This Day in Music History – April 19th

1945 – The musical “Carousel”, based on Molnar’s “Liliom,” opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.

1956 – Clyde McPhatter (Drifters) was released from the U.S. Armed Forces.

1958 – In London, The Marquee Club opened for the first time.

1965 – The film T.A.M.I. (Teen-Age Music International) Show opened in London under the title Teenage Command Performance.

1978 – Patti Smith released the single “Because the Night.”

1979 – David Lee Roth collapsed from exhaustion during a Van Halen show in Spokane, WA.

1986 – Prince became only the 5th songwriter to have two top ten hits at the same time. The songs were “Kiss” (Prince and the Revolution) and “Manic Monday” (The Bangles).

1988 – Sonny Bono was inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, CA.

1990 – The TV movie “Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys” aired on ABC.

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