Music Concert
1966 George Harrison is impressed by sitarist Ravi Shankar's concert in London
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 EMI releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" nation-wide in the UK; it goes to number one for 22 weeks in the UK
- 1968 Simon & Garfunkel's single "Mrs Robinson" from "The Graduate" hits #1 (first rock song to win Grammy for Record of the Year)
#1 in the Charts
1970 "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
Music History
1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at the John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 31 performances
Music Premiere
1972 Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin
- 1973 George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" album goes gold, 2 days after its US release
Live & Let Die
1973 Paul McCartney & Wings release single "Live & Let Die"
- 1974 "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
Music History
1975 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Chicago" opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 947 performances
- 1975 Ronnie Wood replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stones guitarist
- 1979 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
Music Concert
1980 Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California
Music History
1985 "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12
Dare To Be Stupid
1985 Weird Al Yankovic releases his "Dare To Be Stupid" album
Once Upon a Mattress
1997 Revival of Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress", starring Sarah Jessica Parker, closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 188 performances
