- 1915 Dutch Opera's 1st performance
- 1915 Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat" premieres in NYC
Strike Up the Band
1940 Musical film "Strike Up the Band" starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland opens
- 1947 Dizzy Gillespie presents his 1st Carnegie Hall concert, NYC
- 1954 The first remake of "A Star Is Born", starring Judy Garland & James Mason premieres at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
I Love Mickey
1956 Music single "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
Oh Boy!
1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets release 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
- 1962 "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric & His Piano peaks at #7
- 1962 "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3
Music History
1962 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady", adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", starring Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway, closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC, after 2,715 performances and 6 Tony Award wins
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
1962 Music single "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48
- 1963 "The Judy Garland Show" debuts on CBS-TV
1st Rolling Stones Tour
1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour, as opening act for Bo Diddley & the Everly Brothers
Music History
1967 Gladys Knight & Pips are the first to release Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
- 1967 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead for the 1st time, playing at the Straight Theater in San Francisco, California
- 1973 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
- 1973 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1973 Neil Simon's stage comedy "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", starring Peter Falk, Lee Grant, and Vincent Gardenia, closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NYC, after 798 performances
Music History
1975 Soul singer Jackie Wilson suffers a heart attack while singing on stage at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey; he survives, but never fully recovers, spending most of final 8 years in a coma
Music History
1976 Boy George expelled from school
Music History
1976 Rock piano playing-singer Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
- 1977 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco hits #1
The Stranger
1977 Columbia Records releases "The Stranger", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's fifth studio album; it becomes the label's all-time best selling non-compilation record
Music History
1977 James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid and overworked
- 1977 Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam
- 1979 "Ain't That A Shame" by Cheap Trick peaks at #35
- 1979 "Bad Case Of Loving You" by Robert Palmer peaks at #14
- 1979 "Boom Boom (Out Go Lights)" single by Pat Travers peaks at #56
- 1979 "Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez peaks at #16
- 1979 "Cruel To Be Kind" single by Nick Lowe peaks at #12
Music History
1979 "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern peaks at #18
- 1979 "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears peaks at #15
- 1979 "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65
- 1979 "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6
- 1979 "Message In A Bottle" by Police peaks at #1 in UK
- 1979 "What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" by Stephanie Mills peaks at #22
- 1983 "A Chorus Line" with 3,389 performances becomes the then longest-running Broadway show
- 1984 "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39
- 1984 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9
- 1984 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3
- 1984 "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66
#1 in the Charts
1984 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince Rogers Nelson and Revolution peaks at #1
- 1984 "Pretty Mess" by Vanity peaks at #75
- 1984 "Torture" by Jacksons peaks at #17
- 1984 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14
#1 in the Charts
1987 "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1
Music History
1989 Glenn Frey joins Eagles bandmate Don Henley on stage, for 1st time since 1981
- 1990 "Love & Affection" by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart
- 1990 "Street Scene" closes at NY State Theater NYC after 6 performances
My Own Private Idaho
1991 Gus Van Sant's film "My Own Private Idaho" starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix premieres
Country Music Association Awards
1993 27th Country Music Association Awards: Vince Gill wins
1st Alanis Morissette US Tour
1996 Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour in Houston Texas
Life thru a Lens
1997 Robbie Williams releases his first solo album "Life thru a Lens" features single "Angels"
Baby One More Time
1998 Jive Records releases debut single by Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"; it becomes a worldwide smash, topping the charts in 25 countries
Painted from Memory
1998 Mercury Records releases Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's collaborative album "Painted from Memory"
Taming The Tiger
1998 Reprise Records releases "Taming The Tiger", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 16th studio album
Farm Aid Concert
2001 Farm Aid 14 held in Noblesville, Indiana; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Doobie Brothers, and Martina McBride [1]
Music History
2011 Chris Isaak receives the Stockton Arts Commission STAR Award in Stockton, California
Now
2017 Mercury Nashville Records releases "Now", the 5th studio album by Shania Twain, her first in 15 years
Music History
2018 Rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye
- 2021 Britney Spears' father Jamie Spears suspended as her conservator by a judge in Los Angeles after claims of abuse
- 2023 Duane "Keffe D" Davis arrested for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shukar in Las Vegas [1]