Music History on October 8

Prelude in C-sharp-Minor

1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff first performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow

Appointment of Interest

1897 Emperor Franz Joseph I names composer Gustav Mahler as Director of the Vienna Court Opera

Paris

1928 Cole Porter and E. Ray Goetz' musical "Paris" opens at the Music Box Theater, NYC; runs for 195 performances

  • 1928 Joseph Szigeti debuts Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto

Capricorn Concerto

1944 Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto" premieres at The Town Hall, NYC, in a performance by Daniel Saidenberg and his Little Symphony

Music in the Air

1951 Revival of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC ; runs for 56 performances

  • 1959 Michael Flanders and Donald Swann's musical review "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 216 performances

Imagine

1971 Apple Records releases John Lennon's second solo studio album, "Imagine" in UK; it tops the charts in US, UK, Australia, and 3 other countries

  • 1971 John Lennon releases his megahit single "Imagine"
  • 1972 International music revue "From Israel with Love" closes limited run at Palace Theater, NYC, after 8 performances

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1976 EMI signs British punk rock band "Sex Pistols"

  • 1979 Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields and Al Dubin's musical "Sugar Babies" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 1208 performances
  • 1984 18th Country Music Association Awards: Alabama wins
  • 1985 Alain Boubil and Herbert Kretzner's musical "Les Misérables" premieres in London at the Barbican Centre

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1985 Little Richard seriously injured in a single car accident in Los Angeles

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1988 Finishing 741-week stay, Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon" makes final appearance (of initial run) on Billboard 200 Albums chart

  • 2000 Musical "Peter Pan" starring Cathy Rigby, and filmed before a live audience, premieres on A&E TV
  • 2014 The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is awarded the third $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize

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2015 American actress and singer Selena Gomez reveals she has Lupus