Music History on July 17

Water Music

1717 George Frideric Handel's "Water Music" premieres repeatedly on a barge cruising the River Thames in London

  • 1955 Charlie LaVere and Tom Adair's musical "Golden Horseshoe Revue" opens at Disneyland in Anaheim, California; runs for over 50,000 performances,

High Society

1956 MGM releases film "High Society", a musical re-working of "The Philadelphia Story" set in Newport, Rhode Island; starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra, with songs by Cole Porter

Five Finger Exercise

1958 Peter Shaffer's musical "Five Finger Exercise" premieres in London

It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman

1966 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "It's a Bird... It's A Plane...It's Superman" closes at Alvin Theatre, NYC. after 129 performances

  • 1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows
  • 1968 The Beatles' animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London

Music History

1974 John Lennon is (again) ordered to leave US in 60 days, due to a 1968 marijuana charge in the UK (he doesn't)

  • 1974 The Moody Blues open 1st quadrophonic recording studio in UK
  • 1981 "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 28 performances

This One

1989 Paul McCartney releases single "This One", from his album "Flowers In The Dirt"

Born to Do It

2001 Craig David releases “Born to Do It” in the United States

Bono Honored

2013 U2 singer Bono is made a Commandeur of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres