Tolomeo, re di Egitto
1728 George Frideric Handel's opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto" premieres in London
Edison's Phonograph
1878 Thomas Edison's Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
First Grammy Awards:
1959 First Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win major awards
- 1973 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
1976 Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner's musical "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger, NYC; runs for 7 performances
- 1985 30th Eurovision Song Contest: Bobbysocks! for Norway wins singing "La det swinge" in Gothenburg
Music History
1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David Bowie slept with Mick Jagger
- 1991 36th Eurovision Song Contest: Carola for Sweden wins singing "Fangad av en stormvind" in Rome
Doctorate of Music
1991 Phil Collins, Al Jarreau, Ikutaro Kakehashi and Joe Zawinul receive honorary doctorate degrees from the Berklee College of Music in Boston [1]
Music History
1994 Singer Courtney Love cleared of drug charges
Ed Sheeran Cleared of Copyright Infringement
2023 Ed Sheeran found not guilty of copying Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On" for his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud" by a Manhattan federal jury; copyright infringement suit was filed by the heirs of Gaye's co-writer Ed Townsend [1]