May 5

Events in Music on May 5

Event of Interest

1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky is guest conductor

Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1900 "The Billboard" began weekly publication

Music Premiere

1927 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in Berlin

Composer Dmitri Shostakovich — Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich

1951 "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances
1955 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances

#1 in the Charts

1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

Singer, Dancer and Actress Rita Moreno — Singer, Dancer and Actress
Rita Moreno

1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances
1984 29th Eurovision Song Contest: Herreys for Sweden wins singing "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" in Luxembourg
1990 35th Eurovision Song Contest: Toto Cutugno for Italy wins singing "Insieme: 1992" in Zagreb

Event of Interest

1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection

Country singer Tammy Wynette — Country singer
Tammy Wynette

1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances
1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances

Music Awards

1999 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win

Country Music Singer and Songwriter Garth Brooks — Country Music Singer and Songwriter
Garth Brooks

Country Singer Faith Hill — Country Singer
Faith Hill

2012 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,102): Chelsea beats Liverpool, 2–1; Didier Drogba scores winner for Blues' 7th title
2015 "Traveller" debut album by Chris Stapleton is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album 2016, Billboard Album of the Year 2016)

Music Single

2018 Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover releases the music video to new single "This is America" to wide acclaim

Actor, Musician and Director Donald Glover — Actor, Musician and Director
Donald Glover

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May in History

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May 21, 1999

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