On this day: March 15, 1956

A new play opened on Broadway on March 15, 1956. It was called My Fair Lady, and it would go on to be one of the most well known plays of all times.

The original play is an adaptation of Pygmalion, in which a rich man transforms a working class woman who is hard around the edges into a lady of society. The play stared several big names for the time including; Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, and Julie Andrews.

It also spawned a hit album with such well known songs as On the Street Where You Live, and I Could Have Danced All Night.

My Fair Lady is still performed on a regular basis throughout the world.

Other notable events for March 15:
-Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers arrived in Britain on March 15, 1957 for a tour
-A Los Angeles radio station played the Donny Osmond single Puppy Love for 90 minutes non-stop on March 15, 1972
-The movie Rude Boy, featuring the Clash, opened in London on March 15, 1980
-Phil Lynott's third volume of poetry, A Collected Work of Phil Lynott was published on March 15, 1980
-The surviving Beatles became freemen of the city of Liverpool on March 15, 1984