Events in Music on February 15

  • 1686 Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide" premieres in Paris

Music releaseMusic Recording

1941 Duke Ellington first records "Take the A Train"

Jazz Musician and Composer Duke Ellington
Jazz Musician and Composer
Duke Ellington
  • 1947 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater NYC after 60 performances

Event of interestEvent of Interest

1949 Dmitri Shostakovich' "Song of the Woods" premieres in Leningrad

Composer Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
  • 1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
  • 1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins
  • 1979 Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show

Music awardsMusic Awards

2016 58th Grammy Awards: Best Song "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran, Best Album "1989" by Taylor Swift

Singer-Songwriter Ed Sheeran
Singer-Songwriter
Ed Sheeran
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift
Singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift