Events in Music
- 1862 Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
Music Recording
1925 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session
Louis Armstrong
- 1931 Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building in San Francisco
Event of Interest
1933 Billie Holiday's second song and first hit, "Riffin' the Scotch", is released
Billie Holiday
Event of Interest
1939 Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
Irving Berlin
- 1958 "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 835 performances
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
1963 Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for The Beatles
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Event of Interest
1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album
John Lennon
- 1969 Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK
Event of Interest
1969 Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by the FBI for drunkeness
Jim Morrison
- 1977 Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" & "Girl's School"
- 1981 "Oh, Brother!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 3 performances
- 1984 "Three Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
- 1987 "Roza" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 12 performances
- 1989 "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 4 performances
- 1990 "Shadowlands" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 169 performances
Album Release
2008 Taylor Swift releases her 2nd studio album “Fearless” (2009 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Album of the Year 2010, American Music Awards 2009)
Taylor Swift
- 2009 43rd Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift & Brad Paisley wins
- 2011 25th Soul Train Music Awards: Cee-Lo Green, Jill Scott win
Birthdays in Music
- 1688 Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist, born in Turin (d. 1775)
- 1690 Gerhard Hoffmann, composer
- 1696 Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist, born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona Province (d. 1757)
- 1722 Johann Philipp Sack, composer
- 1731 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer
- 1767 Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster
- 1788 Michal Wielhorski, composer
- 1832 Paolo Giorza, composer
- 1883 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (Ruilles de Printemps), born in Vevey, Switzerland (d. 1969)
- 1894 Aaron Avshalomov, composer
- 1895 Jacov Gotovac, composer
- 1910 Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist
- 1913 German Leont'yevich Zhukovsky, composer
- 1914 Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk], singer (Sing of the Cross)
- 1917 Julien-Francois Zbinden, composer
- 1918 Jürg Baur, German composer, born in Düsseldorf (d. 2010)
- 1927 Mose Allison, jazz artist (Black Country Suite), born in Tippo, Mississippi (d. 2016)
- 1928 Arthur Cunningham, composer
- 1928 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
- 1929 LaVern Baker, R&B vocalist (I Cried a Tear), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1930 Hank Garland, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004)
- 1930 Vernon Handley, English conductor
- 1932 Al Levitt, American jazz drummer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
- 1933 Marlene VerPlanck [Pampinella], American jazz and pop vocalist, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- 1937 Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace, singer
- 1938 Narvel Felts, country singer
- 1938 Roger Laver, [Jackson], rock keyboardist (Tornados)
- 1943 Karin Kent, [Janneke Kanteman], Dutch singer
- 1945 Chris Dreja, rocker (Yardbirds), born in London, England
- 1945 Vince Martell, American rock guitarist (Vanilla Fudge), born in NYC, New York
- 1946 Len "Chip" Hawkes, English musician (the Tremeloes)
- 1947 Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist
- 1950 Jim Peterik, rocker (Survivor)
- 1952 Paul Cowsill, rock keyboardist (The Cowsills-We Can Fly), Newport, Rhode Island
- 1953 Andy Partridge, English rock vocalist/guitarist (XTC-Oranges & Lemons)
- 1956 Billy Smith, Reidsville NC, country singer (Billy & Terry Smith)
- 1956 Ian Craig Marsh, England, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams)
- 1958 Luz Casal, Spanish singer
- 1962 Mic Michaeli, Swedish keyboardist
- 1962 James Morrison [Lloyd], Australian jazz musician (Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band), born in Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia
- 1968 Jo Kittsee, German rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
- 1968 Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
- 1968 David L Cook, American singer and comedian
- 1970 Derry Brownson, rock keyboardist (EMF-Unbelievable)
- 1974 Static Major, American singer (d. 2008)
- 1976 Jesse Keeler, Canadian musician
- 1982 Lil' Dave, [Davis Shelton], rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1989 Reina Tanaka, Japanese pop singer
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
1957 Country singer June Carter Cash (28) weds former football player Edwin Nix
June Carter Cash
Deaths in Music
- 1677 Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer, dies at 58
- 1895 Julius Tausch, German composer, dies at 68
- 1901 Antonio Zamara, Austrian harpist and composer, dies at 72
- 1907 Henry Gadsby, English musician and composer, dies at 64
- 1912 Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75
- 1929 Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer, dies at 66
- 1936 Edward German, composer, dies at 74
- 1945 Jerome Kern, American composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), dies at 60
- 1954 John Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81
- 1956 Victor Young, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
- 1964 Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72
- 1967 Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76
- 1968 Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47
- 1972 Berry Oakley, American rocker and bass player (Allman Brothers Band), dies in motorcycle crash at 24
- 1972 [Raymond] Berry Oakley III, American bassist (Allman Brothers Band), dies after a motorcycle accident at 24
- 1973 Stringbean [David Akeman], American banjoist and comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58
- 1974 Alfonso Leng, Chilean dentist and composer (Doloras), dies at 90
- 1977 Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903)
- 1979 Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian-American film score composer and conductor (Academy Award 1954-High & Mighty), dies at 85
- 1984 Jan Novák, Czech classical composer, dies at 63
- 1988 William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor & organist (b. 1900)
- 1993 Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter and composer (After Hours), dies at 79
- 1993 Olavi Pesonen, Finnish composer, dies at 84
- 1994 Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, Engl composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87
- 1995 Kenneth Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist, dies at 68
- 2007 John Peterson, American drummer (the Beau Brummels), dies at 65
- 2015 Philthy Animal [Phil Taylor], English rock drummer (Motörhead), dies from liver failure at 61
- 2016 Raynoma Singleton [Gordy], music producer and singer-songwriter (Motown), dies at 79
- 2017 Francesco "Frank" Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), dies at 92
November in History
Talking Revolution that Silenced Hollywood Stars
The musical Oh, Kay! began its Broadway run at New York's Imperial Theatre on this day, introducing pop music standards "Someone To Watch Over Me" and "Do-Do-Do".
November 8, 1926Wayward Prince Blamed for Royal Death
Prince Edward, born on this day, came to prefer pleasure to duty, causing tension, Queen Victoria believed, that would have fatal consequences.
November 9, 1841How Britain Fell in Love with Lady Chatterley
After a sensational trial, the courts cleared the way for the controversial novel Lady Chatterley's Lover to go on sale in Britain, causing a stampede.
November 10, 1960The War's Over, But Don't Get Too Excited
It was 'the war to end all wars' that came to a weary climax on this day. But this was no time to lose your inhibitions, at least not for one famous Englishman.
November 11, 1918
