- 1903 V Herbert & H Smith's musical "Babette" premieres in NYC
Toscanini at the Met
1908 Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera
- 1916 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC
Anything Goes
1935 Cole Porter's musical "Anything Goes" closes at 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 420 performances
Jumbo
1935 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo" premieres in NYC
All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll
1957 BBC’s 1st pop music show, the "Six-Five Special", is broadcast from the tiny 2i’s Coffee Bar in London
- 1959 "The Sound of Music" musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 1443 performances
- 1966 "Greatest Hits" album by The Temptations is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1967)
- 1972 "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances
- 1972 Elektra Records releases "No Secrets', the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles "You're So Vain" and "The Right Thing to Do"
Mind Games
1973 Apple Records releases John Lennon's fourth studio album, "Mind Games" in UK
Bowie on Midnight Special
1973 Singer David Bowie performs on TV's "Midnight Special", set includes duet with Marianne Faithfull covering Sonny & Cher's hit "I Got You, Babe"
- 1974 John Lennon's single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", featuring Elton John, goes to #1 in US; the last of the Beatles with a solo chart-topper, it was the only one during his lifetime
Wonderful Christmas
1979 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
Merrily We Roll Along
1981 Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along", based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
- 1984 John Lennon's 'Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him' released posthumously
- 1987 Paul McCartney releases single "Once Upon a Long Ago"
- 1989 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy" starring Tyne Daly, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 476 performances, winning 2 Tony Awards
- 1993 "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances
- 1996 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
- 1997 Revival of Sherman Edwards' historical musical "1776", featuring Brent Spiner, closes at the Criterion Theater to transfer to the George Gershwin Theatre, NYC
- 2004 "Let Me Love You" single released by Mario (Billboard Song of the Year 2005)
Music History
2005 CBS television broadcasts ”I Walk the Line: A Night For Johnny Cash” featuring concert performances by Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss, U2, Norah Jones, Foo Fighters, Sheryl Crow, and others
Music Premiere
2023 revival of John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC
