On This Day in Music

Events in Music

  • 1784 Premiere of Mozart's "Violin Sonata No. 32 "in B flat (K. 454) at Kärntnerthor Theater in Vienna; violinist Regina Strinasacchi, and Wolfgang Mozart on piano
  • 1965 Canadian folk singer-songwriter Joni Anderson (soon to be known as Joni Mitchell) meets American folk singer and future husband Chuck Mitchell at a gig in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1967 Aretha Franklin releases her single "Respect" (written by Otis Redding); Billboard Song of the Year, 1967
  • 1968 Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater, NYC; runs for 1750 performances
  • 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 performances
  • 1984 "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
  • 1990 "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances
  • 1991 "Don't Rock the Jukebox" single released by Alan Jackson (ASCAP Award Country Song of the Year, 1992; Billboard Song of the Year, 1991)
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Deaths in Music

  • 1712 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, Spanish organist and composer, dies at 67
  • 1813 Christian Danner, German violinist and composer, dies at 55
  • 1905 Ignatio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (Danzas Cubanas), dies at 57
  • 1922 Kyrylo Stetsenko, Ukrainian composer (Burlaka), choral conductor, music critic, teacher, and later, Ukrainian Orthodox priest, dies of typhus while tending to the sick during an outbreak at 39
  • 1935 Leroy Carr, American blues piano player and singer-songwriter ("How Long, How Long Blues"), dies of nephritis of the kidneys at 30
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Weddings in Music

  • 1989 Rock band Bon Jovi lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (27) weds high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley (26) at Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • 1995 American rapper Tupac Shakur (23) marries law student Keisha Morris; divorce in 1996
  • 2004 "Gentlemen's Agreement" Oscar Best Supporting Actress Celeste Holm (87) weds opera singer Frank Basile (41) in Manhattan
  • 2006 Ranchera singer Lupillo Rivera weds Mayeli in Garden Grove, California