Today's 23 January Music in History

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  • 1781 Niccolò Piccinni's tragédie lyrique opera "Iphigénie en Tauride" (Iphigeneia in Tauris) first performed by Académie royale de musique at the Paris Opéra

Ellington's Carnegie Debut

1943 Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time

  • 1958 "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances
  • 1965 Musical variety program "King Family Show", featuring big band vocal group The King Sisters, premieres on ABC TV

Station to Station

1976 RCA releases "Station to Station", David Bowie's 10th studio album, recorded in Los Angeles; it peaks in the U.S. charts at No.3, and No. 5 in the U.K.

Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood

1986 Musical "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances

  • 1992 "Visit" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances

Black Cadillac

2006 Capitol Records releases "Black Cadillac", the eleventh studio album by singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash; the album is dedicated to the memory of her recently deceased parents and step-mother, and co-produced by her husband John Leventhal and Bill Bottrell

Diamond Retires from Touring

2018 American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond abruptly retires from touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease



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