Music

On January 13, 1864, Stephen Foster, the “father of American music,” died in New York City.

After a yearlong campaign, the USPS held a special midnight first-day ceremony on January 8, 1993, for the long-awaited Elvis Presley stamp.

Singer, songwriter, and actress Édith Giovanna Gassion, better known as Édith Piaf was born on December 19, 1915, in Belleville, Paris, France.

Music history was made on December 4, 1956, when Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash met coincidentally at Sun Studios.

On November 13, 1940, Walt Disney premiered his artistic masterpiece, Fantasia.

American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854, in Washington, DC.

On October 28, 1956, Elvis Presley received a widely publicized polio vaccine that helped to promote the widespread immunization of teenagers around the country.

On September 25, 1909, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration opened in New York and New Jersey.

Singer Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas.