This Day In Music History For Sunday, January 04, 2026 New Year's edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Michael Stipe (1960) Composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710) Composer Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720) Composer Josef Suk (1874) The Musical Revival "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum" closed at the St. James Theatre after 715 performances. (1998) The Musical "Triumph of Love" closed at the Royale Theatre. (1998) The Play Revival "Ivanov" closed at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre after 51 performances. (1998) Charts Today the song "El Paso" by Marty Robbins topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1960) Today the song "There! I've Said it Again" by Bobby Vinton topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. (1964) Today the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by the Beatles topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks. (1975) 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