October, 18 Events that happened on this day in music...

1752-10-18 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"

1962-10-18 - Tony Sheridan

Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"

1973-10-18 - Judd Woldin

Judd Woldin & Robert Brittens musical "Raisin", premieres in NYC

1979-10-18 - The Beatles

"Beatlemania" opens in London

1611-10-18 - Valentin Strobel

Valentin Strobel, composer was born

1706-10-18 - Baldassare Galuppi

Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buffa) was born

1789-10-18 - Giovanni Tadolini

Giovanni Tadolini, composer was born

1794-10-18 - Ferdinand Lukas Schubert

Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer was born

1833-10-18 - Johannes Habert

Johannes Habert, composer was born

1844-10-18 - Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu

Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer was born

1850-10-18 - Francis Thome

Francis Thome, composer was born

1879-10-18 - Grzegorz Fitelberg

Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish composer was born

1891-10-18 - Vaclav Kalik

Vaclav Kalik, composer was born

1898-10-18 - Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer]

Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian singer and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, From Russia with Love) was born

1901-10-18 - Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov

Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer was born