Music History on March 22

This Year of Grace

1928 Noël Coward's musical "This Year of Grace" premieres in London

Mr Wonderful

1956 Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, and George David Weiss's musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr. and his father Sammy Davis Sr., opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances

All Shook Up

1957 "All Shook Up" single released by Elvis Presley

I Can Get It For You Wholesale

1962 Musical "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" starring Barbra Streisand in her Broadway debut, opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 300 performances

  • 1963 The Beatles release their 1st album, "Please Please Me"
  • 1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section
  • 1969 "Come Summer" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 7 performances
  • 1972 Musical "The Selling of the President" opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
  • 1973 Joffrey Ballet revives Diaghilev's "Parade" at The City Center, NYC
  • 1975 20th Eurovision Song Contest: Teach-In for Netherlands wins singing "Ding-a-dong" in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1975 Buster Davis and Luther Henderson's musical "Doctor Jazz" closes at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, after 5 performances
  • 1975 Netherlands' "Ding-a-dong" performed by Tech-In wins Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1975 Robert Wilson and Alan Lloyd's musical theatre work "A Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater. NYC; runs for 18 performances
  • 1986 "On My Own" single released by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (Billboard Song of the Year 1986)
  • 1986 Heart's "These Dreams" single goes #1
  • 1990 "Grapes of Wrath" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 188 performances
  • 1992 "Private Lives" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 37 performances

Conversations with My Father

1992 Herb Gardner's stage drama "Conversations with My Father", starring Judd Hirsch and Tony Shalhoub, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC, runs for 462 performances and a Tony Award for Hirsch

Not a Moment Too Soon

1994 "Not a Moment Too Soon" second studio album by Tim McGraw is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1994)

Sunset Boulevard

1997 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's musical "Sunset Boulevard", based on the film, and starring Glenn Close closes at Minskoff, NYC, after 977 performances and 7 Tony Awards

  • 1999 "Amazed" single released by Lonestar (Billboard Song of the Year 1999)

Music History

2013 American rock band My Chemical Romance announce their break-up

  • 2018 Musical "Frozen" opens on Broadway based on the film, starring Patti Murin and Caissie Levy

Beethoven's DNA Analysis

2023 New DNA analysis of composer Ludwig van Beethoven's hair reveals he probably died of cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis B, but doesn't explain his deafness [1]