On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1928 Noel Coward's musical "This Year of Grace" premieres in London
- 1956 Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances
- 1957 "All Shook Up" single released by Elvis Presley
- 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens at Shubert NYC for 300 performances
- 1963 Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me"
- 1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section
- 1969 "Come Summer" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 7 performances
- 1971 6th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Lynn Anderson win
Birthdays in Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber
70th Birthday
Deaths in Music
- 1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (Miserere Suites de Symphonies et Trios), dies at 54
- 1758 Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer, dies at 87
- 1796 Gaspare Gabellone, Italian composer, dies at 68
- 1798 Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51
Weddings in Music
- 1984 Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (36) weds singer/dancer Sarah Brightman (23) in Hampshire, England
- 1992 Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister)
- 2009 "The Wonder Years" actress Danica McKellar (36) weds composer Mike Verta (36) at St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla, California
Divorces in Music
- 1948 Musician Nat King Cole (29) divorces dancer Nadine Robinson after 11 years of marriage