Music History on January 6

Miroirs

1906 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs" premieres in Paris

  • 1924 Francis Poulenc's ballet "Les Biches", choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, and danced by the Ballets Russe, premieres in Monte Carlo

Happy As Larry

1950 Mischa Portnoff, Wesley Portnoff, and Donagh MacDonagh's musical "Happy As Larry", starring Burgess Meredith and Gene Barry, opens at the Coronet Theater, NYC; runs for 3 performances

  • 1951 "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 performances

Elvis's Final Ed Sullivan Show

1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

Oliver!

1963 Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!", based on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist", and featuring a young Davy Jones, opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 774 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards

  • 1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour of England as headline act: The Ronettes and The Swinging Blue Jeans open for them
  • 1968 The Beatles' album "Magical Mystery Tour" goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks

I'm Livin' In Shame

1969 The Supremes release single "I'm Livin' In Shame"

Neil Young's Canadian Homecoming

1971 Neil Young returns to his homeland of Canada for his first concert there since his pre-stardom days

  • 1975 A thousand Led Zeppelin fans, waiting overnight inside the lobby of the Boston Garden for tickets to the group's February 4th gig to go on sale, cause a riot and an estimated $30,000 damage

EMI Drops Sex Pistols

1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols

  • 1979 The Village People's "Y.M.C.A." becomes their only UK #1 single; at its peak it sold over 150,000 copies a day
  • 1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 performances

Gypsy

1991 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy" starring Tyne Daly, closes at St James Theater, NYC. after 476 performances; transfers to Marquis Theatre after 5 month break

  • 1993 Bassist Bill Wyman announces he will leave the band the Rolling Stones
  • 1994 "The Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
  • 1997 "It's a Slippery Slope" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
  • 2016 Opera "Angel's Bone" by composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek premieres at the Prototype Festival, New York City (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2017)

76th Golden Globes

2019 76th Golden Globes: "The Americans", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Green Book", Glenn Close and Rami Malek among the winners

Allen Toussaint Boulevard

2022 New Orleans, Louisiana city council votes to change name of Robert E. Lee Boulevard to Allen Toussaint Boulevard