On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1789 Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
- 1825 1st grand opera in US sung in English, NYC
- 1956 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" single cover released by Elvis Presley
- 1959 Ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Sydney Opera House at Bennelong Point, Sydney
- 1961 "13 Daughters" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 28 performances
- 1964 Beatles begin filming "A Hard Day's Night", Harrison meets Patti Boyd
- 1969 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 14th Symphony
- 1974 16th Grammy Awards: Roberta Flack Best Record - "Killing Me Softly", Stevie Wonder Best Album - "Innervisions"
Birthdays in Music
Chris Martin
44th Birthday
Deaths in Music
- 1800 Christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86
- 1822 Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40
- 1868 Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, dies at 81
- 1882 Louis Kufferath, German-Belgian composer, dies at 70