Music History on June 15

1957 "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 performances
1963 "Sukiyaki" sung by Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, hits #1

The Sound of Music

1963 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "The Sound of Music", closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 1443 performances

1965 Bob Dylan records single "Like a Rolling Stone" (#1 in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time")

1968 "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, after 220 performances
1968 "New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater, NYC, after 52 performances
1968 "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" by Ohio Express hits #4
1968 Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "I Do! I Do!", starring Gordon MacRae and Carol Lawrence, and directed by Gower Champion, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 561 performances, and 1 Tony Award

1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant two acorns for peace, at Coventry Cathedral, Conventry, England

1973 “Let’s Get It On” single released by Marvin Gaye (Billboard R&B Song of the Year, 1973; No. 4 overall)

1974 "Back Home Again" 8th studio album by John Denver is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1975)

1974 Novelty song "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1 on UK pop chart

1974 Robert Wilson, Alan Lloyd and Michael Galasso's musical theatre work "A Letter for Queen Victoria" premieres at Caio Melisso Theater, Spoleto, Italy
1980 "Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 12 performances

1986 Amnesty International "Conspiracy of Hope" tour concludes with mega-concert at Giants Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey; participants include: U2; Sting; Bryan Adams; Peter Gabriel; Lou Reed; Neville Brothers; Joan Baez; Joan Armatrading; Joni Mitchell; The Police; Jackson Browne; Yoko Ono; Miles Davis; Peter, Paul & Mary; and The Hooters

1994 Disney's animated musical film "The Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million

1995 Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis's musical "Chronicles of a Death Foretold", based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1981 novella, opens at Plymouth Theatre, NYC; runs for 55 performances
1997 "Little Foxes" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 56 performances

1998 32nd Music City News Country Awards: Neal McCoy, Lorrie Morgan & Billy Ray Cyrus win

2008 62nd Tony Awards: "In the Heights" (musical) & "August: Osage County" (play) win
2019 Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five" premieres at the Long Beach Opera Company, California (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2020) [1]