Events in Music History in March 1957

  • Mar 1 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 performances
  • Mar 3 2nd Eurovision Song Contest: Corry Brokken for Netherlands wins singing "Net als toen" in Frankfurt
  • Mar 8 David Diamond's 6th Symphony premieres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

All Shook Up

Mar 22 "All Shook Up" single released by Elvis Presley

Cinderella

Mar 31 Rodgers & Hammerstein's live television musical "Cinderella", starring Julie Andrews, with Kaye Ballard and Alice Ghostley, premieres on CBS-TV