Elvis Presley first performs 'Hound Dog' live on TV.
Lugano, Switzerland, hosted the first Eurovision Song Contest.
Legend Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' smashed the charts reaching #1.
The musical 'My Fair Lady' had its first performance on Broadway in New York City.
Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' made it into Billboard's Top 100 pop chart.
Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' debuted on the music charts. It is known as his first hit song.
Johnny Cash released 'Folsom Prison Blues.'
Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & Comets reached #1 on the US singles charts.
Elvis Presley recorded his debut single, That's All Right.
Bill Haley releases 'Rock Around the Clock'.
Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets was recorded.
Elvis Presley recorded his first demo for 'It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You' and 'I'll Never Stand In Your Way.'
Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" opens at London's West End.
The musical ''Singing in The Rain," directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, had its first theatrical run.
The world's first rock and roll concert is held in Cleveland, Ohio.
Frank Sinatra recorded his hit 'I'm a Fool to Want You.'
The LP record is introduced.
Billie Holiday was arrested.
Billboard started publishing the top album charts list with the King Cole Trio as the first #1.
Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.
Bing Crosby records White Christmas.
Billboard magazine started ranking sales of recorded songs.
Glenn Miller's 'In the Mood' hit number one on this day and stayed there for 12 weeks.
Legend Frank Sinatra recorded his debut single with the Harry James band.
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is premiered.
Stalin and officials walked out of Lady Macbeth opera, calling it a 'muddle,' not music.
Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
The US adopted the national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner.'
George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' premieres.
The world's first jazz record is created.
Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps is premiered.
Igor Stravinsky's ballet 'The Firebird' is premiered.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game was copyrighted.
'Madama Butterfly' is premiered.
The Wizard of Oz was shown at The Chicago Grand Opera House for the first time.
The tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss premiered in Cologne, Germany.
Enrico Caruso makes his stage debut.
33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'
Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.
The opera 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
German composer Richard Wagner completed 'Parsifal' – one of his most famous operas.
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major premiered in Vienna.
Tchaikovsky's ballet 'Swan Lake' is premiered.
Leo Delibes' opera 'Le Roi l'a Dit' premiered in Paris at the Opéra-Comique.
Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold or The Rhine Gold is heard for the first time.
The world's first recording of the human voice is created.
Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Rigoletto, receives its premiere.
Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March is used at a wedding for the first time.
The saxophone is patented.
Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is premiered.
