On This Day in Music for February 8
Events in Music
- 1735 First opera performance in North American colonies "Flora" opens in Charleston, South Carolina
- 1925 Kaufman & Berlin's musical "cocoanuts" premieres in New York City
- 1926 Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
- 1930 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
- 1940 Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show" premieres in NYC
- 1942 Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes" premieres in Los Angeles
- 1946 Béla Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto premieres in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy with György Sándor as piano soloist
- 1964 Peter Shaffer's musical "Royal Hunt of the Sun" premieres in London
- More Events in Music
John WilliamsDivorces in Music
- 1980 Model Angie Bowie (30) divorces British singer David Bowie (33) after just under 10 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces in Music
Musicians Who Died on Feb 8
- 1691 Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect and composer, dies at 79
- 1709 Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (Concerti Grossi), dies at 50
- 1797 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer, pupil of J. S. Bach, dies at 81
- 1801 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, dies at 43
February in Music History
I'm Not Gay Insists 'Fruit-Flavoured, Mincing' Liberace
Entertainer Liberace died on this day, going to his grave insisting he was not gay. But his death from AIDS told a different story . . .
February 4, 1987The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
The Beatles with TV host Ed Sullivan during their first appearance on his show in February 1964
February 9, 19641st Ever Gold Record
The 1st ever gold record was awarded to "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra - this one was presented to the group's drummer, Tex Beneke
February 10, 1942Grammy Awards 2019
Cardi B at the 2019 Grammy Awards
February 11, 2019
