2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2013 Event At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel' 2012 Event Eli Young Band wins song of the year for 'Crazy Girl' and Taylor Swift wins 'Entertainer of the Year' at the 2012 Academy of Country Music awards 2012 Event At the Grammy Awards, Adele, a British singer, wins awards for the Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year 2011 Event The music video for the single, 'Marry the Night' is released by pop singer Lady Gaga; the song is from her 2011 album 'Born This Way' 2011 Event Musician Katy Perry wins the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards for Video for the Year award for her song 'Firework' 2011 Event At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Lady Antebellum wins the Song of the Year and Record of the Year award for the song, 'Need You Now' 2006 Event Apple's iTunes store sells it's 1 billionth song 1997 Death Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82 1997 Death Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61 1996 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine 1995 Event New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" 1995 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song 1995 Event Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years 1994 Death Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88 1994 Death Ronnie Potsdammer, singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71 1994 Event "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 53 performances 1993 Event Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton 1993 Event "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 53 performances 1993 Event Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song 1992 Event "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per 1992 Death Bobby Russell, song writer (Honey, Little Green Apples), dies at 52 1992 Event SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival 1992 Death Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74 1991 Event Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song 1991 Death Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 1990 Event Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors 1987 Event Guns and Roses song "Appetite for Destruction" is released 1987 Death Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67 1987 Death Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies 1987 Birthday Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide 1986 Event "Song and Dance" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 474 performances 1986 Death John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45 1986 Event "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the U.K. pop chart 1985 Event "Song and Dance" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 474 performances 1984 Birthday Gareth Gates, born in Bradford, England, singer finalist on show, 'Pop Idol', sold over 3.5 million records; hit song, 'Unchained Melody', voted 'The Record of the Year' in 2002 1983 Event 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win 1983 Birthday Taylor Hanson, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, percussionist, keyboardist, singer, member of band, Hanson, famous song, 'MMMBop', lead singer for the Tinted Windows band 1983 Birthday Samantha Mumba, born in Dublin, Ireland, singer, actress, song, 'Gotta Tell You' reached number one in the Irish charts, appeared in movie, 'The Time Machine' 1982 Death Roy Webb, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar', dies at 94 1982 Death Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 1982 Death Henry King, U.S. director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies 1982 Event "Play Me a Country Song" opens and closes at Virginia Theater New York City 1981 Event Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," premieres in New York City 1981 Event "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial New York City after 1082 performances 1981 Birthday Beyonce Knowles, born in Houston, Texas, singer, actress, dancer, song, 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)', earned six Grammy Awards, worth over $87 million dollars 1981 Death Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64 1981 Death Paul Felix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67 1980 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song) 1979 Event "Logical Song" by Supertramp peaks at #6 1979 Event "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial New York City for 1082 performances 1979 Event Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City 1979 Birthday Brandy Norwood, born in McComb, Mississippi, known as 'Brandy', singer, songwriter, appeared in film, 'Cinderella', Grammy-Award winning song, 'The Boy is Mine' 1979 Event YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 1979 Event Today Show gets a new theme song 1978 Birthday Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide 1976 Event George Harrison releases "This Song" 1976 Event Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91 1976 Event George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python 1976 Death Chris Kenner, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others, dies 1976 Event CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts 1975 Death Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 1975 Event "Dinge-competed" wins Eurovisie Song festival 1975 Event Teach-In wins Eurovision Song Festival with "Dinge-Dong" 1973 Event "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 15 performances 1973 Event "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 15 performances 1973 Birthday Deborah Cox, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, singer, hit song, 'Nobody's Supposed to Be Here' was 'Billboard's' longest-running number one R&B and hip-hop single 1971 Event TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV 1970 Birthday Macy Gray, born in Canton, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, Grammy-Award winner, films, 'Idlewild', 'Training Day', hit song, 'I Try', famous album, 'On How Life Is' 1970 Death Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80 1970 Event China launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red" 1969 Birthday Jamie Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, singer, record producer, appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, the Heights, song, 'How Do You Talk To An Angel' hit number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 1969 Death Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies 1968 Birthday Julia Sawalha, actress, Saffron-Abfab, Chrissy-Buddy's Song 1968 Event Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1968 Birthday Lisa Loeb, born in Bethesda, Maryland, singer, songwriter, actress, hit song, 'Stay (I Missed You)', appeared in 'Firecracker' film, 'Dweezil and Lisa' television series 1967 Birthday Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1966 Event Neal Diamond's 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry) 1966 Birthday Wayne Wonder, born in Buff Bay, Jamaica, Von Wayne Charles, singer, songwriter, raggae, known for hit song 'No Letting Go' 1965 Birthday Nicholas Sparks, born in Omaha, Nebraska, bestselling author, writer, novelist, wrote, 'A Walk to Remember', author of novels including, 'Nights in Rodanthe', 'The Last Song', 'The Notebook' 1965 Death Nance O'Neil, actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90 1964 Death Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82 1964 Birthday Adam Duritz, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, record producer, member of band, Counting Crows, hit song, 'Round Here' 1963 Event Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song" 1963 Event Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By" 1963 Birthday Marcus Lewis, born in Pontiac, Michigan, singer, Sing me a Song 1963 Event Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits U.K. charts 1963 Birthday George Michael, born in Bushey, England, singer, songwriter, member of band Wham!, famous song, 'Careless Whisper', sold over 100 million records 1963 Event Ken Lynch records "Misery," 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else 1962 Birthday Marilyn, born in Kingston, Jamaica, born Peter Robinson, singer, famous for hit song, 'Calling Your Name', associated with Boy George 1962 Birthday Rachel Sweet, born in Akron, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, writer, recorded theme song for Nickelodeon series, Clarissa Explains It All, appeared as George Costanza's cousin, in Seinfeld, television episode, 'The Contest', released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet, 1992 1962 Birthday Michelle Shocked, born in Dallas, Texas, singer, songwriter, political activist, created label, Mighty Sound, song 'When I Grow Up' featured in an ad for Kaiser Permanente 1961 Event Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record 1961 Birthday Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice 1961 Birthday Boy George, born in Eitham, England, singer, songwriter, successful band, Culture Club, hit song, 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?', 'Karma Chameleon' 1960 Birthday Eric Martin, born in Long Island, New York, singer, hard rock genre, played with Mr. Big, rock band that produced hit song, 'To Be With You' 1960 Birthday Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker, Lilac Time-Paradise Song 1960 Event "Flower Drum Song" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 602 performances 1959 Event Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit" 1958 Event "Chipmunk Song" reaches #1 1958 Event "Flower Drum Song" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 602 performances 1958 Death Carl Brisson, actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho), dies at 64 1957 Birthday Robbie Grey, rocker, English rock band Modern English, most famous song, "I Melt With You" 1957 Event Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C. 1957 Event Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then" 1955 Event Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!" 1955 Event Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song) 1955 Death Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65 1954 Birthday Harvey Fierstein, born in Brooklyn, New York, playwright, Torch Song Trilogy, ID4 1953 Birthday Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1953 Birthday Samantha Sang, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, pop genre, hit song at age 15 titled, 'You Made Me What I Am' 1953 Birthday Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1953 Birthday Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1951 Birthday Stephen Bishop, born in San Diego, California, singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote Academy Award-nominated song, 'Separate Lives' 1951 Birthday Bill Frisell, born in Baltimore, Maryland, guitarist, composer, song 'Over the Rainbow' featured in move, 'Finding Forrester', Grammy-award winning album 'Unspeakable' 1950 Birthday Jim Peterik, born in Berwyn, Illinois, musician, songwriter, member of the band, Survivor, co-wrote song, 'Eye of the Tiger' 1950 Event Lusty Song wins Hambletonian 1950 Event "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances 1950 Event "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances 1950 Birthday Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1949 Birthday Tom Waits, born in California, rocker/song writer, Blue Valentine 1949 Birthday Gayl Jones, U.S. author and poet, Corregidora, Song for Anninho 1949 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad 1948 Birthday Merry Clayton, born in Gert Town, New Orleans, singer, actress, sang gospel and soul music, famous for singing with The Rolling Stones' song 'Gimme Shelter' with Mick Jagger 1948 Event "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 36 performances 1948 Birthday Barbara Dickson, born in Dunfermline, Scotland, singer, actress, won two, Olivier Awards, musical hits include song 'I Know Him So Well' 1947 Birthday Rob Davis, born in Carshalton, England, musician, guitarist, songwriter, song 'Tiger Feet' for glam rock band Mud top record of the United Kingdom in 1974 1947 Birthday Russ Abbott, British TV comedian, September Song 1947 Birthday Rubert Holmes, Tenafly, New Jersey, vocalist, Pina Colada song 1946 Event Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released 1946 Birthday Tommy Lee Jones, actor, Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive 1946 Event "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 142 performances 1946 Birthday Murray Head, born in London, England, born Murray Seafield Saint-George Head, actor, singer, hit song, 'One Night in Bangkok' 1946 Event "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 142 performances 1945 Event "Carib Song" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 36 performances 1945 Birthday Robert Knight, born in Franklin, Tennessee, singer, rocker, debuted with the Paramounts, recorded hit, signature song, Everlasting Love 1945 Birthday King Floyd, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, famous for 'Groove Me' song recorded with Malaco Records 1944 Birthday Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1944 Event Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Michael Johnson, born in Alamosa, Colorado, pop, guitarist, country, pop music, known for song, 'Bluer Than Blue' 1944 Birthday Marcie Blane, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name, Marcia Blank, singer, pop music, known for hit song 'Bobby's Girl' 1942 Birthday Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones 1941 Birthday John Fred, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born John Fred Gourrier, musician, co-wrote chart-topping parody of The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' 1940 Birthday Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1939 Birthday Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress, Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong 1939 Birthday Nancy Kwan, born in Hong Kong, actress, Flower Drum Song, Night Creature 1939 Birthday James Caan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather 1937 Birthday Paul Stookey, Balt, singer, Peter, Paul and Mary-Wedding Song 1937 Birthday Kamahl, Kamalesvaran, Australian singer, Elephant Song 1937 Birthday Teddy Randazzo, song writer, I'm on the Outside Looking In 1937 Birthday Anne Kristen, actress, Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr. Finlay, Sunset Song 1936 Birthday Levi Stubbs, rocker, 4 Tops-Same Old Song 1936 Birthday Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University 1935 Death Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68 1935 Birthday Pierre Kartner, Father Abraham, Dutch singer, Smurf Song 1935 Birthday Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times 1935 Birthday John Pepper Clark, born in Nigeria, writer, Horn, Song of a Goat 1933 Birthday Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 1933 Birthday Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Burgos, Spain, conductor, World of Song 1932 Birthday Fernando Arrabal, Spanish song/romance writer, Baal Babilonia 1931 Birthday Toni Morrison, born in Ohio, novelist, Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon 1929 Birthday Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others 1929 Birthday Willem Kersters, Flemish composer, Parwati, Gospel Song 1926 Birthday Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" 1926 Birthday Rene Goscinny, French song/cartoon text writer, Asterix 1922 Birthday Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer/song writer/programmer 1919 Birthday Betty Comden, Brooklyn, song writer, Comden and Green-Bells are Ringing 1918 Event Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published 1914 Birthday Pee Wee King, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, country vocalist, Pee Wee King Song 1913 Birthday Paul Felix, Flemish architect, Sun Song 1913 Birthday Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1913 Death Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies 1912 Birthday Jura Soyfer, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, writer, political journalist, imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp, wrote the Dachau song with composer Herbert Zipper 1912 Event W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912 1911 Event Gustav Mahlers "Tie Song of the Erde" premieres in Munich 1909 Birthday Elisabeth Welch, singer, Song of Freedom, Over the Moon 1906 Birthday Kam Tong, actor, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song 1905 Birthday Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble 1902 Birthday Jan RT Campert, writer, Song the 18 dead 1902 Birthday Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography, Silent Song 1897 Event Grant's Tomb (famed of song and legend) dedicated 1890 Birthday Alice Joyce, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Song O' My Heart 1889 Death Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', dies 1889 Birthday Marjorie Rambeau, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Primrose Path, Torch Song 1888 Birthday Roy Webb, born in New York City, New York, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar' 1886 Birthday Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer, Hiawatha's Song 1882 Birthday Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1882 Death Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, U.S. poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 1881 Birthday Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer, Pipelines, Jewish Song 1873 Birthday Guy Standing, English actor, Cradle Song 1870 Birthday John Lomax, Mississippi, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist 1867 Birthday Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor, Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth 1859 Birthday Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet, Iris, Wood Song 1855 Birthday Heinrich Hart, German writer, Song of Humanity 1821 Birthday Pierre Dupont, song writer 1819 Event 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Schafers Klageleid" 1814 Birthday Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer' 1799 Birthday Thomas Hood, English poet/composer, Song of the Shirt 1799 Birthday Frantisek L. Celakovsky, Czechoslovakian poet, national anthem, folk song 1797 Event Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna 1768 Event Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song 1767 Birthday Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist and composer, Song of the Clock
