- 1953 Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke's musical "Carnival in Flanders", adapted by Preston Sturges from a 1935 French film, and starring Dolores Gray and John Raitt, opens at the New Century Theatre, NYC; runs for 6 performances and wins Gray a Tony Award
- 1954 WINS radio station in NYC begins playing rock and roll music with Alan Freed's "Rock-n-Roll Party" program
#1 in the Charts
1956 Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso" goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
Reet Petite
1957 Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite"
- 1961 Nashville-based guitar wizard Hank Garland sustains career-ending injuries in a single vehicle accident near Springfield, Tennessee
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
1965 Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees" - 3 are chosen with British actor-singer Davy Jones already having been cast
- 1986 Westinghouse sells background music company Muzak to the Fields Company of Chicago
- 1994 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" opens at Criterion NYC for 52 performances
Video Music Awards
1994 11th MTV Video Music Awards: Aerosmith wins with newlyweds Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley opening the show
Seven Guitars
1996 August Wilson's drama "Seven Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater, NYC, after 188 performances
I Just Can't Get You Out of My Head
2001 Kylie Minogue releases her single "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Head", the biggest of her career
I'm Not Rappaport
2002 Revival of Herb Gardner's stage comedy "I'm Not Rappaport", starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, closes at the Booth Theatre, NYC, after 53 performances
Music History
2016 Billy Corgan announces a new solo album, recorded with producer Rick Rubin, via a Facebook live video