Academic Festival Overture
1881 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres in Breslau
- 1923 First broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Fort Worth, Texas)
- 1936 Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade
Park Avenue
1947 Arthur Schwartz, Ira Gershwin, and George S. Kaufman's musical "Park Avenue" closes at the Shubert Theater, NYC, after 72 performances
- 1947 Revival of Victor Herbert's operetta "The Red Mill" closes at 46th Street Theater, NYC, after 531 performances
Elvis Records Second Demo
1954 Elvis Presley records his second demo at Sun Studios, a recording studio in Memphis, "It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You" and "I'll Never Stand In Your Way"
- 1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million to CBS
- 1969 Allan Sherman and Albert Hague's musical "The Fig Leaves Are Falling", starring Dorothy Loudon, Barry Nelson, and David Cassidy, closes at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC, after 4 performances
I Me Mine
1970 Beatles last recording session at Abbey Road studios, completing George Harrison's tune "I Me Mine"; John Lennon was on vacation and did not participate
- 1975 Revival of Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, and Lew Brown's musical "Good News" closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
- 1975 Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman's musical "Over Here!", closes at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 341 performances and was the top-grossing production of the year
Candide
1976 Reworking of Leonard Bernstein's musical "Candide", without his involvement, closes at the Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
- 1981 Revival of Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green's musical "Peter Pan", starring Sandy Duncan, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 578 performances
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1983 Eurythmics release their breakthrough second studio album "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
- 1996 August Strickland's 1887 stage drama "The Father", starring Frank Langella, opens at the Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 52 performances
- 1998 Jeffrey Stock and Susan Birkenhead's musical "Triumph of Love" closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 85 performances
- 1998 Second successful revival of by Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", starring Nathan Lane, closes at St James, NYC, after 715 performances and 1 Tony Award
Vanilla Ice in Jail
2001 Rapper Vanilla Ice spends night in jail after allegedly ripping out some of his wife's hair during a row
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