This Day In Music History
For Monday, August 17, 2026
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Today is Citizenship Day.
Birthdays
Broadway Shows & Plays
Composer Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686)
The Play Revival "The Play's the Thing" closed at the Roundabout Theatre - Stage Right after 49 performances. (1995)
Charts
Today the song "People Got to Be Free" by
the Rascals
topped the charts and stayed there for 5 weeks. (1968)
Today the song "The Night Chicago Died" by
Paper Lace
topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1974)
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