Music History on November 9

  • 1811 Karol KurpiƄski's opera "Lucifer's Palace" premieres at the Warsaw Opera
  • 1878 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra, led by Leopold Damrosch; the group competes with the New York Philharmonic, until merging in 1928
  • 1885 Edward Jakobowski's opera "Ermine" premieres in London at the Comedy Theatre

The Beatles Meet Epstein

1961 The Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein after a lunch time performance at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England

  • 1963 Lee Pockriss and Anne Croswell's musical "Tovarich" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 264 performances

Music History

1964 Victor Borge's "Comedy in Music - Opus 2" opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 192 performances

  • 1966 Musical revue "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; runs for 107 performances

With A Little Help From My Friends

1968 Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles song "With A Little Help From My Friends" becomes No. 1 single in the UK

An Evening with Julie Andrews & Harry Belafonte

1969 "An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte ", music special with arrangements by Michel Legrand, premieres on NBC-TV

  • 1970 William Grant Still's Symphony No. 5 ("Western Hemisphere"), premiere performance, by the Oberlin College Orchestra led by Robert Baustian

Ringo

1973 Apple Records releases "Ringo", Ringo Starr's third studio album, in the UK - a week after its US release; his biggest commercial and critical success, featuring the singles "Photograph", "You're Sixteen", and "Oh My My"

Piano Man

1973 Columbia Records releases "Piano Man", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's second studio album

  • 1985 Paul Schierhorn's rock musical "The News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 4 performances
  • 1988 Don Sebesky and Gloria Nissenson's musical "Prince of Central Park", starring Jo Anne Worley opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
  • 1993 "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater, NYC; runs for 14 performances
  • 1997 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC
  • 1997 Revival of Anton Chekov's stage drama "The Cherry Orchard" closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after limited run of 12 performances

Bowie's Last Performance

2006 British rocker David Bowie performs on stage for the final time - three songs at a charity concert in New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom: "Wild Is the Wind", "Fantastic Voyage", and a duet of "Changes" with Alicia Keys

As I Am

2007 Alicia Keys releases her 3rd studio album "As I Am" (Grammy Award Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2008, 2008 Billboard Album of the Year)

Shakira Honored

2011 Colombian pop singer-songwriter Shakira is honored as Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

Love Yourself

2015 "Love Yourself" single released by Justin Bieber (Billboard Song of the Year 2016, Grammy Song of the Year)

BTS Appearance Cancelled

2018 Korean pop band BTS appearance on Japanese TV show cancelled after member Jimin wore shirt with atomic bomb image

  • 2022 56th Country Music Association Awards: Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson & Chris Stapleton win