This Day In Music History
For Friday, May 15, 2026

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Composer Stephen Heller (1813)

Composer Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (1567)


The Play "The Cemetery Club" opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. (1990)

The Musical Revival "Sunday in the Park With George" opened and closed at the St. James Theatre. (1994)

Charts

Today the song "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1976)

Today the song "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder topped the charts and stayed there for 7 weeks. (1982)

Today the song "That's the Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson topped the charts and stayed there for 8 weeks. (1993)

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