This Day In Music History For Thursday, May 07, 2026 Spring edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Composer Carl Heinrich Graun (1704) Composer Johannes Brahms (1833) Composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840) Composer Marcel Poot (1901) The Play "On the Waterfront" closed at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after 8 performances. (1995) Beethoven's Opus 125: Symphony No. 9 in D minor first performed (1824) Charts Today the song "Monday, Monday" by the Mamas & the Papas topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1966) Today the song "Hotel California" by the Eagles topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1977) Today the song "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1988) Thank you for being visitor #2508338. 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