Events in Music on December 1

Event of Interest

1822 Franz Liszt, aged 11, debuts as pianist in Vienna

Composer & Pianist Franz Liszt — Composer & Pianist
Franz Liszt

Music Premiere

1924 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good" premieres in NYC

Composer and Pianist George Gershwin — Composer and Pianist
George Gershwin

Event of Interest

1944 Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres

Composer and Pianist Béla Bartok — Composer and Pianist
Béla Bartok

1944 Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres

Music Premiere

1951 Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd" premieres in London

Composer Benjamin Britten — Composer
Benjamin Britten

1956 "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances

Event of Interest

1957 Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly and the Crickets debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

Singer-songwriter Buddy Holly — Singer-songwriter
Buddy Holly

TV Host Ed Sullivan — TV Host
Ed Sullivan

1958 "Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances

Event of Interest

1960 Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany for accusation of attempted arson.

Musician and Beatle Paul McCartney — Musician and Beatle
Paul McCartney

Original Drummer of the Beatles Pete Best — Original Drummer of the Beatles
Pete Best

1968 "Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances
1968 Burt Bacharach and Hal David's musical "Promises, Promises", based on the 1960 Billy Wider film "The Apartment", opens at Shubert Theatre, NYC; runs for 1,281 performances, wins a Grammy and 2 Tony Awards
1971 Galt MacDermot and John Guare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 performances

Event of Interest

1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US

Musician and Beatle John Lennon — Musician and Beatle
John Lennon

Artist & Musician Yoko Ono — Artist & Musician
Yoko Ono

1972 Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK

Sex Pistols' Break Up

1976 Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"

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*Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious on stage during the band's last show at Winterland in San Francisco, January 14, 1978*

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1986 Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
1991 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 performances
1991 "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 performances
1994 Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London

Event of Interest

1999 Rapper Jay-Z stabs record executive Lance "Un" Rivera at a night club in New York

Rapper & Record Producer Jay-Z — Rapper & Record Producer
Jay-Z

Music Premiere

2005 Musical "The Color Purple" based on the book by Alice Walker opens on Broadway produced by Oprah Whitney starring LaChanze (Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical)