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This Week in
Music History
February 10
- 1794 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E premieres
- 1878 Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F premieres
- 1927 Leontyne Price, American opera soprano (Porgy & Bess), born in Laurel, Mississippi
- 1934 Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount" premieres in NYC
- 1940 "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1
- 1942 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
- 1945 "Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
- 1949 Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater,
- NYC2006 XX Winter Olympic Games open in Turin, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti sings "Nessun dorma" in his last ever performance
February 10
February 11
February 11
- 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
- 1916 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
- 1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
- 1949 "Lovesick Blues" single released by Hank Williams (Cashbox "Best Hillbilly Record of the Year", Billboard Song of the Year 1949)
- 1962 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
- 1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
- 1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington, D.C. Coliseum
February 12
February 12
- 1889 Caesar Franck's Symphony in D premieres
- 1909 Symphony in B minor "Polonia", by polish composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski has its public premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
- 1924 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at influential concert "Experiment in Modern Music" held by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra at the Aeolian Hall, NYC
- 1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
- 1964 Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
February 13
February 13
- 1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
- 1972 "1776" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,217 performances
- 1972 "Cabaret", directed by Bob Fosse, based on the musical of the same name and starring Liza Minnelli and Michael York, is released
February 14
- 1967 "Respect" single recorded by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967)
- 1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
February 14
February 15
- 1941 Duke Ellington first records "Take the A Train"
- 1949 Dmitri Shostakovich' "Song of the Woods" premieres in Leningrad
- 1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
- 1965 Nat King Cole, American singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies of cancer at 49
February 15
February 16
- 1854 Franz Liszt's symphony "Orpheus" premieres
- 1921 Vera-Ellen [Westmeier Rohe], American actress and dancer (Big Leaguer, On the Town), born in Norwood, Ohio (d. 1981)
- 1964 The Beatles' 2nd appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
- 1968 Elvis Presley receives a gold record for "How Great Thou Art"
February 16
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