Music History
1955 Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around the Clock" tops the billboards chart, one of the best-selling singles ever
- 1968 BBC-TV broadcasts "Farewell", folk-rock band The Seekers final performance, draws 10 million viewers
Music History
1972 1st tour by Paul McCartney & Wings in France
- 1978 Revival of Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 152 performances
The Bridge
1986 Columbia Records releases "The Bridge", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's tenth studio album
Music History
1988 Jessye Norman begins recording Bizet's "Carmen"
- 1991 New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondhiem's musical "A Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater ,NYC, for 7 performances
Music Concert
1995 Jerry Garcia's unexpectedly final concert with The Grateful Dead, at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
The Play's The Thing
1995 Revival of P. G. Wodehouse's adaptation of Ferenc Molnár' s comic play "The Play's The Thing" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 75 performances
Blue
1996 "Blue" debut album by LeAnn Rimes is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1997)
