This Day In Music History For Saturday, April 18, 2026 Easter edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Composer Franz von Suppe (1819) Composer Felix Blumenfeld (1863) Composer Miklos Rozsa (1907) The Musical "Ain't Broadway Grand" opened at the Lunt Fontaine Theatre. (1993) The Musical "Beauty and the Beast" opened at the Palace Theatre. (1994) The Musical Revival "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum" opened at the St. James Theatre. (1996) Charts Today the song "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" by Aretha Franklin & George Michael topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1987) Thank you for being visitor #2507653. 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