This Day In Music History For Friday, October 09, 2026 Fall edition Cool Info! Today is Columbus Day. Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays John Lennon (1940) John Alec Entwistle (bassist of The WHO) (1944) Composer Giuseppe Fortunino Frencesco Verdi (1813) Composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saens (1835) The Play Revival "On Borrowed Time" opened at the Circle in the Square. (1991) Charts Today the song "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1961) Today the song "Yesterday" by the Beatles topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. (1965) Today the song "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1976) Thank you for being visitor #2513490. 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