Today's Events in Music History
Event of Interest
1899 Scott Joplin granted copyright for his "Maple Leaf Rag", the most famous ragtime composition, by the US Copyright Office
Scott Joplin
- 1948 "Hilarities (of 1949)" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 14 performances
- 1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect
- 1979 The Who opens NYC concerts at Madison Square Garden
- 1980 'Les Miserables' opens at Palais des Sports, Paris
- 1985 "Song & Dance" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 474 performances
- 2006 "Watching You" single released by Rodney Atkins (Billboard Song of the Year 2007)
Television Awards
2017 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elisabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win
