Welcome to MusicDayz

The world's largest online archive of date-sorted music facts, bringing day-by-day facts instantly to your fingertips.
Find out what happened on your or your friends' Birthday, Wedding Day, Anniversary or just discover fun facts in musical areas that particularly interest you.
Please take a look around.

Showing all 28 Facts found
Click to filter results

Filter to between years

Topic:

Genre:

Location:

The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.
Teddy Randazzo, Molly Bee, Jo-Ann Campbell and Carding Cruz with his 24-piece orchestra play at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia, during The Christmas Cavalcade Of International Stars.
The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
The stage musical Do-Re-Mi, starring Max Bygraves, with music by Jule Styne, is playing at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, England, Europe, during a run of 169 performances.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
The musical Irma La Douce is presented at The Alvin Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA during a total of 524 Broadway performances.
The musical Kean, based on the life of 18th Century Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, is playing at The Broadway Theater, New York City, USA, during a run of 92 performances.
Musical comedy The Gay Life is presented at The Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 113 performances.
Roy Acuff is undertaking a one-month tour of Spain, Europe, and Morocco, Africa, where he is performing for American troops, sponsored by the United Service Organizations.
Sarah Vaughan is playing during a three-week engagement at the My Fair Lady club in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lambert, Hendricks And Ross are playing during a two-week engagement at The Village Vanguard, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Paul Anka is playing throughout Christmas and New Year at The Caribe Room, Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
Ray Charles plays at Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California, USA.
Gary U.S. Bonds, Timi Yuro, Joey Dee And The Starliters, The Isley Brothers, Jan And Dean, Bobby Lewis, The Crystals, The Vibrations and The Chantels play in Murray The K's Gigantic Christmas Show at the Academy Of Music, New York City, USA. Bobby Vee headlines today's show.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans], The Searchers and Eric Allandale's New Orleans Knights play an evening show at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Bing Crosby stars in his own special show, A Christmas Sing With Bing, on CBS tv in the USA.
Linda Scott is the musical guest on tv's Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
Moon River by Danny Williams reaches No1 in the UK Singles Chart, a position it will hold for two weeks. The song is composed by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mecer.
Darren Leigh Wharton is born in Failswoirth, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe. Keyboardist, singer and songwriter Wharton will first come to notice as a member of Thin Lizzy, but after 1985 he will front his own band Dare.
Stuart Sutcliffe and Astrid Kirchherr arrive in Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Karl Denver plays at The Palace Club, Accrington, England, UK, Europe.
Lloyd Price plays the first of two nights at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Billy Cotton Band Show on BBC-tv in the UK, features singers Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay and The High-Lights, along with pianist Mrs. Mills and guitarist John Williams.
Cliff Richard is in South Africa, attending premieres of his latest film, The Young Ones, in various cities.
The Ike And Tina Turner Revue plays in The Auditorium, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA.