This Day In Music History For Friday, February 22, 2019 Winter edition Birthdays Broadway Shows & Plays Composer Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817) Composer Albert Heinrich Zabel (1834) The Play "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closed at the Music Box Theatre after 122 performances. (1992) The Play Revival "Bus Stop" opened at the Circle in the Square. (1996) The Musical Revival "The King and I" closed at the Neil Simon Theatre after 807 performances. (1998) The Play Revival "A View From the Bridge" closed at the Roundabout Theatre. (1998) Charts Today the song "Theme From A Summer Place" by Percy Faith topped the charts and stayed there for 9 weeks. (1960) Today the song "Pick Up the Pieces" by the Average White Band topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1975) Today the song "Wannabe" by Spice Girls topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. (1997) Thank you for being visitor #2397289. 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