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This Week in
Music History
March 24
- 1824 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg
- 1924 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C at the Konsertföreningenin in Stockholm
- 1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox
- 1955 Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances
March 24
March 25
- 1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
- 1967 The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1
- 1942 Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul" (Respect) and first female performer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2018)
- 1947 Elton John [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], English singer (Rocketman), born in Pinner, Middlesex
March 25
March 26
- 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), dies of liver disease at 56
- 1964 "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances
March 26
March 27
March 27
- 1945 Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon"
- 1948 Just 11 days after being released from prison, Billie Holiday plays in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall
- 1951 Frank Sinatra records "I'm a Fool to Want You"
- 1952 "Singin' in the Rain", musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
March 28
- 1859 1st performance of Johannes Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra
- 1958 W. C. Handy, American composer and musician known as the "Father of the Blues" (Memphis Blues, St Louis Blues), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 84
- 2012 Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass musician, dies from natural causes at 88
March 28
March 29
- 1795 Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist in Vienna
- 1929 Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (17) weds her dancing partner Jack Pepper (26)
- 1951 "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
March 29
March 30
- 1946 Actress Doris Day (23) weds saxophonist George Weidler