Music History on August 20

Music History

1795 Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England

Le Comte Ory

1828 Gioachino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory" premieres in Paris

Music History

1882 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuts in Moscow

  • 1957 "Simply Heavenly" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 62 performances
  • 1965 Rolling Stones release their single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (their 1st #1 US hit) in the UK
  • 1979 American singer Vikki Carr (39) weds businessman Michael Nilsson
  • 1995 "The Play's the Thing" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 75 performances

One Direction: This Is Us

2013 "One Direction: This Is Us" 3D concert film of One Direction directed by Morgan Spurlock premieres in London