Today's 1 September Music in History

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Haydn Quartets

1785 Mozart publishes his 6th String Quartet, Opus 10 in Vienna

Present Arms

1929 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Present Arms," starring Busby Berkeley, closes at the Mansfield Theatre in NYC after 155 performances

Music Concert

1963 Cliff Richard and the Shadows are the first British rock group to perform in Israel

  • 1971 Rolling Stones file $7.5 million lawsuit against their former manager, Allen Klein

U2 Release Debut EP

1979 Irish rockers U2 release their first record, an EP titled "U2-3," available only in Ireland

Swordfishtrombones

1983 Island Records releases "Swordfishtrombones," the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; his first self-produced effort begins his experimental phase

What's Love Got to Do With It

1984 "What's Love Got to Do With It" single tops the charts, giving Tina Turner her first #1 as a solo artist

Anything Goes

1989 Revival of Cole Porter's musical "Anything Goes" closes at Beaumont Theater in NYC after 804 performances

  • 1990 "Heidi Chronicles" closes at Plymouth Theater in NYC after 621 performances

Jerome Robbins' Broadway

1990 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" closes at Imperial Theatre in NYC after 634 performances

  • 1992 American comic and folk singer Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery

White Liars/Black Comedy

1993 Revival of Peter Shaffer's farce double-bill "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 38 performances

  • 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1997 Broadway revival of "Doll's House" closes at Belasco Theatre in New York after 150 performances

BTS Tops Billboard 100

2020 BTS become the first all-Korean pop act to top the Billboard 100 singles chart with "Dynamite"



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