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This Week in
Music History
January 27
- 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian musical prodigy and composer (Figaro), born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1791)
- 1951 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances
- 1955 "Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 476 performances
- 1956 "Heartbreak Hotel" single released by Elvis Presley, his first million-selling single
- 1961 Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli make their debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in "Il trovatore", final curtain call lasts 35 mins
January 27
January 28
- 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on National TV (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
January 28
January 29
January 29
- 1781 Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres in Munich
- 1948 "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 188 performances
- 1951 "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances
- 1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" & "Sie Liebt Dich"
- 1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
January 30
January 30
- 1956 Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"
- 1961 "I Fall to Pieces" single released by Patsy Cline (Billboard Song of the Year 1961)
- 1969 The Beatles perform their last live gig, a 42 minute concert on the roof of Apple Corps HQ in London
January 31
- 1955 RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
- 1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hits #1 on UK pop chart
- 1972 Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
- 1975 Barry Manilow's single "Mandy" goes gold
January 31
February 1
- 1896 Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin
- 1949 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
- 1964 The Beatles' 1st #1 hit "I Want to Hold Your Hand," topped the Hot 100, stays #1 for 7 weeks before being replaced by "She Loves You"
- 1981 Duke Ellington's musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in NYC
February 1
February 2
- 1731 George Frideric Handel's opera "Poro" premieres in London
- 1795 Joseph Haydn's 102nd Symphony in B premieres
- 1940 Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
- 1952 B.B. King's “3 O’Clock Blues” hits #1 on the US Billboard's R&B hit parade to become his first national hit
February 2
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