Billie Holiday Released
Mar 16 Jazz musician Billie Holiday is released early from Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia due to good behavior
1st Live Televised Symphony
Mar 20 First live televised symphony performances: Eugene Ormandy leads Philadelphia Orchestra on CBS, followed 90 minutes later by Arturo Toscanini leading the NBC Orchestra on NBC
- Mar 21 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
- Mar 27 Just 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday plays in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall, NYC
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