Music History on September 29

  • 1915 Dutch Opera's 1st performance
  • 1915 Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat" premieres in NYC

Strike Up the Band

1940 Musical film "Strike Up the Band" starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland opens

  • 1947 Dizzy Gillespie presents his 1st Carnegie Hall concert, NYC
  • 1954 The first remake of "A Star Is Born", starring Judy Garland & James Mason premieres at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles

I Love Mickey

1956 Music single "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87

Oh Boy!

1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets release 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"

  • 1958 "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran peaks at #8 in US; #18 in UK
  • 1960 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK
  • 1960 Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort's musical "lrma La Douce" opens at Plymouth Theater , later transferring to the Alvin, NYC; runs for 527 performances

Dylan's 1st Recording Session

1961 Bob Dylan's 1st recording session, playing harmonica for Caroline Hester

  • 1962 "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric & His Piano peaks at #7
  • 1962 "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3

Music History

1962 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady", adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", starring Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway, closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC, after 2,715 performances and 6 Tony Award wins

You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover

1962 Music single "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48

1st Rolling Stones Tour

1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour, as opening act for Bo Diddley & the Everly Brothers

Music History

1967 Gladys Knight & Pips are the first to release Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

  • 1967 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead for the 1st time, playing at the Straight Theater in San Francisco, California
  • 1973 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
  • 1973 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1973 Neil Simon's stage comedy "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", starring Peter Falk, Lee Grant, and Vincent Gardenia, closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NYC, after 798 performances

Music History

1975 Soul singer Jackie Wilson suffers a heart attack while singing on stage at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey; he survives, but never fully recovers, spending most of final 8 years in a coma

Music History

1976 Boy George expelled from school

Music History

1976 Rock piano playing-singer Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

  • 1977 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco hits #1

The Stranger

1977 Columbia Records releases "The Stranger", singer-songwriter Billy Joel's fifth studio album; it becomes the label's all-time best selling non-compilation record

Music History

1977 James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid and overworked

  • 1977 Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam
  • 1979 "Ain't That A Shame" by Cheap Trick peaks at #35
  • 1979 "Bad Case Of Loving You" by Robert Palmer peaks at #14
  • 1979 "Boom Boom (Out Go Lights)" single by Pat Travers peaks at #56
  • 1979 "Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez peaks at #16
  • 1979 "Cruel To Be Kind" single by Nick Lowe peaks at #12

Music History

1979 "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern peaks at #18

  • 1979 "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears peaks at #15
  • 1979 "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65
  • 1979 "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6
  • 1979 "Message In A Bottle" by Police peaks at #1 in UK
  • 1979 "What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" by Stephanie Mills peaks at #22
  • 1983 "A Chorus Line" with 3,389 performances becomes the then longest-running Broadway show
  • 1984 "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39
  • 1984 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9
  • 1984 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3
  • 1984 "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66

#1 in the Charts

1984 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince Rogers Nelson and Revolution peaks at #1

  • 1984 "Pretty Mess" by Vanity peaks at #75
  • 1984 "Torture" by Jacksons peaks at #17
  • 1984 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14

#1 in the Charts

1987 "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1

Music History

1989 Glenn Frey joins Eagles bandmate Don Henley on stage, for 1st time since 1981

  • 1990 "Love & Affection" by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart
  • 1990 "Street Scene" closes at NY State Theater NYC after 6 performances

My Own Private Idaho

1991 Gus Van Sant's film "My Own Private Idaho" starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix premieres

Country Music Association Awards

1993 27th Country Music Association Awards: Vince Gill wins

  • 1994 Grammy Award-winning vocal group the Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • 1996 "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC

1st Alanis Morissette US Tour

1996 Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour in Houston Texas

Life thru a Lens

1997 Robbie Williams releases his first solo album "Life thru a Lens" features single "Angels"

Baby One More Time

1998 Jive Records releases debut single by Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"; it becomes a worldwide smash, topping the charts in 25 countries

Painted from Memory

1998 Mercury Records releases Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach's collaborative album "Painted from Memory"

Taming The Tiger

1998 Reprise Records releases "Taming The Tiger", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 16th studio album

Music History

2011 Chris Isaak receives the Stockton Arts Commission STAR Award in Stockton, California

Now

2017 Mercury Nashville Records releases "Now", the 5th studio album by Shania Twain, her first in 15 years

Music History

2018 Rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye

  • 2021 Britney Spears' father Jamie Spears suspended as her conservator by a judge in Los Angeles after claims of abuse
  • 2023 Duane "Keffe D" Davis arrested for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shukar in Las Vegas [1]

Las Vegas Sphere

2023 MSG Sphere Las Vegas with its 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen opens with a concert by band U2 [1]