On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1918 Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank" premieres in NYC
- 1955 WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's)
- 1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" single goes #1
- 1973 Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years
- 1979 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
- 2008 "The Fame", debut album by Lady Gaga, is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Electronic/Dance Album 2009)
Birthdays in Music
Christina Perri
33rd Birthday
Deaths in Music
- 1744 Carlo Arrigoni, Italian composer and musician, dies at 46
- 1780 Bernhard Haltenberger, German composer, dies at 32
- 1795 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, German composer, dies at 67
- 1812 Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56