August 26

Events in Music on August 26

Music History

1846 Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" premieres at the Birmingham Festival in England

Felix Mendelssohn — Composer and Pianist Felix Mendelssohn

Film Premiere

1951 Film "An American In Paris" with music by George Gershwin, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron premieres in London (Academy Awards Best Picture, 1952)

Gene Kelly — Actor and Dancer Gene Kelly

George Gershwin — Composer and Pianist George Gershwin

Music History

1967 Beatles, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Mick Jagger — Rock Star Mick Jagger

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi — Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

1968 "Hey Jude" single released by the Beatles in US (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013)
1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick
1992 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 46 performances

Music History

2005 US Postal Service christens a Los Angeles facility as "The Ray Charles Station"

Ray Charles — Musician Ray Charles

Music History

2006 David Gilmour performs with his band and the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra before a crowd of 50,000 at Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland

David Gilmour — Singer-Songwriter and Producer David Gilmour

2018 Moroccan pop singer Saad Lamjarred arrested in Saint-Tropez, France on a rape allegation

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