HMS Pinafore
1879 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
Music History
1966 Rowan & Martin host "The Dean Martin Show" Summer Series, on NBC-TV
Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
1972 RCA releases David Bowie's fifth studio album "The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"; it is considered his artistic breakthrough
- 1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
Grease
1978 Film "Grease" opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical
Bad Boy
1978 Ringo Starr releases album "Bad Boy"
- 1979 Single "Logical Song" by Supertramp peaks at #6
The Blues Brothers
1980 Musical comedy film "The Blues Brothers", starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago, Illinois
Somewhere in the Stars
1982 Columbia Records releases "Somewhere in the Stars", the fourth studio album by Rosanne Cash; produced by husband Rodney Crowell, and featuring her father Johnny Cash on one track
- 1983 Ringo Starr releases album "Old Wave" album in West Germany; soon after releases follow in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Brazil
- 1989 "Ghostbusters II", American supernatural comedy film sequel, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd premieres
Glastonbury Festival
1989 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, and Suzanne Vega headline; other performers include: Bhundu Boys, Fairground Attraction, Hothouse Flowers, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Yossou N'Dour, Pixies, The Proclaimers, Throwing Muses, The Waterboys, Lucinda Williams, Womack & Womack, and Flaco Jiménez
- 1990 "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8
Musical Finale
1991 Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "Fiddler on the Roof", starring Topol, closes at Gershwin Theater, NYC, after 241 performances
Music City News Awards
1997 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes win
Music History
2022 American rocker Bruce Springsteen joins British legend Paul McCartney for two songs (Glory Days; I Wanna Be Your Man) at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
- 2023 The Recording Academy announces new rules for Grammy Awards aimed at AI use - stating “only human creators” can win but a work containing AI eligible as long as human input is meaningful [1]