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This Week in
Music History
January 20
- 1954 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Concertino opus 94" premieres
- 1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
- 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
January 20
January 21
- 1927 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house
- 1978 Bee Gees' album "Saturday Night Fever" goes #1 for 24 weeks
- 1987 B.B. King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi
- 1987 B.B. King is inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"
- 1987 Muddy Waters is inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"
January 21
January 22
January 22
- 1575 English Queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music press monopoly
- 1859 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres in Hanover
- 1904 George Balanchine, Russian-American ballet composer and choreographer who founded the New York City Ballet, born in St. Petersburgh, Russian Empire
- 1931 Sam Cooke, American singer and entrepreneur described as "the inventor of soul music" (You Send Me), born in Clarksdale Mississippi (d. 1964)
- 1934 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady MacBeth" premieres in Leningrad
- 1968 "Lady Soul" 14th studio album by Aretha Franklin is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1968)
January 23
January 23
- 1910 Django Reinhardt, Belgium born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer considered the most significant European Jazz musician, born in Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium (d. 1953)
- 1943 Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
- 1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, Buddy Holly, J L Lewis & Elvis Presley)
January 24
- 1925 Maria Tallchief, American prima ballerina, born in Fairfax, Oklahoma (d. 2013)
- 1936 Benny Goodman & orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records
- 1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
January 24
January 25
- 1858 Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
- 1964 The Beatles get their first US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand"
January 25
January 26
- 1790 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
- 1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley hits #1
- 1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro
- 1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ performances
January 26
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