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This Week in
Music History
May 12
- 1926 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in Leningrad
- 1934 "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1
May 12
May 13
- 1767 Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus" premieres in Salzburg
- 1820 Opera "Die Jagarsbrautt" is completed
- 1941 Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland
- 1950 Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Life), born in Saginaw, Michigan
- 1954 "Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances (I'm Not at All in Love, Doris Day)
- 1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV
May 13
May 14
- 1832 Felix Mendelssohn's concert overture "Hebrides" premieres in London
- 1927 "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the singles chart by Ben Bernie*
- 1949 "Love Life" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 252 performances
- 1957 "New Girl in Town" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 432 performances
- 1957 Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town" premieres in NYC
- 1960 "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden NYC after 216 performances
- 1998 Frank Sinatra, American singer ("My Way") and actor ("Guys and Dolls") , dies at 82
May 14
May 15
May 15
- 1858 Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden, London
- 1891 Jules Massenet's opera "Griselde" premieres in Paris
- 1914 Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris
- 1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
- 1963 5th Grammy Awards: I Left My Heart In San Francisco*, Robert Goulet wins
- 2003 June Carter Cash, American musician and singer dies aged 73
May 16
May 16
- 1868 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor" premieres in Prague
- 1919 Liberace, American pianist, born in West Allis, Wisconsin (d. 1987)
- 1941 1st US radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"
- 1946 "Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 performances (Betty Hutton, You Can't Get a man With a Gun, 1950)*
- 1947 Billie Holiday is arrested in her New York apartment for possession of narcotics
- 1953 Django Reinhardt, Belgium born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer considered the most significant European Jazz musician, dies at 43
May 17
- 1890 Pietro Mascagni's opera "Rustic Chivalry" premieres in Rome at the Teatro Costanzi*
- 1923 Actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (21) weds assistant director Rudolf Sieber (26) in Berlin, Germany
- 1947 "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 148 performances
- 1973 Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love"
- 1987 "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
May 17
May 18
- 1887 Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis" premieres in Paris
- 1889 Jules Massenet's opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris
- 1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
- 1969 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 122 performances
- 1970 Beatles' last released LP, "Let It Be", released in US*
- 1986 "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 performances
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