Music History on May 5

  • 1726 French ballerina Marie de Camargo aged 16 makes her premiere at Paris Opera Ballets in "Les Caractères de la Danse"

Carnegie Hall Opens

1891 Music Hall (now Carnegie Hall) opens in New York City, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as guest conductor of the New York Music Society Orchestra

  • 1900 "The Billboard" began weekly publication

Shostakovich's 1st Symphony

1927 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in Berlin

Out of This World

1951 Cole Porter's musical "Out of This World" an adaptation of Titus Plautus's mythological comedy Amphitryon, starring George Gaynes, closes at New Century Theater, NYC, after 157 performances

  • 1955 Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical "Damn Yankees", starring Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 1022 performances, winning 7 Tony Awards

#1 in the Charts

1962 "West Side Story" soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

  • 1967 The Kinks release "Waterloo Sunset" as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts
  • 1971 Courtney, Courtney, and Link's musical "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, runs for 5 performances

There Goes Rhymin' Simon

1973 Columbia Records releases "There Goes Rhymin' Simon", the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features songs "Loves Me Like a Rock", "Kodachrome", and "American Tune"

  • 1984 29th Eurovision Song Contest: Herreys for Sweden wins singing "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" in Luxembourg
  • 1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announces Cleveland, Ohio chosen as the site of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
  • 1990 35th Eurovision Song Contest: Toto Cutugno for Italy wins singing "Insieme: 1992" in Zagreb

Music History

1992 American country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection

  • 1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances
  • 1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances

Home Before Dark

2008 American/Columbia Records releases "Home Before Dark", the twenty-seventh studio album by Neil Diamond; tops charts in US, UK and NZ

  • 2015 "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album, 2016; Billboard Album of the Year, 2016)

This is America

2018 Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] releases the music video to new single "This is America" to wide acclaim