This Day In Music History For Saturday, February 28, 2015 Winter edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Brian Jones (guitarist of the Rolling Stones) (1942) Composer John Alden Carpenter (1876) Composer Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877) The Play "The Speed of Darkness" opened at the Belasco Theatre. (1991) The Play Revival "Anna Christie" closed at the Roundabout Theatre - Stage Right after 54 performances. (1993) The Musical "Parade" closed at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre after 84 performances. (1999) Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance starts its US tour (1997) Charts Today the song "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks. (1970) Today the song "Theme From S.W.A.T." by the Rhythm Heritage topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1976) Today the song "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1981) Today the song "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1998) Thank you for being visitor #2294803. 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