Thomas Tallis and William Byrd
1575 English Queen Elizabeth I grants composers Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music press monopoly
Brahms' 1st Piano Concerto
1859 Johannes Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres in Hanover
- 1931 Jazz trumpeter Clyde McCoy records "Sugar Blues" for Columbia Records; sells over 14 million copies internationally
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
1934 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" debuts in Leningrad
- 1949 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances
Buddy Holly's Last Recordings
1959 Buddy Holly makes his last recordings in his NYC apartment, alone with an acoustic guitar; he tapes five songs including "Peggy Sue" and "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", which were embellished, overdubbed, and released posthumously by Coral Records
Lady Soul
1968 "Lady Soul" 14th studio album by Aretha Franklin is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1968)
- 1969 "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 110 performances
Power to the People
1971 John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band record "Power to the People" at his Ascot Sound home studio at Tittenhurst Park, England
17th American Music Awards
1990 17th American Music Awards: Paula Abdul & Bobby Brown win