On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1762 Louis-François Roubiliac's monument to George Frideric Handel is unveiled at Westminster Abbey in London
- 1937 Dutch Django Reinhardt's "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club"
- 1948 "Allegro" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 318 performances
- 1948 "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 62 performances
- 1948 "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 188 performances
- 1964 The Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night", their 3rd studio album
- 1965 Beatles' "VI" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
- 1965 Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Birthdays in Music
Jessica Simpson
40th Birthday
Deaths in Music
- 1594 Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40
- 1668 Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45
- 1690 Domenico Gabrielli, Italian Baroque composer, dies at 39
- 1839 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61
Weddings in Music
- 1994 The "Anthrax" heavy-metal guitarist Scott Ian (31) weds Debbie Leavitt (23) in Huntington Beach, California
- 1997 Musician Chrissie Hynde marries artist Lucho Brieva (divorced 2002)
- 2010 Actress and fourth season American Idol winner Carrie Underwood (29) weds Nashville Predators ice hockey player Mike Fisher (32) at Ritz Carlton Lodge in Greensboro, Georgia