Jailhouse Now" (Billboard Song of the Year, 1955)

Prayers of Kierkegaard

1954 Samuel Barber's cantata "Prayers of Kierkegaard" premieres

1954 William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida" premieres in London

Camelot

1960 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Camelot", starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, and introducing Robert Goulet, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 873 performances, wins 4 Tony Awards

1965 "Rubber Soul", the sixth studio album by the Beatles, is released in the United Kingdom
1965 The Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow, Scotland
1966 Television pop group "The Monkees" make their live concert debut at the Honolulu International Centre Arena, in Hawaii

Bob Marley

1967 Assassination attempt made on Bob Marley and others during concert rehearsals in Jamaica

Elvis' Comeback Special

1968 Elvis Presley's Comeback Special airs on NBC, his 1st live performance in seven years, re-launching his singing career

1978 "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
1979 11 members of the audience trampled to death during a stampede to claim unreserved seats for a concert by The Who at The Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio

Marilyn: An American Fable

1983 Musical "Marilyn: An American Fable", loosely based on life of Marilyn Monroe, starring Alyson Reed and Scott Bakula, closes at Minskoff Theatre, NYC, after 17 performances

Do They Know It's Christmas

1984 "Do They Know It's Christmas" single written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and sung by an all-star cast under the banner of Band Aid is released in the UK

Singer-Songwriter and Political Activist Bob Geldof

1995 "Holiday" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 49 performances

Company

1995 Revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Company" closes at Criterion Theater, NYC, after 68 performances

1997 "1776" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
2014 Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, resigns

Spotify's Most Streamed

2019 Spotify say Drake the most streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" most streamed track with 2.4 billion streams

Kennedy Center Honors

2023 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for pop singer Dionne Warwick, singer-songwriter Barry Gibb, comic-actor Billy Crystal, operatic soprano Renée Fleming, and singer-actress Queen Latifah, in Washington D.C.