On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1759 First music store in America opens (Philadelphia)
- 1895 First complete execution of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony
- 1928 George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (NYC)
- 1947 "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 performances
- 1950 "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
- 1961 The Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein
- 1961 Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller
- 1963 Capital records signs right of first refusal agreement with The Beatles
Birthdays in Music
Jamie Foxx
52nd Birthday
Taylor Swift
29th Birthday
Deaths in Music
- 1622 Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50
- 1738 Gotthard Wagner, German composer, dies at 59
- 1793 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63
- 1812 Marianne Martinez, Austrian composer, dies at 68
Weddings in Music
- 2003 Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti (68) weds Nicoletta Mantovani at Modena Italy's Teatro Comunale