Sleepy Hollow
1948 Musical "Sleepy Hollow", based on Washington Irving's novel, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
- 1961 "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances
Music History
1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles embark on a World Tour
#1 in the Charts
1967 Aretha Franklin's cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect" reaches #1
Music History
1970 Ray Davies of The Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC commercial reference ban
Exodus
1977 Island Records releases "Exodus", the ninth studio album by Bob Marley & the Wailers; featuring the hits, 'Jamming', 'Waiting In Vain', 'Three Little Birds' and 'One Love', it is named the best album of the century by Time Magazine in 1999
- 1979 33rd Tony Awards: "The Elephant Man" (play) and "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (musical) win
- 1980 Micki Grant's musical "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
- 1983 Prolific studio drummer Jim Gordon murders his mother, Osa Marie Gordon in North Hollywood, California. [1]
- 1984 38th Tony Awards: "The Real Thing" (play) & "La Cage aux Folles" (musical) win
- 1984 Revival of musical "The Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
- 1990 44th Tony Awards: "The Grapes of Wrath" (play) and "City of Angels" (musical) win
Music History
1992 "MTV Unplugged" broadcasts singer-songwriter Paul Simon and 11 of his band members performing in Queens, NYC
Tony Awards
2001 55th Tony Awards: "The Producers" (musical) and "Proof" (play) win
Music History
2002 "The Party at the Palace" concert commemorating Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee held at Buckingham Palace Garden in London; performers include: Queen, Annie Lennox, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones; The Corrs; Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, and Paul McCartney, among others
- 2016 Concord Records releases "Stranger to Stranger", the thirteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
Ed Sheeran Breaks Attendance Record
2023 Ed Sheeran concert with 77,900 concertgoers breaks attendance record at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania