1903 – In New York City, the barbershop quartet favorite, “Sweet Adeline,” was sung for the first time.
1927 – The musical “Showboat” opened in New York.
1932 – Radio City Music Hall opened its doors to the public for the first time.
1963 – The Animals perform on their first radio broadcast on the BBC show “Saturday Club.”
1964 – The Supremes made their first appearance on TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show.”
1970 – “Hello, Dolly!” closed on Broadway after a run of 2,844 performances.
1975 – The Four Seasons, “December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)” was released.
1985 – Metallica finished working on “Master of Puppets.”
1989 – Chuck Berry was sued by a former cook in his restaurant for allegedly putting a camera in the ladies’ restroom.
December 27, 2011
December 21, 2011
What do you know about Zdenek Fibich?
Zdeněk Fibich, 21 December 1850 – 15 October 1900) was a Czech composer of classical music. Among his compositions are chamber works (including two string quartets, a piano trio, piano quartet and a quintet for piano, strings and winds), symphonic poems, three symphonies, at least seven operas (the most famous probably Šárka and The Bride of Messina), melodramas including the substantial trilogy Hippodamia, liturgical music including a mass – a missa brevis; and a large cycle (almost 400 pieces, from the 1890s) of piano works called Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences. The piano cycle served as a diary of sorts of his love for a piano pupil.
What do you know about Ludwig Schuncke?
Ludwig Schuncke (21 December 1810 – 7 December 1834) was a German pianist and composer. He war close friend of Robert Schumann. His early promise was eclipsed by his death from tuberculosis at the age of 23. He was generally known as Ludwig, and that name also appears as Louis in some references. His surname appears as either Schuncke or Schunke.
On This Day …
1810 – Composer Ludwig Schuncke was born.
1850 – Composer Zdenek Fibich was born.
1955 – LaVern Baker recorded “Jim Dandy”.
1960 – Elvis Presley was inducted into the Los Angeles Indian Tribal Council coinciding with the opening with his movie “Flaming Star.”
1967 – The Rolling Stones album, “Their Satanic Majesties Request” was released.
1968 – Crosby, Stills and Nash performed together in public for the first time.
1968 – Janis Joplin gave her first solo performance in Memphis, TN.
1969 – Diana Ross gave her last performance as a member of the Supremes on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
1976 – “Barry Manilow on Broadway” opened for a two-week run in New York.
1992 – David Crosby was a guest on ABC-TV’s “Roseanne.”
December 19, 2011
On This Day …
1955 – Carl Perkins recorded the hit “Blue Suede Shoes.”
1957 – “The Music Man” opened on Broadway.
1960 – Neil Sedaka’s “Calendar Girl” was released.
1960 – Frank Sinatra recorded his first session with his very own record company, Reprise Records. Frank did “Ring-A-Ding-Ding” and “Let’s Fall in Love.”
1974 – Ron Woods joined the Rolling Stones.
1987 – Paul Simon the musician, and Paul Simon, the presidential candidate, both host “Saturday Night Live.”
2001 – Madonna appeared on television’s “Dateline.”
December 16, 2011
Ludwig Van Beethoven birhday
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.
Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven moved to Vienna in his early 20s, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. His hearing began to deteriorate in his late twenties, yet he continued to compose, conduct, and perform, even after becoming completely deaf.
On This Day …
1770 – Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven was born.
1775 – Composer Francois-Adrien Boieldieu was born.
1882 – Composer Zoltan Kodaly was born.
1893 – Anton Dvorak attended the first performance and the official world premiere of his “New World Symphony” at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1966 – Jimi Hendrix released his first single, “Hey Joe.”
1967 – The Lemon Pipers released “Green Tambourine.”
1971 – Don McLean’s eight-minute-plus version of “American Pie” was released.
1972 – Paul McCartney’s single, “Hi, Hi, Hi,” was released.
1993 – MTV aired Nirvana’s New York “Unplugged” performance.
2004 – The iTunes Music Store reached 200 million songs sold.
December 13, 2011
George Gershwin: “An American in Paris”
An American in Paris is a symphonic tone poem by the American composer George Gershwin, written in 1928. Inspired by the time Gershwin had spent in Paris, it evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s. It is one of Gershwin’s best-known compositions.
On This Day …
1838 – Composer Alexis Vicomte de Castillon was born.
1928 – George Gershwin’s musical work “An American in Paris” was premiered by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
1966 – Jimi Hendrix recorded “Foxey Lady.”
1975 – David Bowie’s “Golden Years” was released.
1975 – Foghat’s “Slow Ride” was released.
1990 – The musical revival of “Peter Pan” opened.
1993 – Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash joined Billy Joel on stage in Los Angeles to play a solo on the tune “Shameless.”
1994 – Prince performed the song “Dolphin” on the David Letterman show.
1996 – The movie “Jerry Maguire,” starring Glenn Frey, opened.
December 8, 2011
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as “Give Peace a Chance” and “Imagine”.
John Lennon – Imagine
In New York City, Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon to death on 8 December 1980.
As of 2010, Lennon’s solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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