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A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.
Columbia Records field recording unit is in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, for the fifth of fifteen days of recording local black artists including Robert Hicks, known as Barbecue Bob.
Art Gillham, aka The Whispering Pianist, records If You Know What I Know and I'm Still Caring for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Big Bill Broonzy records Too Too Train Blues, Worrying You Off My Mind Parts 1 and 2, Shelby County Blues, Mistreatin' Mama Blues, Bull Cow Blues and How You Want It Done? for ARC in New York City, USA.
David Paul Greenfield is born in Brighton, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as Dave Greenfield, keyboardist for The Stranglers.
Swiss jazz trumpeter Hazy Osterwald's Progressive Sextet records It Couldn't Happen Here, Boppin' At The Doge, Father And Sons and C'est Si Bon, in Sweden.
Teddy Foster And His Orchestra are playing at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Wee Willie Harris, The Most Brothers, Tony Crombie And His Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group play the last of six nights at the Alhambra, Bradford, UK.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, Gene Vincent and Johnny Cash appear on KABC tv show Country America.
Count Basie and his Orchestra, with Big Joe Williams, plays at The Palais De Caillot, Paris, France, Europe.
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.
Patsy Montana is playing during a four-week stretch at Harrah's Club, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
Cleo Persinger (fiddle) John Hartford (banjo) and Marvin Hawthorne (guitar) record Bill Cheatham, Red Apple Rag, Done Gone and Garfield Hornpipe in Midway, Missouri, USA.
The Squires, featuring Neil Young on guitar, play at Glenlee Community Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Frankie Avalon plays the ninth of fourteen nights at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond, UK. Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones sits in with the group, because vocalist Keith Relf is ill.
Steve Marriott releases a new single, Give Her My Regards, on Decca Records in the UK. Marriott will find fame with The Small Faces and Humble Pie.
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Controversial stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce is injured when he falls, stark naked, forty feet from a window in the Swiss American Hotel, 534 Broadway, San Francisco, California, USA. Ambulance attendants tape his mouth shut after he shouts obscenities at them. The Great Society (with vocalist Grace Slick) will record the song Father Bruce about this incident, and other aspects of Bruce's outrageous life and career.
Richie Havens, The Troggs and The United States Of America play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Traffic play the first of two nights at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA.
P.P. Arnold plays at the Alex Disco in the Alexandra Rooms, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Quicksilver Messenger Service play at The Old Mill, Mill Valley, Marin County, California, USA.
Piedmont blues-style singer, guitarist and harmonica player Frank
Edwards plays at The Fine Arts Festival, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, supported by Nick Lowe and Paul Carrack, play in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.
Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, supported by the Swimming Pool Qs.
Chelsea play at The Greyhound, Fulham, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by Fields Of The Nephelim.
Lee Perry And The Upsetters, Steve Marshall's World Service, Spartacus R, Lioness Chant and Frederick Williams play at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, Europe.
Albums by The Beatles go on sale in the USSR, via an agreement made with the Russian state-owned record label Melodiya.
Bob Dylan plays the first of three nights at Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, Europe.
P.Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy) visits Toronto, Canada, to launch his Sean John clothing line in Canadian stores.
On her Aphrodite World Tour, Kylie Minogue plays the second of three nights at The SECC, Glasgow, Scotland.
Snow Patrol begin the North American leg of their Fallen Empires tour, with a show at The Hard Rock Live, Orlando, Florida, USA, supported by Ed Sheeran.
Sam Smith performs Stay With Me and Lay Me Down on tv show Saturday Night Live in the USA.
On their On The Road Again tour, One Direction play the second of two nights at FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, supported by Johnny Apple.
Joanna Newsom plays at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA, supported by Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes).
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