Music History on November 13

Little Nellie Kelly

1922 George M. Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly" opens at the Liberty Theatre, NYC; runs for 276 performances - Cohan's longest run

49ers

1922 Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's revue "'The 49ers" opens at Puch and Judy Theatre, NYC; runs for 16 performances

  • 1937 NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio

Fantasia

1940 Walt Disney's animated film "Fantasia", starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mickey Mouse, and ballet dancing hippopotamuses, premieres at the Broadway Theatre, New York City

  • 1948 "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 performances
  • 1951 Janet Collins is the first 1st African-American dancer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, in a production of Aida

Shostakovich String Quartet

1953 Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th String Quartet premieres

  • 1959 The Academy of St Martin in the Fields' first professional concert takes place in London

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1963 Dale Wasserman's stage play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey, starring Kirk Douglas, Ed Ames; Joan Tetzel, and Gene Wilder, opens at Cort Theatre, NYC; runs for 82 performances

  • 1965 "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
  • 1973 "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
  • 1975 Marilyn Clark and Charles Burr's revue "A Musical Jubilee", featuring Lillian Gish. John Raitt, Tammy Grimes, Cyril Ritchard, and Dick Shawn opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 92 performances

Wrack My Brain

1981 Ringo Starr releases single "Wrack My Brain", written and produced by George Harrison, in the UK

Sonny & Cher

1987 Sonny & Cher perform together for the final time, singing "I Got You Babe" on 'Late Night with David Letterman' (NBC)

Figure of 8

1989 Paul McCartney releases single "Figure of 8" & "Ou Est Le Soleil"

  • 1996 "Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
  • 1997 "Lion King" opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
  • 2000 The Beatles release their compilation album “1” (2001 Billboard Album of the Year), and launch their official website - thebeatles.com

Laundry Service

2001 Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira's fifth studio album and first English language album, "Laundry Service", is released

Lose Yourself

2002 Eminem releases single 'Lose Yourself' from soundtrack of "8 Mile", 1st rap song to win Academy Award Best Original Song

  • 2010 Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage
  • 2012 Revival of Rupert Holmes' musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", based on an unfinished work of Charles Dickens, opens at Studio 54, NYC; runs for 136 performances

Country Music Association Awards

2019 53rd Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Maren Morris & Luke Combs win

Blackpink

2019 South Korean girl group Blackpink are the first K-pop group to have a single reach 1 billion views on YouTube for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"

Harry Styles

2020 British pop singer Harry Styles becomes the first-ever solo male featured on the cover US Vogue magazine

Kylie Minogue Record

2020 Kylie Minogue becomes the first woman to top the UK album chart over five consecutive decades with "Disco"

  • 2022 The Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, built in 1957 and host to JFK, The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra is imploded; closed in 2017 after an electrical fire