Events in Music
Events 101 - 123 of 123
#1 in the Charts
Oct 31 Barbra Streisand's "People" album goes #1 for 5 weeks
Barbra Streisand
- Nov 9 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden NYC for 192 performances
- Nov 10 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 15 performances
- Nov 14 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 performances
- Nov 14 "Folies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
- Nov 14 "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
Event of Interest
Nov 20 Dmitri Shostakovich's 9th/10th String Quartet premieres in Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Nov 21 "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 15 performances
- Nov 21 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
- Nov 23 "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
- Nov 23 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
- Dec 4 The Beatles release their "Beatles For Sale" album
Event of Interest
Dec 7 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
George Harrison
Music Recording
Dec 9 John Coltrane's Quartet records their greatest work "A Love Supreme" at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
John Coltrane
- Dec 18 "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances
- Dec 18 During funeral service held for soul singer Sam Cooke, fans cause damage to funeral home
- Dec 25 George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans
- Dec 26 Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
- Dec 28 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's cantata "The Execution of Stepan Razin"
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 101 - 156 of 156
- Aug 10 Aaron Hall, American songwriter
- Aug 11 Hamish, rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
- Aug 13 Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
- Aug 17 Colin James, Canadian musician
- Aug 18 Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter
- Aug 24 Pebbles, American rock vocalist (Girlfriend), born in Oakland, California
Keanu Reeves
Sep 2 Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Matrix), born in Beirut, Lebanon
Keanu Reeves
- Sep 3 Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
- Sep 8 Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)
- Sep 11 Victor Wooten, American bass guitarist, born in Mountain Home, Idaho
- Sep 15 Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein [Paul Caiafa], American musician, former guitarist for horror punk band The Misfits, born in Lodi, New Jersey
- Sep 16 David Michael Sabo, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Sep 19 Trisha Yearwood, American country singer (Sweetest Gift), born in Monticello, Georgia
- Sep 21 Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer
- Sep 22 Marq Torien, rocker (Bullet Boys-For Love of Money)
- Sep 23 Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
- Sep 25 Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
- Sep 26 Nicki French, English singer
- Sep 27 Stephan Jenkins, American singer (Third Eye Blind)
- Sep 30 Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
- Oct 1 Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
- Oct 7 Sam Brown, English singer/songwriter (Stop!)
- Oct 8 CeCe Winans [Priscilla Marie Winans Love], American gospel singer (won 12 Grammy Awards), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 21 Jon Carin, American musician (Pink Floyd, The Who)
- Oct 22 Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
- Oct 25 Nicholas Bernard Thorp, English musician (Curiosity Killed the Cat), born in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
- Oct 25 Nicole [Hohloch], German singer, won 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, born in Saarbrücken
- Oct 31 Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Oct 31 Darryl Worley, American country singer (Hard Rain Don't Last), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Nov 6 Corey Glover, American musician (Living Color), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 6 Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Nov 7 Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry)
- Nov 12 Dave Ellefson, Jackson, Minnesota, American heavy metal bassist (Megadeth)
- Nov 14 Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
- Nov 14 Joseph "Run" Simmons, New York, American rapper (Run DMC)
- Nov 14 Rev Run, American rapper
- Nov 16 Diana Krall, Canadian Jazz pianist and singer
- Nov 24 Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
- Nov 25 Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
- Dec 4 Sertab Erener, Turkish singer
- Dec 7 Duncan Miller, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous)
- Dec 8 James Blundell, Australian country singer
- Dec 8 Sandy Burnett, English record producer
- Dec 9 Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein)
- Dec 11 Justin Currie, Scottish rock vocalist/bassist (Del Amitri)
- Dec 11 David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
- Dec 11 Cosy Sheridan, American singer
- Dec 12 Rockin' Jeff, rock musician (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
- Dec 13 Lucky Peterson [Judge Kenneth Peterson], American musician (The Son of a Bluesman), born in Buffalo, New York
- Dec 14 C[arl] J[eff] Snare, vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), born in Washington, D.C.
- Dec 17 Ginger, English singer and guitarist (The Wildhearts)
- Dec 18 Robson Green, English actor and singer
- Dec 21 Ed Jongsma, Dutch pop bassist (Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell)
- Dec 23 Eddie Vedder, American heavy metal singer (Pearl Jam-Justine), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Dec 25 Tim Royes - Music Video Director and Editor
- Dec 30 Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)