Music History on May 3

Schelomo

1917 Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque" and "Israel Symphony" premiere in Carnegie Hall, NYC, with Artur Bodanzky conducting the former, and the composer conducting the latter

  • 1941 WPAT-AM radio in Patterson, New Jersey begins broadcasting

Going My Way

1944 "Going My Way", directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby premieres in New York (Academy Award for Best Picture, 1945)

  • 1952 "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances

The Most Happy Fella

1956 Frank Loesser's musical "The Most Happy Fella", based on Sidney Howard's 1924 stage drama "They Knew What They Wanted", opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 678 performances

  • 1960 Musical "Fantasticks" by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, opens in Greeenwich Village, NYC, becomes “the longest-running musical in the universe”
  • 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 performances
  • 1970 World premiere of The Beatles' "Let it Be" documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, in New York City
  • 1981 "Can-Can" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
  • 1984 Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey's stage adaptation of her 1978 novel "A Woman of Independent Means", starring Barbara Rush, opens at Biltmore Theatre, NYC; runs for 13 performances
  • 1986 31st Eurovision Song Contest: Sandra Kim for Belgium wins singing "J'aime la vie" in Bergen
  • 1987 "Mikado" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances
  • 1993 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances
  • 1995 "My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances
  • 1997 42nd Eurovision Song Contest: Katrina and the Waves for United Kingdom wins singing "Love Shine a Light" in Dublin

From Under the Cork Tree

2005 Fall Out Boy's breakthrough album "From Under the Cork Tree" is released through Island Records

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2013 The Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn is renamed after Beastie Boys' rapper Adam Yauch

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2015 Chris Isaak is confirmed as a judge on the seventh season of The X Factor Australia