On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1950 "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 performances
- 1959 "Say, Darling" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 332 performances
- 1962 Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in San Francisco
- 1972 "My Hang-Up Is You" single released by Freddie Hart (Billboard Song of the Year 1972)
- 1974 Styne, Comdem & Green's musical "Lorelei" premieres in NYC
- 1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
- 1978 After a tumultuous final tour the Sex Pistols break up as a band, which is announced the following day
- 1988 "Teddy & Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
Birthdays in Music
- 1517 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
- 1545 Antonio Pace, Italian composer (d. 1581)
- 1574 Robert Fludd, English composer, born in Bearsted (d. 1637) baptismal date
- 1659 Antonio Veracini, composer
Deaths in Music
- 1103 Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies
- 1604 Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1625 Nicolò Rubini, Italian composer and cornettist, dies at 50
- 1738 Jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies