This Day In Music History For Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Summer edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Composer Charles Francois Gounod (1818) Composer Igor Stravinsky (1882) The Play "Some Americans Abroad" closed at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre after 62 performances. (1990) The Play "Zoya's Apartment" closed at the Circle in the Square after 45 performances. (1990) The Musical "The Who's Tommy" closed at the St. James Theatre after 899 performances. (1995) Charts Today the song "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb topped the charts and stayed there for 7 weeks. (1978) Today the song "I'll Be Loving You Forever" by the New Kids on the Block topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1989) Thank you for being visitor #2509692. Talk about Music and Music History in our message forums! Like Sudoku games? Check out our new Sudoku web game site. Visit Bernadette Peters - Broadway's Best for up to date information on the Broadway star! [ This Day in Music History | Pick Your Own Day | Sources ] [ Music Education | How Does This Work? | Add a Resource | Easily Printed Version ] This Day in Music History, compiled and maintained by Kevin Lux for DataDragon Information Services server spam filter