Music History on January 11

  • 1917 Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's musical "Have a Heart" premieres in New York

Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet

1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet "Romeo & Juliet" premieres in Leningrad

  • 1963 Beatles release single "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why"; peaks at #2 in UK, and #3 in US

She Loves Me

1964 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me", based on the film "The Shop Around the Corner", closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater, NYC, after 302 performances and a Tony Award for Jack Cassidy

  • 1964 The Beatles single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" reaches #80 in US (Cashbox)
  • 1969 "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5

Pacific Overtures

1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 193 performances, wins 2 Tony and 2 Drama Desk Awards

  • 1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 61 performances
  • 1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 93 performances

Born at the Right Time

1992 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon brings his “Born at the Right Time” tour to South Africa, at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg

  • 1998 "Proposals" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances

Musical Finale

2009 John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and starring Tim Curry and Davis Hyde Pierce, closes at the Shubert Theatre, NYC, after 1,575 and 3 Tony Award wins

Christine McVie Rejoins Fleetwood Mac

2014 During a concert in Maui, Mick Fleetwood announces that Christine McVie would be rejoining Fleetwood Mac

  • 2014 Pianist Menahem Presser (90) makes his Berlin Philharmonic debut as soloist in Mozart's 17th Piano Concerto; he had fled Nazi persecution in Germany as a teenager