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  • 1 Jan 1958

    Johnny Cash plays the first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California, with Merle Haggard among the inmates in the audience.

  • 27 May 1957

    Toronto's CHUM-AM (1050 kHz) became Canada's first radio station to broadcast only the top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.

  • 5 Jun 1956

    Elvis Presley first performs 'Hound Dog' live on TV.

  • 24 May 1956

    Lugano, Switzerland, hosted the first Eurovision Song Contest.

  • 21 Apr 1956

    Legend Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' smashed the charts reaching #1.

  • 15 Mar 1956

    The musical 'My Fair Lady' had its first performance on Broadway in New York City.

  • 3 Mar 1956

    Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' made it into Billboard's Top 100 pop chart.

  • 22 Feb 1956

    Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' debuted on the music charts. It is known as his first hit song.

  • 15 Dec 1955

    Johnny Cash released 'Folsom Prison Blues.'

  • 9 Jul 1955

    Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & Comets reached #1 on the US singles charts.

  • 5 Jul 1954

    Elvis Presley recorded his debut single, That's All Right.

  • 10 May 1954

    Bill Haley releases 'Rock Around the Clock'.

  • 12 Apr 1954

    Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets was recorded.

  • 4 Jan 1954

    Elvis Presley recorded his first demo for 'It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You' and 'I'll Never Stand In Your Way.'

  • 25 Nov 1952

    Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" opens at London's West End.

  • 27 Mar 1952

    The musical 'Singing in The Rain,' directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, had its first theatrical run.

  • 21 Mar 1952

    The world's first rock and roll concert is held in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • 27 Mar 1951

    Frank Sinatra recorded his hit 'I'm a Fool to Want You.'

  • 21 Jun 1948

    The LP record is introduced.

  • 16 May 1947

    Billie Holiday was arrested.

  • 15 Mar 1945

    Billboard started publishing the top album charts list with the King Cole Trio as the first #1.

  • 15 Dec 1944

    Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.

  • 29 May 1942

    Bing Crosby records White Christmas.

  • 27 Jul 1940

    Billboard magazine started ranking sales of recorded songs.

  • 10 Feb 1940

    Glenn Miller's 'In the Mood' hit number one on this day and stayed there for 12 weeks.

  • 13 Jul 1939

    Legend Frank Sinatra recorded his debut single with the Harry James band.

  • 8 Jun 1937

    Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is premiered.

  • 26 Jan 1936

    Stalin and officials walked out of Lady Macbeth opera, calling it a 'muddle,' not music.

  • 27 Dec 1932

    Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.

  • 3 Mar 1931

    The US adopted the national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner.'

  • 12 Feb 1924

    George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' premieres.

  • 26 Feb 1917

    The world's first jazz record is created.

  • 29 May 1913

    Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps is premiered.

  • 25 Jun 1910

    Igor Stravinsky's ballet 'The Firebird' is premiered.

  • 2 May 1908

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game was copyrighted.

  • 17 Feb 1904

    'Madama Butterfly' is premiered.

  • 16 Jun 1902

    The Wizard of Oz was shown at The Chicago Grand Opera House for the first time.

  • 8 Mar 1898

    The tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss premiered in Cologne, Germany.

  • 15 Mar 1895

    Enrico Caruso makes his stage debut.

  • 22 Jul 1893

    33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'

  • 5 May 1891

    Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.

  • 26 Jul 1882

    The opera 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.

  • 13 Jan 1882

    German composer Richard Wagner completed 'Parsifal' – one of his most famous operas.

  • 30 Dec 1877

    Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major premiered in Vienna.

  • 20 Feb 1877

    Tchaikovsky's ballet 'Swan Lake' is premiered.

  • 24 May 1873

    Leo Delibes' opera 'Le Roi l'a Dit' premiered in Paris at the Opéra-Comique.

  • 22 Sep 1869

    Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold or The Rhine Gold is heard for the first time.

  • 9 Apr 1860

    The world's first recording of the human voice is created.

  • 11 Mar 1851

    Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Rigoletto, receives its premiere.

  • 2 Jun 1847

    Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March is used at a wedding for the first time.

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