Music History on May 23

  • 1921 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical revue "Shuffle Along", the 1st hit Broadway show with an all-Black cast opens at Cort 63rd Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 504 performances [1]
  • 1922 Comedic play "Abie's Irish Rose" premieres at Fulton Theatre, NYC; runs for 2,327 performances (longest run at the time)

Shostakovich Becomes a Professor

1939 Dmitri Shostakovich appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad

Music History

1959 Musical revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" return engagement closes at John Golden Theatre, NYC, after 44 performances

  • 1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
  • 1960 Revival of Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's musical "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
  • 1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
  • 1969 The Who release rock opera "Tommy"
  • 1970 Grateful Dead's 1st performance outside US, as part of 'The Hollywood Rock Music Festival', in Newcastle under Lyme, England
  • 1971 American rock group Iron Butterfly ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") disbands

Music History

1979 American rock singer-songwriter Tom Petty files for chapter 11 bankruptcy

Cannes Film Festival

1980 33rd Cannes Film Festival: "All That Jazz" directed by Bob Fosse and "Kagemusha" directed by Akira Kurosawa jointly awarded the Palme d'Or

Cannes Film Festival

1984 37th Cannes Film Festival: "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders wins the Palme d'Or, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski

  • 1997 "King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC

The Marshall Mathers LP

2000 Eminem releases 3rd studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP", is fastest ever selling studio album (Grammy - Best Rap Album, 2001)

Academy of Country Music Awards

2006 41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and Keith Urban win

Music History

2007 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Pauline

2014 "Pauline" a chamber opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes premieres at the York Theatre in Vancouver

  • 2015 60th Eurovision Song Contest: Mans Zelmerlow for Sweden wins singing "Heroes" in Vienna

Billboard Music Awards

2021 28th Billboard Music Awards: The Weeknd wins 10; Pop Smoke wins 5