- 1911 "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" record by Fred Fisher and Alfred Bryan, sung by songwriters Ada Jones and Billy Murray hits #1
- 1939 "Beer Barrel Polka" by Will Glahe hits #1 on the pop singles chart
Sleepy Hollow
1948 Musical "Sleepy Hollow", based on Washington Irving's novel, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
- 1961 "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances
Music History
1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles embark on a World Tour
Music History
1970 Ray Davies of The Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC commercial reference ban
- 1972 "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9
- 1973 "Smith" closes at Eden Theater, NYC, after 17 performances
- 1976 Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes Gold
Exodus
1977 Island Records releases "Exodus", the ninth studio album by Bob Marley & the Wailers; featuring the hits, 'Jamming', 'Waiting In Vain', 'Three Little Birds' and 'One Love', it is named the best album of the century by Time Magazine in 1999
- 1979 33rd Tony Awards: "The Elephant Man" (play) and "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (musical) win
- 1980 Micki Grant's musical "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
- 1983 Prolific studio drummer Jim Gordon murders his mother, Osa Marie Gordon in North Hollywood, California. [1]
- 1984 Revival of musical "The Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
Music History
1992 "MTV Unplugged" broadcasts singer-songwriter Paul Simon and 11 of his band members performing in Queens, NYC
Royals
2013 New Zealand teenage singer-songwriter Lorde releases her debut single "Royals" (Grammy Song of the Year, 2014)
- 2016 Concord Records releases "Stranger to Stranger", the thirteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
Music History
2019 Jay-Z named the world's first billionaire rapper by Forbes magazine
Ed Sheeran Breaks Attendance Record
2023 Ed Sheeran concert with 77,900 concertgoers breaks attendance record at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
