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This Week in
Music History
October 7
- 1959 "Pillow Talk" film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson is first released
- 1961 "Bye Bye Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 607 performances
- 1967 Beatles turn down $1 million NY concert offer by Sid Berstein
- 1982 Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater on Broadway NYC and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
October 7
October 8
- 1897 Emperor Franz Joseph I names Gustav Mahler Director of the Vienna Court Opera
- 1928 Cole Porter and E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris" premieres in NYC
- 1944 Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto" premieres
- 1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
October 8
October 9
October 9
- 1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusetts, patents first calliope (musical instrument)
- 1938 Aaron Copland's & Eugene Loring's ballet "Billy the Kid" premieres in Chicago
- 1965 Beatles' "Yesterday" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
- 1966 Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It"
- 1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"
- 1986 "Phantom of the Opera" premieres in London, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman
October 10
October 10
- 1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway NY
- 1938 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st String Quartet
- 1947 Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "Allegro" premieres at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances
- 1956 "Giant", directed by George Stevens, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean in his last role, premieres in NYC
October 11
- 1938 Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (37) weds longtime girlfriend Alpha Smith
- 1948 "Where's Chartev?" opens at St James Theater NYC for 792 performances
- 1958 "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances
- 1963 Édith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies of liver cancer at 47
October 11
October 12
- 1935 Cole Porters musical "Jubilee" premieres in NYC
- 1935 Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors), born in Modena, Italy (d. 2007)
- 1950 "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
- 1968 Hugh Jackman, Australian actor and singer (X-men, The Greatest Showman), born in Sydney, Australia
- 1997 John Denver, American country music star (Country Boy), dies in a plane crash at 53
October 13
- 1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert
- 1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins
October 13
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