Today's 26 March Music in History

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  • 1955 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" version recorded by Bill Hayes becomes the #1 record in US
  • 1970 Folk singer Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14-year-old girl and serves 3 months in prison; granted a presidential pardon in 1981

Minnie's Boys

1970 Musical "Minnie's Boys", starring Shelley Winters as the mother of the Marx Brothers, and Drama Desk Award winner Lewis J. Stadlen as Groucho, opens at the Imperial Theater, New York City; runs for 80 performances

  • 1972 English translation of Dan Almagor's Israeli musical "Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater, NYC, after 144 performances
  • 1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album
  • 1980 Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
  • 1995 "Defending the Caveman" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 671 performances
  • 1995 Revival of "Molière Comedies", consisting of "The School for Husbands" and "The Imaginary Cuckold," closes at the Criterion Theater, NYC, after 56 performances

Annie

1997 Revival of Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan's musical "Annie" opens at the Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 239 performances

Doctor Who

2005 "Doctor Who" returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose

Music Concert

2022 British rock band Genesis performs final concert of farewell tour at O2 Arena in London, England



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