Events in Music on May 5

1891 Music Hall (now Carnegie Hall) opens in New York City, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as guest conductor of teh New York Music Society Orchestra

1927 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in Berlin

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

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

1967 The Kinks release "Waterloo Sunset" as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts
1971 Courtney, Courtney, and Link's musical "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, runs for 5 performances
1984 29th Eurovision Song Contest: Herreys for Sweden wins singing "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" in Luxembourg
1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announces Cleveland, Ohio chosen as the site of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
1990 35th Eurovision Song Contest: Toto Cutugno for Italy wins singing "Insieme: 1992" in Zagreb

1992 American country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection

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