Music History
1770 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (14) completes his String Quartet No. 1 (K. 80), in its original three-movement form on 15 March 1770 while touring in Lodi, Lombardy, Duchy of Milan
- 1885 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"
Rapsodie Espagnole
1908 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's orchestral rhapsody "Rapsodie Espagnole" in Paris
17th Academy Awards
1945 17th Academy Awards: "Going My Way", Bing Crosby & Ingrid Bergman win
- 1945 Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)
- 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize winning opera "The Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 269 performances
Music History
1956 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady", adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", starring Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway, opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, later transferring to the Broadway Theatre, NYC; runs for 2,715 performances, winning 6 Tony Awards
- 1958 "Body Beautiful" musical closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances
No Strings
1962 Richard Rodgers' musical drama "No Strings", starring Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, opens at the 54th Street Theatre (later transferring to the Broadhurst), New York; runs for 580 performances and wins 3 Tony Awards
Grammy Awards
1966 8th Grammy Awards: "Taste of Honey", Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra & Barbra Streisand win
Music History
1968 LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"
- 1970 Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Purlie", based on Ossie Davis' "Purlie Victorious", opens at the Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 689 performances
- 1975 "That's the Way of the World" 6th studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1975)
- 1987 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater in NYC for 761 performances
Musical Finale
1987 Revival of Neil Simon, Cy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" starring Debbie Allen and Bebe Neuwirth, closes at the Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 368 performances and 4 Tony Award wins
Soul Train Music Awards
1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
Music History
1996 Chris Isaak's album "Forever Blue" is certified Platinum by the RIAA
Music History
1998 Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret", starring Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson, opens at Club Expo Theater, NYC; runs for 2,377 performances and wins 4 Tony Awards
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1999 14th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Billy Joel; Curtis Mayfield; Paul McCartney; Del Shannon; Dusty Springfield; Bruce Springsteen; The Staple Singers; Charles Brown; Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys; and George Martin
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2004 19th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Jackson Browne; The Dells; George Harrison; Prince; Bob Seger; Traffic; ZZ Top; and Jann Wenner
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2010 25th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: ABBA; Genesis; Jimmy Cliff; The Hollies; The Stooges; David Geffen; Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil; Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry; Jesse Stone; Mort Shuman; and Otis Blackwell
The 20/20 Experience
2013 Justin Timberlake releases his 3rd studio album "The 20/20 Experience" (2013 Billboard Album of the Year)
