Events in Music on February 8

Event of Interest

1895 Tchaikovsky and Petipa's revival of "Swan Lake" premieres in St Petersburg

Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Film Release

1915 "The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, opens at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles

Film director D. W. Griffith — Film director
D. W. Griffith

1925 Kaufman & Berlin's musical "cocoanuts" premieres in New York City
1926 Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
1930 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
1940 Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show" premieres in NYC
1946 Béla Bartók's 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Philadelphia, PA, US
1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"
1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 12 performances
1981 "Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performances
1994 Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm
2004 46th Grammy Awards: Clocks, Evanescence wins
2006 48th Grammy Awards: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, John Legend wins