This Day In Music History For Monday, June 08, 2026

Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Composer Tomaso Albinoni (1671) Composer Robert Alexander Schumann (1810) Composer Ervin Schulhoff (1894) The Play "Our Country's Good" closed at the Nederlander Theatre after 48 performances. (1991) The Show "Buttons on Broadway" opened at the Ambassador Theatre. (1995) The Play "Young Man From Atlanta" closed at the Longacre Theatre after 85 performances. (1997) Charts Today the song "Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney & Wings topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1974) Today the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1985) Today the song "More Than Words" by Extreme topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1991)

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