This Day In Music History For Friday, May 08, 2026 Spring edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Composer Johann Baptist Krumpholtz (1742) Composer Carl Philipp Stamitz (1745) Composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829) The Play "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" closed at the Neil Simon Theatre after 9 performances. (1994) Charts Today the song "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1976) Today the song "Chariots of Fire - Titles" by Vangelis topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1982) Today the song "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin topped the charts and stayed there for 5 weeks. (1999) Thank you for being visitor #2508378. 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