May 22

Events in Music on May 22

Event of Interest

1836 Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "St Paul" premieres in Dusseldorf

Composer and Pianist Felix Mendelssohn — Composer and Pianist
Felix Mendelssohn

1900 Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player
1926 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1

Event of Interest

1950 Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London

Composer and Conductor Richard Strauss — Composer and Conductor
Richard Strauss

1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
1965 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66
1965 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" single goes #1

Event of Interest

1986 Cher calls David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC

Goddess of Pop Cher — Goddess of Pop
Cher

Comedian and Television Host David Letterman — Comedian and Television Host
David Letterman

1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances

Music Awards

2002 37th Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride & Alan Jackson win

Country Singer-Songwriter Martina McBride — Country Singer-Songwriter
Martina McBride

Music Awards

2011 19th Billboard Music Awards: Eminem, Recovery win

Rapper and Songwriter Eminem — Rapper and Songwriter
Eminem

Album Release

2015 Daniel Johns releases “Talk”, his debut album as a solo artist

Musician Daniel Johns — Musician
Daniel Johns

Music Concert

2017 Suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59

Singer Ariana Grande — Singer
Ariana Grande

May in Music

Memories of Elvis
May 21, 1999

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