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7/23 This week in MH
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This Week in
Music History
July 22
- 1850 Composer Stephen Foster (24) weds Jane Denny McDowell at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1933 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida" at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US
- 1963 The Beatles release "Introducing the Beatles"
- 1976 "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 106 performances
July 22
July 23
- 1961 American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls (Habanera from Carmen)*
- 1965 The Beatles' "Help" is released in UK
- 1994 Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
- 1995 "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances
July 23
July 24
July 24
- 1898 Caterina Jarboro, African-American opera singer and 1st black female performer to sing on opera stage in US, born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1986)
- 1942 Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army" premieres in NYC*
- 1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 87 performances
- 1982 "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 performances
- 1983 "Mame" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
July 25
July 25
- 1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington
- 1964 "Here's Love" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 338 performances
- 1964 Beatles' album "A Hard Day's Night" goes #1, stays #1 for 14 weeks*
- 1965 Bob Dylan is booed by sections of the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar, beginning of folk-rock
- 1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" sung by the Carpenters reaches #1*
July 26
- 1882 Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal" premieres in Bayreuth, Germany*
- 1943 Mick Jagger, English rock vocalist (Rolling Stones), born in Dartford, Kent
- 1992 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 performances
July 26
July 27
- 1982 Menken and Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" premieres in NYC
- 1991 Natalie Cole’s Unforgettable: With Love goes to #1*
- 1997 "Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
- 1997 "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 738 performances
July 27
July 28
- 1741 Antonio Vivaldi, Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63
- 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue, Mattheus-Passion), dies at 65
- 1901 Rudy Vallée is born (You're Just Another Memory)*
- 1914 Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden, in NYC, by Harry Fox
- 1951 "Kiss Me, Kate" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 performances
- 1951 Walt Disney's animated musical film "Alice In Wonderland" released*
- 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show)*
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