On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1961 Bricusse & Newley's musical "Stop the world I want to ..." premieres
- 1961 American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls
- 1965 The Beatles' "Help" is released in UK
- 1966 Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" is No. 1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
- 1976 Wings release "Let 'em In"
- 1992 Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour
- 1994 Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
- 1995 "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances
Alison Krauss
Amy Winehouse