Today's 20 January Music in History

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Skating Rink

1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France

Bartók's 6th String Quartet

1941 Béla Bartók's 6th String Quartet, premieres in NYC

  • 1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances

Blue Days Black Night

1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville, Tennessee for country music producer Owen Bradley

Declaration

1957 Morton Gould's orchestral work "Declaration" premieres in Washington, D.C.

  • 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances
  • 1964 Capitol Records releases "Meet The Beatles" album by the Beatles, in US

What's Going On

1971 Tamla Records releases Marvin Gaye's single "What's Going On" about police brutality, from the album of the same name

Osbourne Bites Head Off Bat

1982 Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne allegedly bites the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines, Iowa

  • 1987 Rhino Records 1st #1, Billy Vera & Beaters' "At This Moment"
  • 1991 "Black & Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 829 performances

Shogun - The Musical

1991 Paul Chihara and John Driver's musical "Shogun - The Musical", based on James Clavell's novel, closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 72 performances

  • 1991 Revival of Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green's musical "Peter Pan", starring Cathy Rigby, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
  • 1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr, NYC; runs for 276 performances

Wigstock: The Movie

1995 The documentary "Wigstock: The Movie", directed by Barry Shils and starring RuPaul, premieres at the Sundance Film Festival

  • 2005 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 7 (Toltec) premieres with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

High School Musical

2006 "High School Musical" debuts, starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hugdens; becomes Disney Channel's most successful TV movie



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