Ol' Man River
1928 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records featuring Bing Crosby
- 1956 "Crazy Arms" single released by Ray Price - his 1st No.1 (Billboard Song of the Year 1956)
- 1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 performances
- 1961 Cellist Jacqueline du Prés debut in Wigmore Hall
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1968 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" first performed as a 15-minute pop cantata at Colet Court School in London
- 1969 "Red, White, & Maddox" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 41 performances
- 1969 After 88 weeks, the Beatles' album "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" drops off the charts
Music History
1969 Jim Morrison allegedly exposes himself on stage at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami, Florida
Dark Side of the Moon
1973 Harvest (UK) and Capitol Records (US) release Pink Floyd's 8th studio album "The Dark Side of the Moon"; it stays on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart for most of the next 14 years, selling over 50 million copies worldwide
- 1975 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win
- 1975 Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1
- 1978 "Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 243 performances
- 1979 "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 557 performances
Sophisticated Ladies
1981 Duke Ellington musical revue "Sophisticated Ladies", starring Gregory Hines and Hinton Battle, opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 767 performances, winning 2 Tony Awards
Music History
1985 American singer Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation
- 1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco NYC after 41 performances
- 1992 "Visit" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
Music History
1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert" opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for limited run of 16 performances
Music History
2017 Spanish-American singer Charo is revealed as a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars
Joni Mitchell Receives Gershwin Prize
2023 Canadian-American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
