On This Day …

1727 – Composer Armand-Louis Couperin was born.
1952 – The first musical choreography score was copyrighted. It was Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate”.
1953 – The musical “Wonderful Town” opened. It ran for 559 performances.
1957 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded “That’ll Be The Day.” The song would be their first hit.
1963 – The Beatles released their first U.S. single “Please Please Me.”
1978 – Jefferson Starship declared “Earth Day” for the release of their new album, “Earth”. It was premiered 2 days later.
1992 – James Brown received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
1998 – Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison received Lifetime Achievement Grammy awards.