Music History on September 8

  • 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"

Music History

1958 Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo

  • 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

Album Release

1992 Island Records releases "Bone Machine", the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits; it earns him his first Grammy Award win (Best Alternative Music Album)

  • 1994 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" opens at Criterion NYC for 52 performances

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