This Day In Music History For Sunday, December 22, 2024 Christmas edition Cool Info! Today is the first day in the sign of Capricorn. Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Robin & Maurice Gibb (1949) Composer Carl Friedrich Abel (1723) Composer Giovanni Bottesini (1821) Composer Maria Teresa Carreno (1853) Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858) Composer Franz Schmidt (1874) Composer Joseph Deems Taylor (1885) The Play Revival "A Christmas Carol" opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. (1994) Beethoven's Opus 67: Symphony No. 5 in C minor first performed for Prince Lobkotwitz (1808) Charts Today the song "The Chipmunk Song" by the Chipmunks topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. (1958) Today the song "Telstar" by the Tornados topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1962) Today the song "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1979) Today the song "Like a Virgin" by Madonna topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks. (1984) Happy Holidays from DataDragon! Thank you for being visitor #2476057. 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