Music History on November 7

Music History

1507 First named reference to royal trumpeter John Blanke, the first black person whose image survives from Tudor England, in payment for services by Henry VII [1]

1786 The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded in Boston, Massachusetts as the Stoughton Musical Society

Little Johnny Jones

1904 George M. Cohan's 1st full-length musical "Little Johnny Jones", featuring the songs "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Give My Regards To Broadway", opens at the Liberty Theatre, NYC; runs for 52 performances be before going on tour

Composer, Actor and Singer George M. Cohan

Deutsche Opernhaus

1912 The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio

1921 Ed Wynn's musical revue "The Perfect Fool" premieres in NYC
1946 Katherine Dunham's song and dance revue "Bal Nègre" opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 54 performances
1962 Columbia Records completes a three-night live recording of Barbra Steisand at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village, NYC for her debut album; technical issues force them to shelf the release and bring her to a studio to record

John Meets Yoko

1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition at Indica Gallery in London [1]

1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their second album "Wedding Album" in UK
1970 Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Purlie", based on Ossie Davis' "Purlie Victorious", closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC, after 689 performances

Your Arms are Too Short to Box With God

1982 Revival of Alex Bradford, Vinnette Carroll, and Micki Grant's "Your Arms are Too Short to Box With God", based on the Bible's Book of Matthew, and featuring Al Green and Patti LaBelle, closes at Alvin Theatre, NYC. after 69 performances

Actress and Theatre Director Vinnette Carroll

1990 English-Yiddish musical revue "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater, NYC; runs for 126 performances

A Little Night Music

1990 New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" closes at New York State, NYC, after 11 performances

1991 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC

Brigadoon

1991 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances

1996 "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC

TP-2.com

2000 "TP-2.com" 4th studio album by R. Kelly is released (American Music Awards Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist, 2001; Billboard Album of the Year, 2001)

35th Awards

2001 35th Country Music Association Awards: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith win

41st Awards

2007 41st Country Music Association Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley win

2017 Opera soprano Audrey Luna sings highest-ever note at Met Opera in New York, A above high C

35th Inductees

2020 35th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Depeche Mode; The Doobie Brothers; Whitney Houston; Nine Inch Nails; The Notorious B.I.G.; T-Rex; Jon Landau; and Irving Azoff

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