Mahler's 7th Symphony
1908 Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony premieres in Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
1910 George M. Cohan's musical "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" premieres in NYC
- 1953 "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 performances
The Twist Dance Craze
1960 Chubby Checker's "The Twist" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
- 1970 1st Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Tyrannosaurus Rex headlines; other performs include: Wayne Fontana, Steamhammer, Duster Bennett, Al Stewart, Amazing Blondel, Keith Christmas, Quintessence, and Stackridge
- 1976 "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 49 performances
- 1976 New York concert promoter Sid Bernstein offers $230 million to charity for a Beatles reunion; they politely decline
Music Concert
1979 5-day MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) "No Nukes" concert against nuclear power opens at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include: Jackson Browne; Bonnie Raitt; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band; James Taylor; Carly Simon; Gil Scott-Heron, and the Doobie Brothers
- 1981 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a concert in Central Park, NYC,
Captain EO
1986 3-D short film "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres at Disney theme parks
Farm Aid Concert
1987 Farm Aid III held in Lincoln, Nebraska; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, John Denver, and Joe Walsh [1]
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
1989 "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814" 4th studio album by Janet Jackson is released (Grammy Award Best Long Form Music Video 1990, Billboard Album of the Year 1990)
- 1992 Demolition begins of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; built in 1926 as Sesquicentennial Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium, it hosted the 1926 Tunney-Dempsey fight, 41 Army-Navy football games, The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; victory rallies for The NHL Flyers and MLB Phillies; and the US portion of Live-Aid
Music History
1996 David Hare's play "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater NYC, starring Michael Gambon
Cheek To Cheek
2014 Columbia Records releases "Cheek To Cheek", a duet album of jazz standards by singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga; debuts at #1 on Billboard 200, Jazz Albums, and Traditional Jazz Albums charts.
Farm Aid Concert
2015 Farm Aid (30th Anniversary) held in Chicago, Illinois; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mavis Staples [1]
