Today in Music History for August 15
Music Events: - 1865 - Premiere of Franz Liszt's oratorio, "St. Elizabeth," in Pest, Hungary
- 1893 - America's oldest music organization, the Stoughton Musical Society performs at the World's Columbian Exposition (Day 2)
- 1928 - Jimmie Rodgers recorded "No Hard Times" and "Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia"
- 1935 - Premiere of Grofé's "Hollywood" Suite, at the Hollywood Bowl.
- 1936 - When I'm with You recorded by Hal Kemp begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
- 1951 - Composer Bill Russo records A Recital in New American Music
- 1951 - Grandpa Jones recorded "You Done Me Mean And Hateful" and "Fifteen Cents Is All I Got"
- 1952 - Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" charted.
- 1953 - No Other Love recorded by Perry Como begins a run of 4 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
- 1957 - Organist Jimmy Smith records The Sermon, 1957 with trumpeter Lee Morgan and guitarist Kenny Burrell
- 1960 - It's Now or Never recorded by Elvis Presley begins a run of 5 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
- 1962 - Bassist Sam Jones records Right Down Front
- 1964 - Everybody Loves Somebody recorded by Dean Martin begins a run of 1 week at #1 on the US charts.
- 1965 - The Beatles play Shea Stadium, which was the first rock concert to be held in a venue of that size. The concert also set new world records for attendance (55,600+) and for revenue.
- 1968 - Hank Williams Jr.'s movie A Time to Sing debuted in Nashville
- 1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opened at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, near Woodstock, New York. Performers included Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, and Sly & the Family Stone.
- 1975 - David Rogers opened Country Green Club in Atlanta, Ga.
- 1981 - Endless Love recorded by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie begins a run of 9 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
- 1981 - Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) recorded by Joey Scarbury peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for 2 weeks.
- 1986 - First performance of Penderecki's opera "The Black Mask," at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
- 1992 - Baby-Baby-Baby recorded by TLC peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for 6 weeks.
- 1998 - My Way recorded by Usher peaks at #2 on the Top 100 chart for 3 weeks.
- 2000 - Premiere of Saariaho: opera "L'amour de loin," at the Salzburg Festival in Austria, with a cast including Dawn Upshaw, Dwayne Croft, and Dagmar Peckova; and Kent Nagano conducting the Southwest German Radio Orchestra of Baden-Baden.
- 2004 - Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont.
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