Music History on December 27

  • 1903 "Sweet Adeline", a barbershop quartet favorite, with lyrics by Richard Husch Gerard and music by Harry Armstrong, is first sung

"Show Boat"

1927 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's landmark musical "Show Boat", based on Edna Ferber's novel, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre, NYC; runs for 572 performances

  • 1932 Radio City Music Hall, designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey opens at Rockerfeller Center in Manhattan, New York City

"Thumbs Up"

1934 Musical revue "Thumbs Up", including music and lyrics by Vernon Duke, James Hanley, and Ira Gershwin (among others), premieres at the St. James Theatre, NYC; runs for 156 performance

Shostakovich's 7th Symphony

1941 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 7th Symphony in Siberia

  • 1954 Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize winning opera "The Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater in ,NYC; runs for 92 performances

"Subways Are For Sleeping"

1961 Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Subways Are For Sleeping" premieres at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 205 performances

The Supremes on Ed Sullivan Show

1964 1st appearance of The Supremes on "The Ed Sullivan Show", singing "Come See About Me"

  • 1966 Flander and Swann's musical revue "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs for 105 performances

"Songs of Leonard Cohen"

1967 Columbia Records releases Leonard Cohen's debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen"

  • 1970 Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!", starring Carol Channing, closes at the St. James Theatre, NYC, after 2844 performances and 10 Tony Awardwins
  • 1972 Revival of Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Purlie", based on Ossie Davis' "Purlie Victorious", opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC; runs for 14 performances

"Les Miserables"

1978 CBS Television's premiere of its version of "Les Misérables", starring Richard Jordan and Anthony Perkins

"Pretenders"

1979 Sire Records releases "Pretenders", the debut album of The Pretenders, in US

  • 1986 Musical "Les Misérables" opens in the US at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
  • 1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin Theatre, NYC; runs for 10 performances

Harry Connick Caught with Gun

1992 American jazz singer and piano player Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NYC's JFK airport

  • 1992 Sandi Merle and Steve Michaels' musical "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, after 45 performances
  • 1993 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances

"Chicago"

2002 "Chicago" (Best Picture 2003), film based on John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, and Catherine Zeta-Jones is released. in NYC, Los Angeles, and select North American cities