Guillaume Tell
1829Gioachino Rossini's last and greatest opera "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell) premieres at Salle Le Peletier in Paris
No Strings
1963Richard Rodgers' musical drama "No Strings", starring Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 580 performances and 3 Tony Award wins
- 1963 Warner Bros. Records releases single of Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)", set to music of Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from his 1876 opera "La Gioconda"
- 1966 South African government bans records by The Beatles
Newport Pop Festival
1968 100,000 attend two-day Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, California; performers includedAlice Cooper, Canned Heat, The Chambers Brothers, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band,Sonny & Cher, Steppenwolf,Tiny Tim, The Animals, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Byrds
McCartney Forms Wings
1971Paul McCartney announces formation of the group "Wings", consisting of himself, his wifeLinda McCartney, and former "Moody Blues" guitarist Denny Laine
Innervisions
1973 Tamla/Motown Records releases "Innervisions", the sixteenth studio album byStevie Wonder; includes the hits "Higher Ground" and "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"
- 1974 "Words & Music" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 127 performances
Baxter Quits Steely Dan
1974 Jeff Baxter, guitarist and founding member ofSteely Dan quits the band and joins the Doobie Brothers
Little Night Music
1974Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 601 performances, winning 6 Tony Awards, 6 Drama Desk Awards, and a Grammy Award
- 1990 New York City Opera's limited run production ofStephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater, NYC, for 11 performances
No Matter What
1998 Irish bandBoyzone release their best-selling single "No Matter What" composed byAndrew Lloyd Webber andJim Steinman
Music History
1999 American country music singerPatsy Cline is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Havana
2017Camila Cabello releases her single "Havana" (biggest song worldwide in 2018, 19 million copies sold)
- 2017 Rapper Kidd Creole arrested and charged for stabbing to death a homeless man in New York City
Tony Bennett's 95th Birthday
2021 SingerTony Bennett celebrates his 95th birthday withLady Gaga in the first of two "farewell" performances at Radio City Music Hall, NYC
- 2023 Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard's musical "Back to the Future: The Musical", based on the 1985 Robert Zemeckis film, and starring Roger Bart and Casey Likes, opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
