This Day In Music History For Monday, January 05, 2026 New Year's edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Michael Stipe (R.E.M.'s lead singer) (1959) Composer Nicolai Karlovich Medtner (1880) The Musical Revival "Oh, Kay!" closed at the Lunt Fontaine Theatre after 77 performances. (1991) The Play "Six Degrees of Separation" closed at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre after 496 performances. (1992) The Musical Revival "Peter Pan" closed at the Minskoff Theatre after 48 performances. (1992) The Play Revival "On Borrowed Time" closed at the Circle in the Square after 99 performances. (1992) The Play Revival "The Crucible" closed at the Belasco Theatre after 32 performances. (1992) 1st Performance of Princess Ida (1884; Savoy Theatre; 246 performances) Charts Today the song "Slow Poke" by Pee Wee King topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1952) Today the song "Please Don't Go" by K. C. & the Sunshine Band topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1980) Today the song "Justify My Love" by Madonna topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1991) Thank you for being visitor #2504502. 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