This Day in Music – March 22nd

1956 – Sammy Davis, Jr. starred in the play, “Mr. Wonderful,” in New York City.

1956 – Carl Perkins was injured in a car accident on his way to perform on the “Perry Como Show.”

1958 – Hank Williams Jr. made his stage debut in Swainsboro, GA, at the age of eight.

1962 – Barbra Streisand opened in the Broadway show “I Can Get it For You Wholesale.”

1963 – The Beatles’ first album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the U.K.

1965 – Bob Dylan’s first electric album “Bring it All Back Home” was released.

1977 – The John Denver TV special “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” was aired on ABC.

1977 – Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Duke Ellington, “Sir Duke,” was released.

1982 – Iron Maiden released the album “The Number of the Beast.”

1997 – Marilyn Manson stopped a show in Honolulu, Hawaii, short after falling onstage and severing an artery in his hand.


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