Music History on March 6

  • 1808 1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" premieres at Teatro Carcano in Milan, Italy

La Traviata

1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy

Both Your Houses

1933 Maxwell Anderson's stage drama "Both Your Houses" opens at the Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 72 performances and wins a Pulitzer Prize

How to Succeed...

1965 Frank Loesser's musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallée, closes at 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 1415 performances, 7 Tony Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize

My Girl Hits #1

1965 The Temptations' single "My Girl" reaches #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart; written and produced by the Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White

  • 1966 Barry Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
  • 1970 Beatles release single "Let it Be" in UK

Album Release

1973 Asylum Records releases "Closing Time". the debut album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits

  • 1974 "Over Here!" musical written by Richard & Robert Sherman opens at Shubert Theater, NYC for 341 performances (top-grossing production 1974)
  • 1976 Revival of Sidney Howard's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1924 stage drama "They Knew What They Wanted", closes at the Playhouse Theatre, NYC, after 23 performances

On Your Toes

1983 Revival of George Abbott, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's musical "On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater, NYC; runs for 505 performances

  • 1986 After losing all appeals, American rock singer David Crosby begins serving 5 year sentence for drug and weapons convictions in Texas state prison

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

2000 15th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Eric Clapton; Earth, Wind, and Fire; Lovin' Spoonful; The Moonglows; Bonnie Raitt; James Taylor; Nat King Cole; Billie Holiday; Hal Blaine; "King" Curtis; James Jamerson; Scotty Moore; Earl Palmer; and Clive Davis

Wrecking Ball

2012 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 17th studio album "Wrecking Ball"

  • 2020 American rapper Lil Uzi Vert second album, "Eternal Atake", tops the Billboard charts upon its release