Smiles
1930 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
Schoenberg's Prelude
1945 Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orchestra & mixed choir, premieres
- 1961 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances
- 1961 "Kwamina" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 32 performances
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1974 "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" album by English progressive rock band Genesis is released, their last to feature original frontman Peter Gabriel
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
1975 "Rufus featuring Chaka Khan" 4th studio album by Rufus is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1976)
Heaven's Gate
1980 "Heaven's Gate" film directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson and Christopher Walken premieres - one of the biggest box office bombs ever
- 1984 "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances
Spies Like Us
1985 Paul McCartney releases film theme single "Spies Like Us"
Music Premiere
1990 Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "Fiddler on the Roof", starring Topol, opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 241 performances
Eddie Vedder
1993 Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
- 1997 "Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture" album is released by Sony Music Soundtrax
Glitter Arrested
1997 70s glam-rock star Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) arrested by British police in child porn probe
Songs from The Capeman
1997 Warner Bros. releases "Songs from The Capeman", ninth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it contains Simon's own performances of songs from his Broadway musical flop
Brainwashed
2002 Dark Horse/EMI posthumously releases "Brainwashed", George Harrison's 12th and final studio album
Up!
2002 Mercury Nashville Records releases "Up!", the 4th studio album by Shania Twain (Billboard Album of the Year, 2003)
Walk the Line
2005 20th Century Fox releases "Walk the Line", starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, and directed by James Mangold; Witherspoon wins an Academy Award
Fergie, Timberlake and Underwood Win
2007 35th American Music Awards: Fergie, Justin Timberlake & Carrie Underwood win
One Direction
2011 "The X Factor" group One Direction release their debut album "Up All Night" in Ireland and the UK
Perry and Bieber Win
2012 40th American Music Awards: Katy Perry & Justin Bieber win
Willie Nelson
2015 American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.
Shawn Mendes' First
2017 Shawn Mendes is the first singer under 18 to get three No. 1 singles on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart
