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This Week in
Music History
November 25
- 1949 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
- 1949 Bill Robinson "Bojangles" American famed tap dancer (The Little Colonel, Stormy Weather), dies at 71
- 1953 "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,200 performances
November 25
November 26
- 1945 Charlie "Bird" Parker leads recording session for the Savoy label marketed as the "greatest Jazz session ever" with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis
- 1962 Fab Four have their first recording session under name The Beatles
November 26
November 27
- 1967 The Beatles release their album "Magical Mystery Tour"
- 2013 "Frozen", the highest-grossing animated film of all time, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, is released
November 27
November 28
November 28
- 1901 Gustav Mahler's 4th Symphony in G premieres
- 1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
- 1930 Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic" premieres
- 1963 The Beatles "She Loves You" unusually, returns to #1 in UK record chart and reaches 1 million copies sold
- 1974 John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in Madison Square Garden NYC)
November 29
- 1825 1st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC)
- 1924 Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
- 1948 1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Met (NYC)
- 1959 2nd Grammy Awards: Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin wins
- 1963 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" single released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom
- 2001 George Harrison, English pop star and Beatle (Traveling Wilburys-My Sweet Lord), dies of lung cancer at 58
November 29
November 30
- 1980 "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 341 performances
- 1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at the BBC", is released in Britain
November 30
December 1
- 1924 George & Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good" premieres in NYC
- 1944 Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres
- 1944 Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres
- 1957 Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly and the Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show