Music History on November 8

Oh Kay

1926 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay" opens at the Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 256 performances

Treasure Girl

1928 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl" premieres in NYC

Music in the Air

1932 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Musical "Music in the Air" opens at the Alvin Theatre, later transferring to th 44th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 342 performances

  • 1945 Jacques Belasco and Kay Twomey's musical "The Girl from Nantucket" opens at Adelphi Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
  • 1958 Gian Carlo Menotti's musical drama "Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 5 performances

Greatest Hits

1974 "Greatest Hits" 11th studio album by Elton John is released

Song and Dance

1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Song and Dance", starring Bernadette Peters, closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 474 performances and a Tony Award for Peters

Wicked Game

1990 Musician Chris Isaak releases single "Wicked Game"

The Buddha of Suburbia

1993 Arista Records releases David Bowie's 19th studio "The Buddha of Suburbia", based on the novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi, in the UK and Europe only; it is not released in US until nearly 2 years later

Sonny Bono

1994 Voters in California elect entertainer Sonny Bono to US Congress

  • 1995 Comedy revue "Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices" opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances

Sacred Arias

1999 Tenor Andrea Bocelli releases his "Sacred Arias" album, the world's best-selling classical album by a single artist

Greatest Hits

2004 Mercury Nashville Records releases "Greatest Hits" album by Shania Twain (Billboard Album of the Year, 2005)

  • 2013 27th Soul Train Music Awards: Miguel, Tamar Braxton win

Music History

2017 51st Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Chris Stapleton & Miranda Lambert win

Country Music Association Awards

2023 57th Country Music Association Awards: Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs & Tracy Chapman win