Music History on April 2

Beethoven's 1st Symphony

1800 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C

Shostakovich's 8th Symphony

1944 Dmitri Shostakovich's 8th Symphony premieres in NY

  • 1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd

Music History

1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album goes to No. 1 & stays atop charts for 31 weeks

  • 1987 "Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances
  • 1992 "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances

10 Song Demo

1996 Capitol Records releases "10 Song Demo", the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. co-produced by Cash and husband John Leventhal

  • 1997 "Doll's House" opens at Belasco Theater NYC

CMT Music Awards

2023 22nd CMT Video Music Awards: Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown, Lainey Wilson, and Jelly Roll win

Taylor Swift a Billionaire

2024 There are 141 more billionaires in the world in 2024, 2,781 in total according to Forbes, including Taylor Swift for the first time [1]