- 1914 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini" premieres in Turin
I'll Take Tallulah
1942 Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra record "I'll Take Tallulah"
- 1949 "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater, NYC, after 339 performances
- 1956 Doo-wop vocal group The Five Satins record leader and songwriter Fred Parris's tune "In the Still of the Nite" in the basement of St. Bernadette's Church in New Haven, Connecticut
Perkins Leaves Sun Records
1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records
- 1964 UK flies ½ ton of Beatles wigs to the US
- 1970 Pop singer-songwriter duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart guest star in "Serena Stops the Show" episode of American TV sitcom "Bewitched"
The Yes Album
1971 Progressive rock band Yes release their break-through third studio album "The Yes Album"
Without You
1972 American singer Harry Nilsson's single "Without You" begins a 4 week run at the top of the charts. The song was originally written and performed by the English band Badfinger in 1970, and would reach the top ten again with Mariah Carey's 1994 cover.
- 1973 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" single released by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (Billboard Song of the Year 1973)
- 1977 19th Grammy Awards: "This Masquerade" by George Benson, and Starland Vocal Band win
Blinded By The Light
1977 Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of Bruce Springsteen's song "Blinded By The Light" goes to #1
On The Twentieth Century
1978 Cy Coleman, Betty Comden & Adolph Green's musical "On The Twentieth Century", starring John Cullum and Madeline Kahn, and Kevin Kline, and directed by Hal Prince, opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC; runs for 449 performances, wins 5 Tony and 4 Drama Desk Awards
Music History
1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" of his song "My Sweet Lord" from Ronnie Mack's song "He's So Fine"
- 1984 "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater, NYC, after 104 performances
- 1987 Musical revue "Stardust - The Mitchell Parish Musical", featuring songs of the Lithuanian-American lyricist, opens at Biltmore Theater, NYC; runs for 101 performances
- 1989 Peter Allen's musical "Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 64 performances
Night Ride Home
1991 Geffen Records releases "Night Ride Home", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 14th studio album
- 1992 Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy For You" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1622 performances
- 1995 British composer Michael Tippett's last major work "Rose Lake," premieres at Barbican Hall in London, with the London Symphony led by Colin Davis
