Events in Music History in March 1984

Borrowed Time

Mar 9 John Lennon single "Borrowed Time" released posthumously

  • Mar 21 Part of Central Park in New York City is named "Strawberry Fields" honoring John Lennon
  • Mar 24 Philip Glass' opera "Akhnaten", based on the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh, premieres at the Staatstheater, in Stuttgart, Germany

Starlight Express

Mar 27 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe's rock musical "Starlight Express" opens at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London's West End