2000 Eclectic New York quartet Soul Coughing disbands after eight years and three genre-bending albums together.
1994 Bruce Springsteen wins a Best Original Song Oscar for “Streets of Philadelphia” from the movie “Philadelphia.” The song is the first Springsteen has ever written directly for a film.
1984 No. 1 Billboard hit: “Jump,” by Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen writes the music for “Jump” two years before band member David Lee Roth agrees to write the lyrics and record it.
1982 Donny Osmond stars in the title role on Broadway of “Little Johnny Jones.”
1975 No. 1 Billboard hit: “My Eyes Adored You,” by Frankie Valli. The song helps revive the careers of both Valli and his former group, the Four Seasons. The group has its fifth No. 1 single – “December 1963 (Oh What a Night)” – exactly one year after “My Eyes Adored You.”
1955 No. 1 Billboard hit: “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” Bill Hayes.
1952 The Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock ‘n’ roll stage show, is held at the Cleveland Arena. Acts include the Dominoes, Tiny Grimes and Paul Williams.
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