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Who we are?
This Week in
Music History
February 3
- 1932 "Shanghai Express" directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook and Anna Mae Wong premieres in Los Angeles
- 1959 "The Day the Music Died" plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J. P. Richardson and pilot near Clear Lake Iowa.
- 1809 Felix Mendelssohn [Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy], German composer and pianist (Great Scherzos), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1847)
February 3
February 4
- 1938 "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
- 1958 "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances
- 1939 Singer Frank Sinatra (23) marries 1st wife Nancy Barbato
- 1975 Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (Caldonia), dies of a heart attack at 66
February 4
February 5
- 1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy, Verdi's first new opera for over 15 years
- 1897 1st showing of a motion picture in Hawaii at the Hawaiian Opera House
- 1907 Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna
- 1940 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
February 5
February 6
February 6
- 1943 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
- 1965 Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1
February 7
- 1941 Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me"
- 1944 Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records (Academy Award Best Originial Song)
February 7
February 8
- 1895 Tchaikovsky and Petipa's revival of "Swan Lake" premieres in St Petersburg
- 1932 John Williams, American composer responsible for some of the most recognizable film scores (Jaws, Star Wars, Harry Potter, India Jones, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), born in NYC, New York
- 1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"
- 1981 "Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performances
February 8
February 9
- 1893 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan
- 1964 1st appearance of the Beatles on the "Ed Sullivan Show" draws 73.7 million viewers
- 1981 Bill Haley, American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll (Rock Around the Clock), dies of a heart attack probably caused by alcoholism at 55