Music History on February 5

"Otello"

1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy, Verdi's first new opera for over 15 years

1897 1st showing of a motion picture in Hawaii at the Hawaiian Opera House

Schoenberg's 1st String Quartet

1907 Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna

1911 Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam

"O Solo Mio"

1916 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso records "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey

"Tuxedo Junction"

1940 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"

Big Band Leader and Jazz Composer Glenn Miller

Shostakovich 2nd Piano Concert

1957 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Piano Concert

1959 Albert Hague and Dorothy Fields' musical "Redhead", starring Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley, opens at the 46th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 455 performances and wins 6 Tony Awards
1972 "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65
1977 "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67
1977 "Dis-Gorilla (part 1)" by Rick Dees peaks at #56

"In The Mood"

1977 "In The Mood" by Henhouse 5 Plus Too (Ray Stevens) peaks at #40

1977 "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98
1977 Comedy album "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91
1981 "Piaf" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 165 performances

Canadian Hall of Fame

1981 Joni Mitchell inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

1995 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 3, for string orchestra, premieres with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, in Künzelsau, Germany

Flavor Flav, Elton John Ad

2012 Flavor Flav and Elton John appear in a Pepsi Co. ad during Super Bowl XLVI

Glitter Found Guilty

2015 70's glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 between 1975 and 1980

2017 Heavy metal band Black Sabbath play their last concert in their home town Birmingham, England

Paul Simon's Farewell Tour

2018 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon announces his farewell tour - a retirement from touring, but not necessarily from live performance

2023 65th Grammy Awards: Best Album Harry Styles "Harry’s House”, Best Record Lizzo "About Damn Time", Best Song Bonnie Raitt “Just Like That”, Beyoncé breaks record for most wins with her 32nd Grammy [1]

Grammy Awards

2024 66th Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift wins record 4th Best Album with "Midnights", Best Record Miley Cyrus "Flowers", Best Song Billie Eilish “What I Was Made For”, Killer Mike led away in handcuffs [1]