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March, 1938: Liberace’s first performance at the Plankinton Arcade (Red Room), Milwaukee, WI (9-month booking). August 31, 1939: Played “The Three Little Fishes” as an encore at an all classical concert! January 15, 1940: Debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Fredrick Stock. November 24, 1944: First performances in Las Vegas at The Last Frontier earning $750 the first week and then $1500 per week for the remainder of the engagement. April 20, 1945: Liberace gives his 1000th performance for servicemen – at The Air Force House in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 5, 1945: Liberace uses his first candelabra, at the Plaza Hotel’s Persian Room, New York, NY. February 25, 1950: Liberace performs for President Truman at the annual White House News Photographers Dinner, Statler Hotel, Washington, DC. 1951: Appeared at Soldier Field in Chicago; record-breaking crowd of 110,000. July 19, 1952: First appearance at the Hollywood Bowl; record setting 20,000 in attendance – Liberace and his brother George were both wearing white tuxedoes. September 23, 1953: First appearance at Carnegie Hall. May 26, 1954: Record breaking performance at Madison Square Garden in New York. Attendance was 17,000 and The gross totaled $138,000 for the single performance. April 23, 1955: Liberace opened at the new Riviera Hotel and was earning a record-breaking salary of $50,000 a week. September 23, 1956: Liberace performs aboard RMS Queen Mary. November 1, 1956: First documented use of the title, “Mr. Showmanship,” for Liberace while appearing at the Riviera Hotel. March 6, 1958: Liberace starts his first Australian Tour June 23, 1959: The first of three (May 16, 1960 and October 30, 1972) Command Performance for the Royal Family of England. August, 1963: Showcases Barbra Streisand in his show at the Riviera. 1968: Tour of South Africa. 1969: “Sold out” tour of Australia. February 23, 1974: Introduced “Dancing Waters” at the Las Vegas Hilton. 1977: Royal Command Performance for Princess Grace of Monaco. March 29, 1982: Liberace performs all of the 1981 nominated film theme songs at the Oscars. 1986: House record for ticket sales of $528,298 for 8 performances in the Fox Theater in St. Louis, MO. 1986: Final appearances in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace in celebration of their 20th anniversary. November 2, 1986: Liberace’s last performance took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. |