Music History on November 14

The Shaughraun

1874 Dion Boucicault's stage drama "The Shaughraun" opens at Wallack's Theatre, NYC

  • 1908 Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat" premieres in Vienna
  • 1925 Sidney Howard's stage drama "They Knew What They Wanted", closes at the Klaw Theatre, NYC; after 414 performances and a Pulitzer Prize win
  • 1952 First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express
  • 1959 "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances

Georgia On My Mind

1960 Ray Charles' single "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1

  • 1964 "Folies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances

Fade Out-Fade In

1964 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jule Styne's musical "Fade Out-Fade In", goes into lay-off due to star Carol Burnett's illness

Oliver!

1964 Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!", based on Charles Dickens' 1838 novel "Oliver Twist", and featuring Clive Revill, Danny Sewell, and Davy Jones, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 774 performances and 3 Tony Award wins

  • 1965 Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel's musical "Baker Street", loosely based on Sherlock Holmes' tales, closes at the Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 313 performances
  • 1967 Orchestre de Paris, France's 1st full-time salaried orchestra, debuts, conducted by its founder Charles Münch
  • 1973 "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances
  • 1976 "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 performances
  • 1981 "Raise!" 11th studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1982)
  • 1987 "La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 performances

Black or White

1991 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video with groundbreaking morphing effects premieres simultaneously in 27 countries on MTV, Fox TV and BBC's Top of the Pops

  • 1993 "Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
  • 1993 "Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 performances

Chicago

1996 Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Chicago" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC

My Favourite Headache

2000 Canadian singer-songwriter Geddy Lee releases his first solo album, "My Favourite Headache"

32nd Awards

2004 32nd American Music Awards: Sheryl Crow, Usher & Kenny Chesney win

Tangled

2010 Disney's 3-D computer-animated musical adventure film "Tangled" premieres at El Capitan Theatre, loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Roberta Flack

2022 Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack reveals she is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and is no longer able to sing