This Day In Music History For Monday, May 05, 2025 Spring edition Cool Info! Carnegie Hall opened its doors for its first public performance (1891) Today is Cinco de Mayo. Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Bill Ward (William Ward) (1948) Composer Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819) Composer Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869) The Play "Sally Marr...and Her Escorts" opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre. (1994) The Play "Jack -- A Night on the Town with John Barrymore" closed at the Belasco Theatre after 12 performances. (1996) Charts Today the song "Hot Diggity" by Perry Como topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1956) Today the song "Soldier Boy" by Shirelles topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1962) Today the song "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. (1979) Today the song "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G. topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1997) Thank you for being visitor #2479669. 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