St Matthew Passion
1729 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion" premieres at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
- 1960 Guy Carawan sings "We Shall Overcome" to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Raleigh, popularizing the song as a protest anthem
- 1961 Meredith Willson's musical "The Music Man", starring Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC. after 1375 performances, 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy
Sophie
1963 Steve Allen's musical "Sophie", based on the life of American singer, and comic actress Sophie Tucker, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
- 1967 Leon Gluckman and Jeremy Taylor's folk music revue "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 457 performances
Green Is Blues
1969 Hi Records releases "Green Is Blues", the second studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Al Green; his first pairing with producer Willie Mitchell led to a long-time collaboration and string of hits in the early 1970s
- 1970 Mitch Leigh, William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson's musical melodrama "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 9 performances
70, Girls, 70
1971 John Kander and Fred Ebbs' musical "70, Girls, 70", starring Hans Conried and Mildred Natwick, opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 35 performances
- 1984 Galt MacDermot and William Dumaresq's musical "The Human Comedy", based on the novel by William Saroyan, closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
- 1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert" opens at Ambassador, NYC; runs for 13 performances
Music History
1994 Jazz singer Tony Bennett records a session for "MTV's Unplugged" series at Sony Studios, NYC, featuring the Ralph Sharon trio, and guest appearances by Elvis Costello, and k.d.lang; album release wins 2 Grammy Awards
Music Concert
2012 Hologram of late rapper Tupac features on stage with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre at Coachella music festival
Pulitzer Prize
2019 Aretha Franklin posthumously receives the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor, first individual woman to win it since 1930
Music Concert
2022 Coachella Valley music festival returns after a two-year hiatus with Harry Styles the headlining act on opening night in front of 100,000 [1]
