Today's 16 February Music in History

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Der Zarewitsch

1927 Franz Lehár's operetta "Der Zarewitsch", starring tenor Richard Tauber, premieres at the Deutsches Künstlertheater in Berlin, Germany

The Marquis

1927 Noël Coward's stage comedy "The Marquise", starring Marie Tempest, opens at the Criterion Theatre, London; runs for 129 performances

1946 Dr. Frank Black's musical "The Duchess Misbehaves" closes atthe Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 5 performances

1963 The Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"

Foxy

1964 Robert Emmett Dolan and Johnny Mercer's musical "Foxy", starring Bert Lahr, opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances, with Lahr winning a Tony Award

1964 Second appearance of the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show", live from Deauville Hotel in Miami, Florida; broadcast draws about 70 million television viewers

1965 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 313 performances

1986 Maurice Hines' musical "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 24 performances
2020 David Byrne's musical revue "American Utopia" closes at Hudson Theatre, NYC, after 106 performances

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