Today's 23 May Music in History

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  • 1921 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical revue "Shuffle Along", the 1st hit Broadway show with an all-Black cast opens at Cort 63rd Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 504 performances [1]
  • 1922 Comedic play "Abie's Irish Rose" premieres at Fulton Theatre, NYC; runs for 2,327 performances (longest run at the time)

A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green

1959 Musical revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" return engagement closes at John Golden Theatre, NYC, after 44 performances

  • 1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
  • 1960 Revival of Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's musical "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
  • 1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
  • 1969 Track Records releases The Who's double album rock opera "Tommy" in the UK
  • 1970 Grateful Dead's 1st performance outside US, as part of 'The Hollywood Rock Music Festival', in Newcastle under Lyme, England
  • 1971 American rock group Iron Butterfly ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") disbands

Tom Petty Files for Bankruptcy

1979 American rock singer-songwriter Tom Petty files for chapter 11 bankruptcy

1980 33rd Cannes Film Festival: "All That Jazz" directed by Bob Fosse and "Kagemusha" directed by Akira Kurosawa jointly awarded the Palme d'Or

1984 37th Cannes Film Festival: "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders wins the Palme d'Or, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski

  • 1997 "King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC

The Marshall Mathers LP

2000 Eminem releases his third studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP," the fastest-selling studio album ever (Grammy - Best Rap Album, 2001)

2006 41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and Keith Urban win

Gershwin Prize

2007 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Pauline

2014 "Pauline" a chamber opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes premieres at the York Theatre in Vancouver

  • 2015 60th Eurovision Song Contest: Mans Zelmerlow for Sweden wins singing "Heroes" in Vienna

2021 28th Billboard Music Awards: The Weeknd wins 10; Pop Smoke wins 5

Apple's Best Album Ever

2024 Apple Music names Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" the best album ever made [1]



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