Music Printing Monopoly
1575 English Queen Elizabeth I grants composers Thomas Tallis and William Byrd a monopoly on printing music
- 1931 Jazz trumpeter Clyde McCoy records "Sugar Blues" for Columbia Records; sells over 14 million copies internationally
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
1934 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" debuts in Leningrad
- 1949 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances
Buddy Holly's Last Recordings
1959 Buddy Holly makes his last recordings in his NYC apartment, alone with an acoustic guitar; he tapes five songs including "Peggy Sue" and "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", which were embellished, overdubbed, and released posthumously by Coral Records
Lady Soul
1968 Aretha Franklin's 14th studio album "Lady Soul" is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1968)
Celebration
1969 Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater, NYC; runs for 109 performances
Power to the People
1971 John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band record "Power to the People" at his Ascot Sound home studio at Tittenhurst Park, England
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